Thursday, October 8, 2015

MIRA COSTA HIGH

Vision Statement

“Mira Costa is a community of learners where each member has the opportunity to achieve

 academic, creative, personal, and social excellence.”

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^{Thursday, October 8, 2015                                                                                                                  Regular Schedule}

STUDENT INFO           

Announcing your Mira Costa High School 2015 Homecoming Princes & Princesses:

• From our library: Don’t miss the deadline to participate in the Banned Books Week contest. The deadline is this Friday, 10/9.
• Consider participating in the Manhattan Beach Library bookmark contest. The deadline is Oct. 24. The Manhattan Beach Library is also seeking submissions of poems, short stories, illustrations and photographs that depict what life is like for Manhattan Beach teens in 2015 for a zine to be published in December. Come by our library for details. And, take advantage of MB’s free SAT/ACT practice exam on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 11 am – 2:45 pm. Come by our library for details on all these activities.
• First Comedy Sportz Match of the year is TODAY at 7 pm! It’s going to be a darn good time, and what better way to procrastinate than to laugh!
• Parent Info Night for Spain 2017 is TONIGHT at 6:30 pm in Room 70! Send your parents to hear more about this great opportunity!
• Only a few spots remain to travel to Austria, Germany & Switzerland during spring break 2016. Talk to Ms. Owen in Room 15.
• Come stop by the art gallery (Room 60) at lunch this week for a show featuring work produced by Mira Costa’s Visual Arts faculty; there is a variety of photography, painting, sculpture, fiber art and more. Hope to see you there.

CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS  

• Interested in writing and story-telling? Come to the Creative Writing Club on Thursdays (TODAY) at lunch in Room 207. New members are always welcome!
• Come to Relay for Life Club TODAY in Room 221. Leadership positions available!
• Come to UNICEF Club to improve the lives of children all over the world by educating, advocating and fundraising on behalf of UNICEF! Meets this Friday in Mr. Westerberg’s Room 19.
• If you would like to join the Lunches with Love Club come to Room 62 at nutrition TODAY for the only informational meeting of the year. It will be brief but very important!
• Mustangs4Change: Raising awareness and activism towards the refugee crisis in Darfur. Meet this Friday in Mr. Bartlett’s chemistry Room 248.
• Come to American Sign Language (ASL) Club this Friday in Room 232 in the Math & Science building.
• Saving Lives, preparing our communities for disasters and helping out families in need is what we do! Come to Red Cross Club in Room 352B every Friday at lunch.
• First Badminton Club meeting of the year! This upcoming Monday, 10/12 in Mr. Kelley’s Room 332 at lunch! Bring new team members!
• Come to Pink Ribbon Club TODAY at lunch in Room 78. We make care packages for breast cancer patients at Torrance Memorial. We will continue elections this week. New members welcome!
• So you thought you could dance? Come on down to Room 79 every other Tuesday for Dance Club to know all about dance.
• Need community service? The next delivery for Lunches with Love is Sunday, Oct. 18. We feed the homeless on Skid Row with your bagged lunches. For more info, go to our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/luncheswithlovemb.

FACULTY

• Please excuse the frosh football players at 1 pm for a game at Palos Verdes. Questions? Chuck Currier x5086.

COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER

• Upcoming Workshops *Please sign up on Naviance*
• TODAY Thurs. 10/8 – Common Application Workshop at 2:00 pm in the CCC
• Fri. 10/9 – UC Application Workshop at 12:20 pm in room 241
• Weds. 10/14 – College Statement/Essay Workshop at 2:15 pm in the CCC
• Thurs. 10/15 – CSU Application Workshop at 12:20 pm in room 241

• College Visits *Please sign up on Naviance*

TODAY Thurs. 10/8 – Ithaca College (8:00 am), University of Denver (9:00 am), Princeton University (10:00 am), University of Chicago (10:23 am), Belmont University (11:25 am), Bowdoin College (1:00 pm), Loyola University Chicago (2:00 pm)

Fri. 10/9 – Univ. of Illinois (8:00 am), Oregon State Univ. (11:25 am), Univ. of British Columbia (1:00 pm), Miami University at Oxford (2:00 pm)

• SoCalRoc Classes – Natalie Hansen, SoCalRoc counselor, will be in the CCC on Mondays (TODAY) 9 am – 10:20am. Sign up in the CCC or just drop in.
• Free Testing

C2 Test Prep is offering free New PSAT, New SAT, SAT or ACT practice exams on Oct. 10 at UCLA Haines Hall – check in starts at 8:30 am, testing starts at 10:00 am. Highest scores win $1,000 toward college. Parents are invited to attend workshops while students are testing. This event is free; you will have to pay for parking. Space is limited.

Registration:  www.c2educate.com/testprep

• For Juniors taking the PSAT in October, Kaplan Test Prep will be hosting free online PSAT Cram Sessions to help students prepare for the upcoming New PSAT. Sessions will be offered at the end of September through October. To sign up for a Cram Session today, please visit kaptest.com/psatcram. Space is limited.  

• Princeton Review is offering Free Mock SAT, ACT and PSAT tests at Mira Costa

ACT Mock Exam – Oct. 31, 9 am – 1:30 pm. For more information and to register visit: http://www.princetonreview.com/college/free-sat-practice-test#!practice