Vision Statement
“Mira Costa is a community of learners where each member has the opportunity to achieve
academic, creative, personal, and social excellence.”
DAILY BULLETIN
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Office Hours Schedule
Office Hours Schedule
| Period 0 | 7:00 – 7:54 |
| Period 1 | 8:00 – 8:40 |
| Period 2 | 8:46 – 9:27 |
| AM Office Hours | 9:27 – 10:24 English, Social Science, Visual & Performing Arts, Foreign Languages |
| Period 3 | 10:30 – 11:10 |
| Lunch | 11:10 – 11:40 |
| Period 4 | 11:46 – 12:26 |
| PM Office Hours | 12:26 – 1:23 Math, Science, SpEd, PE |
| Period 5 | 1:29 – 2:09 |
| Period 6 | 2:15 – 2:55 |
STUDENT INFO
· Mira Costa H.E.A.R.T. – Helping Educate Acts of Respect Together – meets TODAY during Office Hours, AM & PM, Room 105. Come help promote Random Acts of Kindness and give back to the Mira Costa Community.
· If you’d like to compete in the recitation battle going down on the 10th of December,
Submit your Poetry Out Loud application to Room 44 by the 13th of November!
· Come watch our Halloween scenes performed TODAY during PM office hours in Room 1!
· Mira Costa’s Costume Contest will be held Friday, 10/30, during nutrition on the outdoor stage. Winners and prizes will be announced at lunch! See you there.
· Ping Pong Tournament has arrived!!! Sign-ups are this week at lunch in the Mustang Mall on the stage. Sign-ups will continue on Monday 11/2 and Tuesday 11/3. Entry is $5. It will begin Wednesday, 11/4.
· Come to the Small Theater during Office Hours TODAY to hear how NOT to get into trouble on social media. You may not realize who is seeing that last post of yours!
· AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND & FIJI 2017 meeting TODAY at lunch in room 72. Very few spots left!
· The Mira Costa History Project wants to know if you are the third generation of your family to attend Mira Costa. Please see Mr. Currier, Room 222, at your convenience.
· The Geeks Club and Library Club is hosting a “Maker Fair” in the library on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 3 pm to 5 pm. Have fun personalizing and printing a fun Halloween object on our 3D printer, creating a Halloween photo, experiencing Google Cardboard, making pinwheels to support students in Syria and more. And, to get in the mood, come by the library now to see some of your favorite teachers turned zombies, vampires and monsters. We’ll also have refreshments!
CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS
· Fly on over to Drama Club TODAY at lunch in Room 1! We will be talking about fun upcoming drama events!
· Science Olympiad meets TODAY in Room 342.
· Come every Thursday to Room 78 for Pink Ribbon Club! We make care packages for cancer patients at the Torrance Memorial Hospital!
· Come to ASL (American Sign Language) Club this Friday in Room 232 at lunch.
· Come to Debate Club TODAY in Mr. Bartlett’s Room 248.
· Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States alone. If you have a heart to make a difference in the life of an abused child, come to Room 23 at lunch this Friday for the first meeting of the Guardian Society Club!
· If you like story-telling and poetry, then you’ll like the Creative Writing Club! Come to Room 207 every Thursday at lunch. New members are always welcome!
· Come to Leo Club TODAY during lunch in Room 131. Earn community service hours and become a club officer next year!
· Come to Young Philosopher’s Society TODAY in Room 45 at lunch.
COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER
· College Visits *Please sign up on Naviance*
o TODAY Wednesday 10/28 - Point Loma Univ. (8:00 am), Marquette Univ. (8:46 am)
o Thursday 10/29 - Davidson College (8:00 am), Ohio Wesleyan Univ. (9:00 am), Scripps College (10:23 am), El Camino College (12:20 pm), UCLA (2:00 pm)
· SoCalRoc is Now Enrolling – Nine-week courses starting November 9. Natalie Hansen, SoCalRoc counselor will be in the CCC on Mondays 9:00 am – 10:20 am. Sign up in the CCC or just drop in.
· Test Prep Information
o New SAT & ACT Combination Practice Exam – at Manhattan Beach Library, 1320 Highland Ave., Manhattan Beach. Saturday, Nov. 7, 11:00 am – 2:45 pm. Become acquainted with the new SAT and check out the ACT exam as well with this comprehensive combination practice test. Space is limited; sign up at the MB Library Information Desk. Score reveal and strategies session: Monday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 pm.
o 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