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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Thursday, October 29, 2015 Regular Schedule
STUDENT INFO
· 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!
· 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.
· The Geeks Club and Library Club is hosting a “Maker Fair” in the library TODAY, 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!
FACULTY
· Please excuse the Frosh Football team at 1 pm TODAY for an away game at Culver City. Any questions, please call Chuck Currier at x5086.
CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS
· Please come to Pink Ribbon Club Thursdays (TODAY) at lunch in Room 78. We make care packages for breast cancer patients at the Torrance Memorial Hospital. New members welcome.
· Attention all NHS members! We will be having our first full meeting at the Big Auditorium this Friday, Oct. 30. If you cannot make it, please notify an NHS officer ASAP.
· Come to ASL (American Sign Language) Club this Friday in Room 232 at lunch.
· 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 (TODAY) at lunch. New members are always welcome!
COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER
· College Visits *Please sign up on Naviance*
o TODAY 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