2019 Photo Contest Winners
Best Thing: “Steady Jelly” By Skylar Roginson, 11 “This photo was taken at the Long Beach Aquarium. I thought the jellyfish looked so angelic; so, I took a picture.” – Skylar Roginson Best Person: “Morning Routine” […]
Articles by La Vista
Meet Mira Costa’s Student of the Year nominees
A look at the nominees for Mira Costa’s Student of the Year award. […]
Spring Sports Preview Track
Track and field’s season started out strong with their first meet on Feb. 16 in the season opener, where Costa competed against West Torrance and South Torrance at West Torrance. The Mustangs placed first in many events, including the boys and girls 1200 meters, boys shot put, boys pole vault and boys and girls long jump. […]
Spring Sports Preview Boys Baseball
The Mira Costa baseball team’s upcoming season is in full swing after months of intensive preseason training. This season, the team has 15 seniors who have a lot of experience and knowledge which will help the juniors and sophomores on the team. […]
Spring Sports Preview Girls Beach Volleyball
Costa girls beach volleyball started their season at the fifth Annual Division 1 Mira Costa High School Pairs Tournament. Junior Kate Reilly and sophomore Natalie Myszkowski took home the win on Feb. 10 in Manhattan Beach. […]
Spring Sports Preview Boys Volleyball
Boys volleyball practiced hard throughout the preseason and had its first match on March 1 against Santa Barbara. The Mustangs won in four sets, 25-22, 24-26, 25-18 and 25-13. Costa passed well and was able to run their middles efficiently, this freed up their pin hitters to get good shots on balls, junior Dain Johnson said. […]
John Maher Sr. (1962-2019)
John Maher Sr passed away on March 7, 2019 after a battle with cancer. He was born on March 2, 1962 in Inglewood, California and graduated from Hawthorne High School and went on to attend El Camino College. John started working for the Manhattan Beach Unified School District in 2001 as a substitute teacher, an Operations Worker and a Building Maintenance Worker. As a Building Maintenance Worker for the last 12 years, John visited all district school sites and gathered many friends within the district. He was always incredibly helpful and positive and will be dearly missed by his MBUSD family. […]
MBUSD teachers protest amidst contract negotiation issues
Teachers within the Manhattan Beach Unified School District began participating in job action on Feb. 25 due to stalled contract negotiations regarding salary and class sizes. […]
Addressing the importance and the downfall of school safety drills
January’s active shooter drill offered many new insights to Mira Costa’s safety and was integral in allowing staff and students to practice and retain important information in the case of a school shooting. […]
Staff Editorial: Issue 7
Teachers in the Manhattan Beach Unified School District have been in the process of negotiating a new contract with the district after operating for two years under a contract that expired in July of 2017. […]