Costa junior Hannah Lauson brings style to students backpacks
Costa junior Hannah Lauson uses her passion and creativity in creating a user friendly business called BackPatch, a designed patch for students to put on their backpacks. […]
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Incoming freshman Emma Doyle shares her passion for pastries with community
By Danielle Smith Staff Writer While baking brownies and cookies are fun hobbies for most kids, incoming Mira Costa freshman Emma Doyle, below, took her passion for pastries to a new extreme by starting her […]
Justin Matsui reaches new heights on 14,505-foot hike through Sierras
By Sean Goodbody Staff Writer This summer, Mira Costa sophomore Justin Matsui will embark on a journey where walking in a valley surrounded by towering granite peaks, crossing rushing mountain streams and climbing skyward over […]
Victoria Nwoke goes to Nigeria
Costa junior Victoria Nwoke gives summer school an entirely new meaning with her summer trip to Nigeria, on which she will help teach underprivileged children mathematics, English and the use of technology through a family-founded nonprofit organization called the William and Teresa Okorie Foundation. […]
Olivia Everhard goes to France
By Claire Regenstreif Staff Writer Au revoir America; bonjour Talloires, France. Junior Olivia Everhard will embark on an academic journey with the Tufts University French program in Southeastern France from June 30 to July 26 […]
Daniel Sponaugle goes to Nairobi, Kenya
Science teacher Daniel Sponaugle treks through the world of biology, whether in Costa’s classrooms or on African safaris. […]
Executive video editors innovate La Vista with La Vista Live
(CL) “What do you guys even do?” Despite this constant question, Jimmy and I continued to do what we do, loving every second of it. We started from scratch, with an excuse for a camera, iMovie, and a young ambition. From founding La Vista Live, to having our earliest videos mocked in Broadcast Journalism by the Teacher of the Year-led MMN infantry, to covering Shaun White’s Air+Style competition, we’ve come a long way. […]
Laing and Pickett find friendship through La Vista
The two of us, we just have chemistry. Really, we met in summer school chemistry the summer going into our sophomore year. Of course, we were both late on the first day and completely petrified at the thought of being the one kid without a lab partner. […]
Petillon reflects upon lessons Costa has taught her
I’ve learned a lot of things over my high school career: the varied reasons for the collapse of the Ottoman empire; Russia’s official policy toward Somalian pirates; how to properly use the quadratic formula (despite Ms. Rappaport’s best efforts, I’m still a little fuzzy on the last one).
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Sophomores Berkes, Nick create music so good that it is “scary”
Two Costa sophomores are on key with their new band, Scary Kids. […]