Costa Head Badminton Coach Replaced after Resignation
The Manhattan Beach Unified School District is in the process of hiring a new badminton coach after former head coach McKenna Wilson resigned in June.
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Homecoming Court Traditions Banned at Mira Costa
Principal Dr. Ben Dale decided that the Homecoming Court is not allowed to perform its annual dance number at this year’s Homecoming pep rally, which will occur on Oct. 25 at Waller Stadium. […]
ASB Announces 2019-2020 Homecoming Court
Students gathered in the Mustang Mall on Sept. 27 to await the announcements from Associated Student Body members of the homecoming court winners. The crowned winners included Finn Condren, Theron Mandeville, Cole Garvey, Dain Johnson, Cole Konis, Jack Bush, Mary Clare Powell, Telyn Kouwenhoven, Kate Condren, Remi Pappas, Lindy McNamara and Brooke Smith. […]
Honors Earth Science and AP Environmental Science attend Griffith Observatory
Costa science teacher Karl Kurz chaperoned students from his Honors Earth Science and AP Environmental Science classes on an education field trip to Griffith Park yesterday to visit the Griffith Observatory. They attended the observatory’s Samuel Oschin Planetarium show, a digital projection of the cosmos on the state-of-the art planetarium dome. […]
Costa holds first Club Day of the 2019-2020 School Year
Costa’s Associated Student Body hosted its first annual Club Day of the school year during lunch today in the Mustang Mall, where student organizations sell food to raise money for their causes. ASB encouraged students to participate in club day with social media posts and daily announcements in the school bulletin. Different booths sold food items, including In-N-Out burgers, Chick-fil-A nuggets and Beckers Bakery cookies. […]
English teacher DiBernardo moves from MBMS to Costa to fill opening in English Department
Costa’s administration hired English teacher Taylor DiBernardo from Manhattan Beach Middle School to teach English, starting at the beginning of this school year. A committee of Costa teachers and administrators selected DiBernardo for the position after interviewing a pool of candidates. DiBernardo started at the beginning of this school year teaching College Preparatory English 9 and 10.
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MBEF Raises Record Money for 2019-2020 School Year
The Manhattan Beach Education Foundation announced in early August that the 2019-20 school year grant is the largest ever at $6.5 million. MBEF’s increase in grant funding for this school year is due to an increase in overall donations to the Annual Appeal last year, a larger disbursement from the MBEF Endowment. […]
Counselor Santarosa takes place of CCC counselor Tharayil
In her seventh year as a Mira Costa guidance counselor, Eliza Santarosa is transferring to the College and Career Center as the newest counselor of the center.
Santarosa previously worked as a school counselor at Palos Verdes High School. […]
Mira Costa’s Administration Revises the Discipline Matrix
The Costa administrative staff released an updated discipline matrix and attendance policy to be used by staff members in the 2019-20 school year when making decisons about disciplinary action for students. The revised matrix includes the steps for teachers and staff members to take when dealing with a variety of offenses, including tardies, ethics violations and drug use. It lists the offense, intervention level and standard disciplinary action, along with the corresponding education code. […]
Senior attend Letter of Recommendation meeting at the Small Theatre
Costa seniors attended the small theatre on Sept. 10 for the annual Letter of Recommendation Meeting during their english periods. Here counselors Robles, Ramirez, Santarosa and Beck presented what colleges including the UC’s, Cal States, private colleges, universities, and community colleges require for the contents within their applications including their minimum GPAs and how many letters of recommendations they require.