Mr. Fish swims back to teaching and coaching at Costa
Costa is happy to have Robert Fish back. Returning this year from his leave of absence, Fish resumes his career as a long-time teacher of English and History and coach at Mira Costa. […]
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Mr. Brissey returns to costa fully recovered and ready to share his electrons
Brissey has recently come back to Mira Costa High School as a full time teacher, after recovering from a bad case of the whopping cough and consecutive brain damage. He is currently teaching four classes of college preparatory Chemistry. […]
Costa competes in the Missouri journalism convention
Eleven members of the broadcast journalism staff and one member of La Vista will head to Kansas City, Missouri to compete in journalism competitions in the Fall National High School Journalism Convention that will take place on Nov. 11. Competitions will be judged by the National Scholastic Press Association and the Journalism Education Association. […]
Calderon knows the biology of running
Science teachers are sometimes stereotyped as braniacs, not star athletes. Mira Costa biology teacher Roberto Calderon, however, has proved this wrong by accepting the job as the assistant coach for the boys cross country team this year.
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New teachers bring new insights
With a new school year comes new teachers, including art and ceramics teacher Katherine Martin, AP art history teacher Taryn Turney, and new librarian Jane Lofton. […]
Holland brings creativity and enthusiasm to Hoofprints
Alumnus Drew Holland just can’t get enough of Mira Costa’s history. In addition to his position as an English teacher, he has now decided to take on the job of yearbook advisor. […]
Costa says good-bye to D.C.-bound teacher Lauren Thomson
Thomson is moving to Washington, D.C. to continue her career as an English teacher or work elsewhere in the educational field. […]
Bill Fauver makes Costa history as Teacher of the Year
Mira Costa High School is extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated staff. Among that dedicated staff, however, there are a few individual teachers who have officially been recognized by their co-workers. […]
Spanish teacher, party-thrower and punk rocker, Nancy Geczi turns the classroom into a fiesta
Over the years, Geczi has found that switching up the roles of student and teacher gives her students a break from the pressures of class and shows them how silly they can be at times. […]
Catherine Barden lives and breathes biology
For Catherine Barden, teaching biology is more than cell diagrams, DNA and photosynthesis. This advanced placement and college prep biology teacher doesn’t just see teaching as an explanation of the study of life, but also as a way of life. […]