As the process of college admissions continues to get progressively more competitive, it becomes increasingly harder for even the most qualified student to get into his or her dream college. However, in a school as athletically talented as Mira Costa, each year many students head off to colleges through athletic scholarships and admission aid. […]
School spirit is a difficult presence to quantify but easy to sense. It isn’t foreign to Costa’s campus, but it has been increasingly hard to come by in recent years. […]
Two weeks ago, I missed school with many other Costa students and had one of the most exhilarating, yet educational days of my life. Instead of being in a classroom, I was in a crowd on the University of Southern California’s campus, struggling to catch a glimpse of President Barack Obama while he delivered a powerful speech about the upcoming election. […]
On Nov. 2, the American people voted to give the Republican Party a majority in the House of Representatives. However, the Democrats maintained their majority in the Senate, despite losing several seats. This split of Congress will increase partisanship and weaken the government’s ability to handle our nation’s problems. […]
Whether it is seen in the innovative inner-city charter schools featured in the documentary, “Waiting for Superman,” or successful suburban schools like Mira Costa, the recipe for educational success is the same: it all starts with the teachers. […]
Red Ribbon Week is put on every year in the middle of October at Mira Costa by PACE in conjunction with the National Family Partnership, where students participate in a series of activities and assemblies that help to promote a drug-free community on the campus and in the community. […]
In the last two years, The Los Angeles Times has published a series of articles describing some of the difficulties school districts face with upholding the quality of teaching. The most recent installment in this series discussed modifying the Los Angeles Unified School District’s current system of evaluating teachers to include a “value-added” approach. […]
The college application process often turns exciting, discouraging, nerve-wracking and downright mystifying. As arduous as it is, though, the frenzy of picking schools, writing essays, and doing paperwork before the year ends is a great opportunity to reflect on past achievements and look forward to a clean slate.
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Intolerance and bigotry take many different forms, whether in laws restricting human rights or the abuse of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, in order to pester a certain demographic. […]
The homecoming voting process only allows students to vote, excluding the opinions of teachers and administrators and eliminating perspectives teachers may have of their students in the classroom. […]
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