Teachers have proposed ten new classes for the 2016-17 school year, including new honors, Advanced Placement and other unique courses such as ones that allow students to earn community college credit.
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Costa teachers and Principal Dr. Ben Dale are working on a much needed new stress plan that, if approved, will be effective in taking away stress for future generations of Costa students and teachers. […]
Mira Costa High School’s math and language departments all have the same final within each of their individual departments. Having standardized finals are not beneficial because each class is different and teachers should be able to create tests based off of their own teaching style.
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Every year, Mira Costa has had finals after the winter break, leaving students two weeks to stress about finals instead of enjoying their vacation. Starting next year finals will be before the winter break which could help students feel more confident on their finals because the information will be fresh in their minds and will have a less stressful break.
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As a result of a new scheduling policy, the first two days before finals are now minimum days. The newly implemented minimum days allot more time for students to study for their finals, giving them better control of their schedules and allowing them to better prepare for their exams.
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Ed Council, a committee of selected administrators, created a wellness document which entails improvements that will ideally reduce student workload, including a new homework policy. Despite its positive intentions to reduce stress for students, this new policy has flaws that cause students to be less prepared for the future. […]
Several teachers have decided to have a midterm or final make-up a missed test grade, this avoids the issue that a student who misses the test day is given an unfair advantage on the test because they had an ample amount of time to study and prepare for the test.
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By Emily Dubinsky Staff Writer From Costa to coast, The Brissey Group, which consists of three Costa alumni, Anthony Masino, Andrew Harley and Alec Kersenboom have been performing their garage rock and modern funk music […]
By Danielle Smith Staff Writer Every Tuesday, the Pupusa Booth is set up at the Manhattan Beach Farmers Market, attracting customers from all over the South Bay. The Pupusa Booth makes pupusas and freshly squeezed […]
By Lauren Farberman Staff Writer When he graduated high school, Mira Costa alumnus Daniel Riley’s skills in journalism helped him write his way to New York City, where he landed his current job at GQ […]
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