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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Students are increasingly turned away from pursuing an Arts education in public schools. The importance of taking arts courses has been severely undermined in recent years due to bias in favor of STEM fields.This bias was first demonstrated in the 1986-1987 school year when the California Department of Education’s Education Code (EC) 51225.3 created the State Minimum Course Requirements, which detail the courses students must take in order to graduate. […]
Journalists are like superheroes; we comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.This quote was the foundation of our first lesson in my beginning journalism class taught by Michael McAvin. We were taught that the duty of a journalist is to speak the truth in the face of controversy, and to challenge ideas of those in power, while comforting those who have been taken advantage of by others. […]
Select Social Science Department teachers at Mira Costa introduced new criteria for receiving a letter of recommendation following the rise in the number of students not taking history classes during the school year. As more students take their history prerequisites over the summer, history teachers and students both suffer. […]
As the school year starts, college applications and essays become an unavoidable reality for high school seniors. As a crucial part of the application process, personal statements give students the opportunity to write about a defining moment they have experienced or an aspect about themselves that sets them apart from the thousands of other applicants. […]
A broken scoreboard and the El Segundo Eagles were no match for the Mustangs, as Costa proved that even on Friday the 13th, luck was on their side, winning with a score of 52-7. Mira Costa football played against El Segundo High School on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. at Waller Stadium in the first home game of the season. […]
The Mustangs could not land the ball in their court and took their first ever loss to Palos Verdes in school history, 3-1. Mira Costa girls volleyball faced off against Palos Verdes High School on Tuesday, at Palos Verdes. The Sea Kings defeated the Mustangs, 3-1. […]
Senior Kyle Karros stepped up to the plate this summer playing in the All-American Baseball Game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. The All-American Baseball Game is comprised of two exclusive teams, sponsored by Under Armour. […]
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