The Mustang girls tennis team continued to play with high intensity moving forward in their matches, winning 13-5. The girls consecutively proved their top scores in single-player matches, along with outstanding scores in doubles matches. […]
Senior members of the National Charity League’s Manhattan-Hermosa chapter painted storm drains along the Manhattan Beach strand over the summer as part of their senior project. The miniature paintings feature various ocean life and the county of Los Angeles’ “No Dumping” logo. They serve as a reminder of the effects that pollution has on the ocean and to discourage people from littering into these drains. […]
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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After a difficult loss to West Torrance Warriors last season, the Mustangs came back resilient, winning the battle against the Warriors, 41–14. Costa went up against the Warriors at Waller Stadium at 7 p.m. on Sept. 20. The Mustang offense worked in sync again, as a string of pass plays and a powerful run game lead Costa to their third straight victory. […]
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. […]
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