By Maysen Marolda Staff Writer Implementing Midway Day during Office Hours will be beneficial for students as they will be able to express themselves without losing a full day of school. As opposed to one […]
Following the approval of Office Hours schedule last June, Mira Costa administration intended to incorporate the Office Hour schedule to help reduce student stress. However, Costa administration has started to exploit these days that are […]
By Raushan Melton Staff Writer The next time an elaborate letter, inked on cardstock paper with official gold seals, claiming that one has been inducted into an honor program, think twice as to if it […]
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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