High School Staff Manual

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Message From the Principal

Bell Schedules

Our instructional focus will continue to be on Personalized Learning. Everything we have been doing over the last 6 years has been to better personalize learning for our students. We have done remarkable work in this area, and yet, we are just beginning. I want to thank all of our teachers for their efforts. Personalizing student learning experiences is making a difference. We have identified five key themes to our Personalized Learning efforts:

-Knowing Your Learners
-Voice and Choice
-Flexible Groups and Space
-Data Informed
-Technology Support

Listen to this message from the principal about our teaching philosophy.

Bell Schedules

Our instructional focus will continue to be on Personalized Learning. Everything we have been doing over the last 6 years has been to better personalize learning for our students. We have done remarkable work in this area, and yet, we are just beginning. I want to thank all of our teachers for their efforts. Personalizing student learning experiences is making a difference. We have identified five key themes to our Personalized Learning efforts:

-Knowing Your Learners
-Voice and Choice
-Flexible Groups and Space
-Data Informed
-Technology Support

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Policies

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Ethics

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Absence

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TRUANCY

A student is truant when he/she is tardy or absent from class without school and parent/guardian knowledge or permission, or when he/she leaves class or school campus without permission before the class or school day is officially over. All unverified absences are considered truant. Guardians have 3 school days to clear an absence or it remains truant in school reports.

ABSENCE POLICY

Students are expected to be in class and on time. If a student is absent for any reason, parents have 3 school days to verify the absence through the Attendance Office (see section on Reporting and Clearing Absences). All [A] unverified absences will be considered truant after 3 school days. If an absence is verified by the parent but the reason for the absence is not categorized as excused per state policy, the absence will be considered [U] unexcused. See section on Excused and Unexcused Absences. We will notify parents daily when students are marked absent for one or more periods and when their student accumulates 3, 6, and 9 unverified absences. When a student accumulates 6 unverified absences, he/she may meet with the Student Attendance Review Team (SART). The SART, which includes the student and parent, will develop an attendance contract for the student, and may issue consequences for noncompliance of school attendance policy.

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Absence

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TRUANCY

A student is truant when he/she is tardy or absent from class without school and parent/guardian knowledge or permission, or when he/she leaves class or school campus without permission before the class or school day is officially over. All unverified absences are considered truant. Guardians have 3 school days to clear an absence or it remains truant in school reports.

ABSENCE POLICY

Students are expected to be in class and on time. If a student is absent for any reason, parents have 3 school days to verify the absence through the Attendance Office (see section on Reporting and Clearing Absences). All [A] unverified absences will be considered truant after 3 school days. If an absence is verified by the parent but the reason for the absence is not categorized as excused per state policy, the absence will be considered [U] unexcused. See section on Excused and Unexcused Absences. We will notify parents daily when students are marked absent for one or more periods and when their student accumulates 3, 6, and 9 unverified absences. When a student accumulates 6 unverified absences, he/she may meet with the Student Attendance Review Team (SART). The SART, which includes the student and parent, will develop an attendance contract for the student, and may issue consequences for noncompliance of school attendance policy.

Course Requirements

AP Studio Art

AP Environmental Science

AP Studio Art Teacher: Kate Jones

AP E.S. Teacher: Trevor Smith

This Advanced Placement program in studio art is intended for highly motivated students who are seriously interested in the study of 2D art or sculpture. Students create and submit a portfolio which meets the requirements of the College Board.

The goal of the AP Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems, both natural and human - made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them. Environmental Science is interdisciplinary; it embraces a wide variety of topics from different areas of study: biology, chemistry, earth science.

AP Environmental Science

AP E.S. Teacher: Trevor Smith

The goal of the AP Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems, both natural and human - made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them. Environmental Science is interdisciplinary; it embraces a wide variety of topics from different areas of study: biology, chemistry, earth science.

Athletics

Music

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-Athletic participation must be healthful, positive and safe for everyone involved, conducted in an environment that teaches values and ethics, strengthens the community, promotes competition without conflict and enriches the lives of the athletes.
-Learning and personal growth form the foundation for interscholastic and intramural sports.
-Parents and community are actively involved in creating and supporting an environment that fosters positive athletic experiences for student-athletes.
-The coach is the key to making the student-athlete experience appropriate, positive and educational.
-Each student who meets the eligibility standards has the opportunity to participate and learn through sports.

Under the direction of Joel Carlson, the GRAMMY® award winning Mira Costa Bands are part of the comprehensive music department at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, CA, and have been hailed by professional critics and adjudicators alike for fantastic performances of advanced high school, collegiate and professional repertoire in concerts, festivals and competitions from coast to coast. The bands have entertained crowds of thousands at large concert venues in the South Bay and were most recently featured in their Carnegie Hall debut on the Spring 2016 Concert Series of Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY).

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Music

Photo by Katrina Berban on Unsplash

Under the direction of Joel Carlson, the GRAMMY® award winning Mira Costa Bands are part of the comprehensive music department at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, CA, and have been hailed by professional critics and adjudicators alike for fantastic performances of advanced high school, collegiate and professional repertoire in concerts, festivals and competitions from coast to coast. The bands have entertained crowds of thousands at large concert venues in the South Bay and were most recently featured in their Carnegie Hall debut on the Spring 2016 Concert Series of Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY).

See more information about bands

Student Media

Maps

Broadcast Journalism: Mustang Morning News

Yearbook: Hoofprints