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by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach Middle School and Mira Costa High School orchestras were honored last week for their performances at the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association music festival at Santa Ana High School. The Chamber Orchestra and String Ensemble from MBMS and the Philharmonic, Sinfonietta, Symphony, and Chamber Orchestras from Mira […]
by Hibah Samad The Mira Costa High School 2024 Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame program last Thursday continued a decade-long tradition of honoring outstanding former students. The honorees came from diverse backgrounds and experiences with a common thread — they were all once students at Mira Costa High School. The program this year was led […]
by Kevin Cody Mike “Bones” Bright was the first Olympian to have graduated Mira Costa High School, where he was an All American basketball player, and a star volleyball player. Bright graduated in 1955, five years after the high school opened. Bright competed on the USA National Indoor Volleyball team at the 1964 Olympics In […]
by Brianna Smith The Mira Costa High School badminton team left their mark at the CIF Southern Section. Their hard work and popularity in recent years cannot go unnoticed as six standout players qualified for the individual tournament. Six players qualified, including two boys doubles teams and two boys individuals. The first team was team […]
by Hibah Samad The Manhattan Beach Unified School District is preparing to implement Ethnic Studies courses at Mira Costa High School. These courses will meet new state graduation requirements set forth by California Assembly Bill 101 in 2021. The bill mandates that all California high schools offer ethnic studies courses in the 2025-26 school year […]
by Hibah Samad Mira Costa High School’s Boys varsity volleyball team is celebrating a significant victory and title. Once again, the team brought home the gold at the Best of the West tournament on Saturday, March 9, at Poway High School. Regarded as the premier volleyball tournament of the high school season, the Best of […]
by Mark McDermott The list is unlike any you will see elsewhere. It includes surfers, Olympian volleyball players, CEOs, writers, actors, a punk rocker, an asteroid hunter, a U.S. Army brigadier general, an Ivy League linebacker, and an array of influential educators. The Mira Costa High School Hall of Fame is only a little more […]