Editors Note

Social Media can be a beneficial platform for teens’ futures

November 18, 2019 Josie Collier 0

Nowadays, high school students have all been lectured about how to keep their presence on social media minimal and private so it does not affect their future careers. I agreed with this idea until recently when my perspective on the issue shifted. My English teacher, Bradi Everett, presented a lesson on how it is actually beneficial to create an appropriate public profile on social media in order to make professional relationships and connections for our post-high school lives. […]

La Vista welcomes back Mr. McAvin for its 70th volume

September 20, 2019 Josie Collier 0

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. […]

ED Note: Claire and Naomi reflect on four years in La Vista

May 21, 2019 Naomi Tsuang 0

It’s crazy to think that four years after we sat next to each other for three weeks over the summer filled with movies, music reviews and one presentation about Walter Cronkite in Beginning Journalism, we would be writing our final words to be published in La Vista. […]

Editor’s Note: College admissions scandal reveals extremes of process

April 23, 2019 Claire DuMont 0

As the school year comes to an end, Costa seniors are beginning to commit to their college of choice, where many of them will spend the next four years. […]

Editorial Note: Issue 7

March 17, 2019 Naomi Tsuang 0

Federal prosecutors have recently charged Hollywood celebrities, CEOs and business executives for their involvement in a massive college admissions scheme, alleging that they bribed college admissions officers, athletic coaches and school officials to secure their child’s admission into some of the most prestigious colleges in the nation. […]

Editor’s Note

February 22, 2019 Claire DuMont 0

The 91st Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Feb. 24. However, the event as a whole has been creating confusion for movie lovers and those in the film industry. […]

How much news is too much news in an endless media cycle?

January 25, 2019 Naomi Tsuang 0

Naomi Tsuang Editor-in-Chief With news feeds cluttered with articles on the government shutdown, mass shootings and environmental disasters, it can be difficult to read the news. While keeping up with current events is crucial to […]

Claire reflects on being a part of La Vista and Model UN

December 20, 2018 Claire DuMont 0

For all of my four years at Costa, I have been living a double life. It seems dramatic, because I haven’t been living as an alter ego for a superhero or donned a blonde wig to be an international pop star and keeping it a secret from my friends. Instead, my double life is being a part of both La Vista and Model UN. […]

Students should appreciate their time at Costa

November 27, 2018 Naomi Tsuang 0

As I settle into senior year and submit my final college applications, I can’t help but reflect on the Costa community that has surrounded me for the past four years. […]

Voting in the midterms is crucial to democracy

October 24, 2018 Claire DuMont 0

Seven months ago, I watched as hundreds of my fellow students walked out on March 14 in protest of the increasing gun violence and mass shootings, directly in response to the Feb. 14 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. […]