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Katie Smythe

Katie Smythe

Katie Smythe, a Senior at Mira Costa High School is an avid photographer and writer. Katie has photographed events for High School Insider and worked as a part of the High School Insider Video Corps for the past year and currently runs a blog composed of her own photography and prose. She is working on getting her work published in various magazines around Los Angeles.
Mira Costa High receives two bomb threats in one week

Mira Costa High receives two bomb threats in one week

by | Dec 14, 2015 |

School shootings, hate-crimes, and terrorist attacks, three events that seem to happen more often than not in our modern society. It’s not the occurrences that are so surprising, it’s the way the public reacts to them, in most cases, how much they underreact. The...

Mira Costa High receives two bomb threats in one week

Humans of Mira Costa: Oia Walker-van Aalst

by | Dec 7, 2015 | ,

"I’ve been with girls on the street before and we’ve gotten that ‘oh you guys are lesbians’ or whatever. I think my sexuality doesn’t fit into any labels that are readily available which is why generally I identify as pansexual just because it’s easy. I mean, I’m not...

Mira Costa band strengthens father-daughter bond

Mira Costa band strengthens father-daughter bond

by | Nov 24, 2015 | ,

It is said that actions speak louder than words. For a man who can only communicate with his daughter through actions, this saying holds true. Through actions, emotions, and music he is able to salvage a relationship that could have been destroyed with the diagnosis...

Justus Tavai — a chip off the football block

Justus Tavai — a chip off the football block

by | Nov 5, 2015 | ,

There are three others in front of him. JR, Jahlani and Jordan. There are two after him. Jonah and Jagger. They are known as "The Tavais." If you ask the head football coach at Mira Costa High School, he will recall moments with all of these men, even moments going...

An insider’s view of public school bathrooms

An insider’s view of public school bathrooms

by | Oct 13, 2015 |

A school has the ability to spend millions of dollars on iPads, but not enough to ensure that the bathrooms are up and running? First off, since when is having an iPad a necessity? You know what is a necessity? Going to the bathroom. Here at Mira Costa High School, if...