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Message from Board President Michael J. Berchtold

Dear Members of the St. Margaret’s Episcopal School Community, The 2010-2011 school year has been a memorable year of achievement and progress for St. Margaret’s Episcopal School. The most visible signs of this wonderful year are the 103 graduating seniors who donned their college sweatshirts today, the last official day of school, proudly displaying the diverse group [...]
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SMES Celebrates the End of the School Year and the “Topping Out” of the PAC Building

This was a week of celebration at St. Margaret’s. From the Lower School Awards Chapel to the grade 5 recognition, grade 8 promotion and graduation events, the community celebrated individual and class achievements in each division of St. Margaret’s. On Wednesday, St. Margaret’s entire student, faculty and staff gathered in the Pasternack Field House to [...]
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Construction Update 12/9

If you’ve visited our campus in the last few weeks, you’ve most likely seen significant changes to our landscape—including the absence of Highland Hall. The following is a construction update on the Performing Arts Center since the groundbreaking on November 16. Demolition, grading and building permits have been issued by the City of San Juan Capistrano. Our [...]
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Campus Construction and Building on the Promise Update

Dear Members of the St. Margaret’s Episcopal School Community, Since my message to the St. Margaret’s community in June, our school leadership has made meaningful progress on the campus construction plans regarding the Performing Arts Center and Middle School. As stated in my prior letter, the school’s recent focus has been on the initial pre-construction activity, [...]
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Campus Construction Update 8/25

We are pleased to share with you an update on our summer construction projects. Please see the points below and view a chronological photo gallery (click here) of the work that has been accomplished since our last update on July 30, 2010. New grade 7 and 8 classrooms are complete. Teachers will begin preparing their rooms [...]
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Mid-Summer Construction Update

Dear Friends, This is an update on the construction taking place that we told you about at the end of the school year. It’s half-way through summer and already so much has happened as you will see in this photo gallery [click here] or when you come to campus. Here’s an overview of what has been [...]
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Campaign Co-Chairs’ Letter to
St. Margaret’s Parents

Dear St. Margaret’s Parent, Three years ago, St. Margaret’s welcomed our family with open arms, and since then, we continue to be amazed and grateful with all of the opportunities St. Margaret’s offers our children. We both believe strongly in the mission of our school and feel the need to support the school both financially and [...]
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Exciting News: Public Campaign Launch

Dear St. Margaret’s Families, The past week has brought some very exciting news to St. Margaret’s. Last Saturday evening at Club 30, our 30th Anniversary Gala and Spring Fundraiser, we announced significant progress toward our campus master plan and the Building on the Promise capital campaign. Over the past eight years, we have worked diligently to refine [...]
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St. Margaret’s Receives Unanimous SJC City Council Approval on Campus Master Development Plan

St. Margaret’s Episcopal School received unanimous approval from the San Juan Capistrano City Council on Tuesday evening for its campus master development plan. Before the vote at the City Council meeting, council members praised St. Margaret’s administrators for their friendly, collaborative and responsive approach to the City’s process and for the important contributions the school [...]
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