On March 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. Margaret’s will be hosting a Red Cross blood drive in the Tartan Center. We hope you will join us and be a part of the SMES life-saving team by giving blood! Make an appointment online at www.givelife.org with the sponsor code: smes. Please bring a photo ID with you when you donate.
Once you get to the Web site, enter your e-mail address and date of birth. If you have used the online appointment system before, your information will display for …

As part of the Celebrating Community service effort, the St. Margaret’s Library will be hosting a used book drive during the week of March 8. The books collected will be consigned to reseller Better World Books,  and proceeds will go toward a literacy-based nonprofit charitable organization, Invisible Children. We will be collecting books the entire week. We are looking for all kinds of books, including text books that are less than five years old, and CDs and DVDs with original artwork and casing. We will not …

Calling all St. Margaret’s Families: Fun for all ages! Please come out to the Pasternack Field House on Saturday, March 13, for Lemon-Fest, a Lemon-aid festival and concert to raise money for the earthquake victims in Haiti and Chile. This student-led event will feature a community festival from 3 to 5 p.m. including appearances from pro surfers, food from sponsors Z Pizza, Subway and Jamba Juice, earthquake presentations from the Discovery Science Center and more! After the festival, a benefit concert from 5 to 7 p.m. will feature student talent …

By Janet Mitchell, PTF Communications and Publicity Chair
Last Saturday was a unique and special occasion the St. Margaret’s community will always remember. At Club 30: A Tartan Jazz Club, the entire St. Margaret’s community gathered to celebrate the school’s 30th year and raise funds for the school. This glamorous night at the St. Regis Resort featured silent and live auctions, student performances and a moving film launching the public leadership phase of the Building on the Promise campaign.
The 1930s-era cars, magnificently outfitted ballroom, and lavish table settings and floral arrangements …

On Saturday, March 6, in Sillers Hall, the Department of Performing Arts Presents an evening of 10 short plays written, rehearsed, and performed within 24 hours by more than 80 St. Margaret’s faculty and students. Come support our playwrights and witness the creative extravaganza that is the 24-Hour Play Festival! The performances will begin at 7 p.m.

This annual event supporting the St. Margaret’s Library presented by the Parent Teacher Fellowship will be held on Friday, April 30, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., at the beautiful McMackin family Newport Coast residence. The theme of this year’s luncheon is “Teatime in Wonderland,” and the Queen of Hearts hereby invites all interested hostesses and servers to contact the PTF for more information about how to decorate a table at this important yearly fund-raiser. Read the proclamation by the Queen of Hearts.

The annual Spring Fundraiser is just a day away, and the St. Margaret’s community is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of St. Margaret’s and support our school at Club 30, held at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort. There are many aspects to this historic occasion, and as you prepare for the exciting and fun night, browse information about St. Regis accommodations and Kids’ Club, the Wayne Foster Band, the performances by our own Tartan performing artists, exciting live auction options, and …

In March, the Library will offer many opportunities for reading, community service, and supporting St. Margaret’s Battle of the Books teams. As you peruse the many activities below and save the dates, take time to reflect on just how blessed we are to live in a place where we have the access and ability to enjoy the written word. Many people around the world do not have that privilege. As former president Bill Clinton said, “Literacy is not a luxury; it is a right and a responsibility. If our world …

Join the festivities as St. Margaret’s and the entire San Juan community celebrate the 52nd Swallows’ Day Parade, on Saturday, March 20, at 11 a.m., in Downtown San Juan Capistrano. St. Margaret’s is honored to sponsor this treasured community celebration. Come out and see St. Margaret’s in the parade! For more information about the parade, visit www.swallowsparade.com.

Never before has a St. Margaret’s event generated as much excitement and anticipation as this year’s Spring Fundraiser, Club 30, coming up on February 27. With a nod to the 1930s, and the elegant setting of the beautiful St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, this will be a night you don’t want to miss. Not only will we dance to the sounds of the fabulous and world-renowned Wayne Foster Band, but we will have an opportunity to see and hear St. Margaret’s very own student performers in a vignette designed to …