You are cordially invited to attend the St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church Advent Celebrations for the Whole Family on Sunday, December 6, from 4 to 8 p.m.
Friends of Music Advent and Christmas Concert at 4 p.m.
St. Margaret’s Friends of Music will present a concert of music to invoke the spirit of Advent and Christmas, including Haydn’s St. Nicolas Mass. (Childcare is available upon request. Please contact the church office at 949-661-0110).
Family Advent Dinner and Susan Remsberg Celebration at 5 p.m.
All are welcome to join us for our Family Advent Dinner—a …

Please join us on Sunday, December 6, at 5:45 p.m., at the Fountain Courtyard for the third annual St. Margaret’s Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, presented by the Parent Teacher Fellowship.
Click Here for Tree Lighting information.
With the holiday season just around the corner, we all look forward to the time we will spend with family and friends enjoying the rich traditions of the holiday season. We also know that this can be a time when we are overwhelmed by the many distractions of the “consumer mentality” in our society, which …

November 16, 2009
Pasternack Field House
St. Margaret’s Families: Please join the entire St. Margaret’s Episcopal School community for St. Margaret’s Day All-School Eucharist to honor the namesake of our school, St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland. We will also offer a special remembrance for our founding patriarch, The Reverend Canon Ernest D. Sillers who passed away on October 15, 2009.

The upcoming Parent Teacher Fellowship (PTF) General Membership Meeting will be held on Thursday, November 19, at 8:15 a.m., in the Tartan Center (adjacent to the Pasternack Field House). Come have a cup of coffee with friends as we listen to the school Principals and to our guest speaker, Bernie Schneider, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees. For the meeting agenda, click here.

Please join Headmaster Marcus Hurlbut and school leadership for a Tartan Talk about the 2008-2009 school-wide Annual Report on Thursday, December 3, 8:15 a.m. in Sillers Hall. The talk will review the Annual Report and provide time for questions and conversations about the state of the school.

All St. Margaret’s families are welcome to join in the 2009 St. Margaret’s Homecoming festivities on Friday, November 13. The afternoon and evening will be packed with events. Show your Tartan pride at the pep rally, tailgate party for alumni and their families, and at the homecoming game!
All students are permitted free dress on Friday, November 13, if they are wearing a St. Margaret’s Homecoming T-shirt. Submit your Homecoming T-Shirt order form to division secretaries by Monday, November 9. For the order form, click here.
Join the All-School Pep Rally, from …

On Wednesday, November 11, at 11:45 a.m., Dr. Regina McDuffie, Academic Dean, will lead a discussion about how St. Margaret’s supports faculty growth and excellence to improve student learning. Grab a friend, bring your lunch and head on over to the PTF Volunteer Room to hear Dr. Regina McDuffie speak about Professional Development for the 21st Century. Learn how our teachers become the best teachers that they can be!

Announcing the 2009 St. Margaret’s Middle School Musical, Once on This Island, Jr. The book and lyrics are by Lynn Ahrens, with music by Stephen Flaherty. The musical is directed by Performing Arts Department Chair Darcy Rice.
This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. In almost nonstop song and dance, the show tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, …

Tickets for the Upper School performance of Children of a Lesser God, a play by Mark Medoff, are available now, for $15, at through Brown Paper Tickets: http://brownpapertickets.com/.
The play, published in 1980, focuses on the conflicted professional and romantic relationship between teacher James Leeds and his hearing-impaired former student, Sarah Norman. Children of a Lesser God is rated PG-13 for adult themes and strong language. An American Sign Language interpreter will be available for both of the Saturday performances.
This show has a dual cast, so please check each performance date …

On Wednesday, November 4, 5:30 p.m.–7 p.m., in Sillers Hall, the St. Margaret’s Librarians will host a Family Read Night in conjunction with the Scholastic Book Fair. The Librarians will read some wonderful books aloud, and children can hear the stories and meet Clifford the Big Red Dog in person. Stop by any time from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
To read more about the Scholastic Book Fair, click here.