http://smesnews.org/today Daily news of St. Margaret’s Episcopal School. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://smesnews.org/today/2010/03/11/help-save-a-life-march-24-at-the-blood-drive 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. ... http://smesnews.org/today/2010/03/11/st-margaret%e2%80%99s-library-book-drive-begins-march-8 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 ... http://smesnews.org/today/2010/03/05/st-margaret%e2%80%99s-receives-unanimous-sjc-city-council-approval-on-campus-master-development-plan 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 ... http://smesnews.org/today/2010/03/05/lemon-fest-a-student-led-festival-to-help-earthquake-victims 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 ... http://smesnews.org/today/2010/03/05/club-30-a-great-and-giving-gala Parents, the Hot Lunch Program needs your assistance. Weekly, biweekly and monthly volunteers would be greatly appreciated. If you are available to volunteer, please call (949) 661-4804 or e-mail lunch@smes.org. There are exciting new menu options: On Tuesdays, Subway turkey sandwiches, and on Wednesdays, Sapphire Laguna cheeseburgers and ... http://smesnews.org/today/2010/03/05/hot-lunch-update-and-call-for-volunteers In order to conduct essential maintenance work, SDG&E will shut down power to the neighborhood, including St. Margaret’s, for about 12 hours from 8 p.m. Friday evening. The telephone system will be shut down at 6:30 p.m., and Technology will shut down our computer systems around 6:30 p.m. There will be ... http://smesnews.org/today/2010/03/05/power-shut-down-friday-night-march-5 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! ... http://smesnews.org/today/2010/03/05/upper-school-24-hour-play-festival 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 ... http://smesnews.org/today/2010/03/05/invitation-to-hostesses-and-servers-for-the-29th-annual-library-luncheon-%e2%80%9cteatime-in-wonderland%e2%80%9d Kenley Farace, a seventh grader at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, won the Orange County Spelling Bee and will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in early June, an event televised by ESPN. Kenley competed against 70 other local students, the largest field in Orange County history, and ... http://smesnews.org/today/2010/02/28/st-margarets-seventh-grader-wins-oc-spelling-bee