TARTAN SCENES

PTF Library Luncheon

More than 450 attendees gathered to support St. Margaret’s and its students during the 2022 PTF Library Luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel. This year’s event, the 40th in its long history, was themed “HERstory” and celebrated the contributions of women in literature. Beautiful themed tables celebrated classic and modern literary works written by women—including several published authors in the St. Margaret’s community.

The event was organized by event chair Kai Kanatsiz and the Library Luncheon committee, which included Lisa Haskins, Zeina Collins, Jade Cao, Jennifer Yalamanchi and Jessica Springer.

2022 Tartan Open

St. Margaret’s welcomed more than 100 golfers to El Niguel Country Club for the Tartan Open, a cherished annual fundraiser for the school’s needbased Financial Aid program.

Participants enjoyed 18 holes of golf, a 19th hole reception, BBQ dinner and raffles. In total, more than $70,000 was raised for financial aid, which helps make the opportunities of St. Margaret’s accessible to capable and talented students from all socioeconomic backgrounds.

2021-2022 PTF Parent Up Speaker Series

The PTF Parent Up Speaker Series brings notable experts on campus each school year to present current topics to the school and surrounding community. The 2021-2022 year's theme was mental health and well-being, and a lineup of speakers discussed that topic from several different angles.

Dr. Drew Ramsey wrapped up the lineup with a science-backed presentation in March on the topic of nutritional psychiatry, which he defined as “The use of nutrition to optimize brain health and to treat and prevent mental health disorders.” His appearance followed presentations by Dr. Wendy Suzuki on managing anxiety, and Dr. Lisa Damour on helping teenagers with mental health.

PTF New Board Installation

The PTF celebrated a successful year and looked ahead to the 2022-2023 school year during the New Board/Old Board recognition in May. Outgoing President Amy Ainsworth passed the torch to the 2022-2023 Board, including the swearing in of incoming PTF President Jessica Klausner.

The PTF also announced a $500,000 lead gift to the school’s Student Commons project, a state-of-the-art building that will align with schoolwide priorities of community, student health and wellness.

Swallows Day Parade

St. Margaret’s community came together to celebrate the return of swallows and the beloved and greatly missed Swallows Day Parade after a two-year hiatus. Nearly 100 Tartans “Followed the Swallows” at the 62nd annual Swallows Day Parade celebrating the traditional return of the swallows to San Juan Capistrano. St. Margaret’s has sponsored and participated in the Swallows Day Parade for many years.

In Service to Community:

ST. MARGARET’S COMMUNITY IMPACT

BY ANNE DAHLEM

We are very proud to call historic San Juan Capistrano our home since 1979 and endeavor to be a responsible community resource and partner. At St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, we value and are grateful for our longstanding and productive partnerships and relationships with the City of San Juan Capistrano, the educational community, our neighbors and the greater Orange County community.

We take seriously our role in the community, especially as a conscientious, desirable and trusted:

LEADING PK-12 INDEPENDENT COLLEGE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN THE NATION

POSITIVE ECONOMIC ENGINE FUELING THE LOCAL ECONOMY

CONSCIENTIOUS CORPORATE CITIZEN AND NEIGHBOR IN SERVICE TO COMMUNITY

MAJOR EMPLOYER ATTRACTING A HIGH-CALIBER FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION TO THE REGION

St. Margaret’s has provided an exceptional education rooted in an Episcopal identity and values to more than 2,700 alumni and annually to 1,234 students who are enrolled in the school, early childhood to high school graduation.

We seek meaningful ways to be involved in the vibrant life of our community and to provide service and support to authentic needs. St. Margaret’s values the shared history and traditions of our local community and sponsors and participates in many community organizations and events.

Positive Economic Impact and Financial Contributions

As one of the region’s largest nonprofit organizations and employers, St. Margaret’s contributes positively to the local economy and vibrant community landscape in a variety of ways.

$ 821,000

IN DIRECT PAYMENTS TO CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO SINCE 2013, AN $82,000 ANNUAL AVERAGE PAYMENT, TO SUPPORT CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES.

$43.6M SPENT ANNUALLY IN OPERATING EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR ITS 416 EMPLOYEES. $56M IN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SINCE 2013 ABOVE OPERATING EXPENSES NOTED. $31M IN NEED-BASED FINANCIAL AID AWARDED SINCE 2014 & $4M AWARDED TO STUDENTS IN 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES:

• Basanti • Ballpark Pizza • Capistrano Lock & Safe • Coastal Blue • Denault's

Hardware • Devil Mountain

Wholesale Nursery • The Ecology

Center • El Adobe de

Capistrano • Ewin Irrigation and

Landscape • FKN Bread • Marbella Golf &

Country Club • OC Printing • Ortega Village

Center Businesses • Panage Florist • Paper Annex • Precision

Wallcovering &

Painting • San Juan Hills Golf

Club Bar and Grill • Sundried Tomato

Bistro and Catering • Sapphire at School • Sapphire Catering • SiteOne

Landscape Supply • Tom Baker

Photography • United Rentals.

PROUD SPONSOR OF MANY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND EVENTS

~ $30,000

DONATED ANNUALLY TO CHARITABLE

ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING: • San Juan Capistrano Chamber of Commerce

Annual Gold Sponsorship and Membership • SJC Fiesta Association and the Swallows Day

Parade Presenting Sponsorship • San Juan Summer Nites Concert Series

Sponsorship since its inception.

Many St. Margaret’s families MOVE TO THE AREA to be closer to the school. Every day, you will find our Tartans enjoying local restaurants and shops, grabbing coffee, grocery shopping in local markets, washing their cars and refueling their tanks.

Students, Families and Professional Community

St. Margaret’s enrolls 1,234 students annually in preschool through grade 12. This size meets the school’s enrollment capacity as agreed upon with the City of San Juan Capistrano in 2010. This size is ideal for the St. Margaret’s program, allowing the school to keep classes and studentteacher ratios small, for example. St. Margaret’s is committed to maintaining this enrollment capacity into the future.

21%

of students and 23% of employees live in San Juan Capistrano.

62% 150 58%

of students live within Capistrano Unified School Districtserving communities.

students ride the St. Margaret’s bus to campus from neighboring communities each day.

of students have at least one sibling attending the school.

ST. MARGARET’S IS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO.

416 PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS comprised of faculty, coaches and administration recruited from across the nation and the world—bring their expertise, skills and talents to enrich our students and community.

$320,000 ANNUAL INVESTMENT in employees for professional development, training and education to support their professional growth and to ensure the highest- quality educational experience for our students, right here in San Juan Capistrano.

Community Service Partners

A pillar of our St. Margaret’s mission is to educate students for lives of service. We believe that an essential element of a St. Margaret’s education is that students and graduates feel the responsibility, compassion and calling to serve others and be active and contributing citizens within their communities and the world. Our Service Learning program partners with trusted local service organizations that share their missions with our students to support authentic community needs. Our valued partners include:

• Age Well Senior Services • Atria Senior Living • Boys & Girls Club of

Capistrano Valley • Capistrano Senior Living

Center • Casa de Amma • Children’s Hospital of

Orange County • City of SJC, DP and SC

Creeks and Beaches • DoggieBonez • Drains to Ocean • The Ecology Center • Emeritus Senior Living of SJC • Episcopal Relief and

Development • Family Assistance Ministries • The Friendship Shelter • Human Options • The Infant Pantry • J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding

Center • Laura’s House Distribution

Center and Thrift Stores • The Nature Reserve at Rancho

Mission Viejo • NEGU • The Ocean Institute • Operation Help a Hero • Orange County Head Start • Pacific Marine Mammal Center • Padres Unidos • Paws in Hands • Project Linus • Second Harvest Food Bank • Silverado Memory Care Unit • Surfrider Foundation • St. Margaret's Episcopal

Church • Welcome INN

PROGRAM FOUNDER, LEAD SPONSOR AND HOST FOR: SPECIAL CAMP AND BREAKTHROUGH SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO (read more about these programs on pages 10 and 26)

St. Margaret’s Campus Resources

Whenever possible, St. Margaret’s makes its facilities available to the community, through student programs, arts performances and athletic contests, for community organization meetings, and parking resources for community events—St. Margaret’s has more than 400 PARKING SPACES on campus.

St. Margaret’s long-term campus master plan, which received full approval by the City Council in 2010, calls for the construction of an additional facility within the current campus footprint, a Student Commons, a wellness center and dining hall (See page 22). St. Margaret’s offers an annual summer program of camps and academic enrichment and exploration that is open to the community. Annually, approximately 20%-25% OF PARTICIPANTS ATTEND LOCAL SCHOOLS other than St. Margaret’s.

St. Margaret’s is a designated Temporary Mass Care Site to serve the community in the event of natural disasters.