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St. Margaret’s 2025 Summer Institute

Experiential Education and Constructivism: Meaningful Engagement From Preschool to High School 
 
June 13-14, 2025
St. Margaret's Episcopal School
San Juan Capistrano, California.
 
Save the date! The St. Margaret’s Summer Institute will return on June 13-14, 2025 at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in beautiful San Juan Capistrano, California.
 
This year’s theme is “Experiential Education and Constructivism: Meaningful Engagement From Preschool to High School” and will dive into research, findings and best practices around constructivism and experiential education. This amazing professional development opportunity will benefit educators from preschool through grade 12. 
 
Stay tuned for more information! 

2024 Recap

St. Margaret's played host to early childhood educators, administrators and policy makers at the inaugural 2024 Summer Institute. Over two full days of enlightening and research-based professional development, the 2024 program explored the essential role of play in early childhood education. 
 
Attendees from around the nation included local Orange County and Los Angeles County educators as well as participants from Washington D.C., Texas, Northern California, Tennessee and Maryland. The program included presentations from keynote speakers, classroom observations at St. Margaret's renowned Early School, workshops, panel discussions and more.
 
Dr. Cris Lozon, St. Margaret's Early School director, expressed the transformative impact of the Summer Institute on the professional development of educators and policymakers, "The institute provided a unique platform for our teachers and guest speakers to share their expertise and for the attendees to witness theory in practice, fostering a sense of growth and progress in our collective understanding of early childhood education."
 
 Click here to read a full recap from the 2024 St. Margaret’s Summer Institute.

St. Margaret’s Episcopal School

31641 La Novia Avenue
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
(949) 661-0108
 
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An Independent Preschool Through Grade 12 College-Preparatory Day School in Orange County California

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St. Margaret's Episcopal School does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, sexual orientation or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational, admission, financial aid, hiring and athletic policies or in other school-administered programs.