Save the Date - Santa Margarita Catholic High School

Class Updates
They just gathered in San Francisco/Napa Valley for a
mini-reunion. The alums in the photos are: Jenni Nall '96,
Erin Lavin '96 & Kris Vallas '96 and the Eagles who
went to Napa include from top: Erin Lavin '96, Grant
Brown '98, Kris Vallas '96, Allen Krist '96, Sean
Redfern '96, Eric Brown '96, Jenni Nall '96, Russ
Schwartz '96, Kevin McNeil '96, Matt Nickels '96, Josh
Farra '96, Dennis Keane '96 & Matt Pholson '96.
Sarah Maureen (Walker) Ollenburger '96 graduated
from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in June 2000 with a degree
in Psychology. She was married on October 27, 2001 to
Loren Ollenburger. The couple lives in Ladera Ranch and
is expecting their first child, Jackson Walker Ollenburger
on December 1, 2004. Sarah is currently the Savvy
Manager at Nordstrom, South Coast Plaza and Loren is an
Account Associate at PIMCO in Newport Beach.
Mary Kathleen (Sabin) Person '96 received her Masters
in Educational Administration at St. Mary's Moraga in May
2004. Mary is now an Admissions Counselor at Boston
University while her husband, Kerry, is getting an MBA
and MEng at MIT Sloan. The couple is currently living in
Cambridge.
Matt Pohlson '96 recently had a part in the hit show
Everwood. He had several scenes where he was playing
one of the local townspeople.
Cynthia (Close) Pool '96 graduated magna cum laude
from the College of Santa Fe, NM
in 2000 with a degree in Studio
Art and a minor in Psychology.
After working for the Art Institute
in LA, Cynthia returned to
Concordia University and earned
her teaching credential in spring
2002 and will be earning her
Masters in Education. This fall
she began teaching art in the
Rialto Unified School District at Kolbe Middle School.
Cynthia married Matthew Pool of Foothill Ranch in July
2003 and Liz Clogg '96 was her maid of honor. Cynthia and
Matthew are very happy living in Redlands with Spencer,
their recently acquired Chihuahua mix dog, and love the
small town feel of the community.
Tracy (Mc Croskey) Stiegler '96 and Justin Stiegler '96 are
doing well living in San Gabriel! Justin is the Sales Manager
for the Los Angeles Regional Office
for Pacific Life and Tracy is the
Marketing Executive for her new
in-home business of helping
families remove the toxic products in
their households and improving
families overall wellness.
(www.workingmom.fourpointwellness.com)
Their daughter, Katelyn,
was 18 months in November and
she's walking and talking up a storm.
Robert Taylor 96' and Courtenay (Lauer) Taylor 98' wed,
or should we say eloped, on June 17, 2004. The nuptials took
place in Valdosta, GA, home of the Moody Air Force Base.
The two met randomly on
Memorial Day weekend in 2003
at a beach party in San Diego.
After some small talk, the two
discovered one of the fun things
they had in common was
SMCHS. The rest is history.
Currently, the couple resides in
Georgia. Rob is serving as a
Captain in the US Air Force and
is eagerly pursuing a career in combat rescue. Courtenay is
in school, yet again, marching towards a second degree in
nursing. The couple plans to move to Anchorage, Alaska
within the next 12 months.
Jennifer Turner '96 attended the University of Notre Dame
and graduated in 2000 with a Bachelors Degree in Pre-med
and Anthropology. She then went on to Georgetown
University in Washington, DC for Medical School and
graduated this past May. She is now doing her medical
internship in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at Brown
University in Providence, RI and is absolutely loving her
work and living in New England.
Jason Varvas '96 is active duty Navy working at the
National Security Agency and currently living in Maryland.
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