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Fellow SMCHS Alums,
My name is Megan (Strader) Meihaus and I am the Development Manager at SMCHS…and a proud graduate of the Class of 1997! This
is my second school year back on campus in the Office of Development, Alumni and Public Relations and it has
been wonderful to get back in touch with many of you, as well as meet our current Eagle families. Allow me to
take a few moments to tell you about the SMCHS of today.
A lot has changed in the seven years since I graduated, and our beautiful campus looks better than ever. We now
have a state-of-the-art FieldTurf football field, a high-tech production truck for our daily Eagle Television
program, an impressive track scoreboard and record monument and a brand new electronic marquee in the front of
school. It's exciting to note that all of these new additions have been fully or partially funded by the generosity of
our Eagle Family! While there are many new sites on campus, the things I remember
most fondly have remained the same. The cheerleaders still do the "8-clap," they still
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have the same chocolate chip cookies at lunch, they still pray twice a day over the loudspeaker and many of our
beloved teachers are still here, as enthusiastic as ever.
Many of you have been receiving this alumni Wings publication twice a year because you signed up for the
FieldTurf Field Eagle Alumni Association upon graduating and paid a $25 lifetime membership fee. However, most of you
have not received Wings prior to this issue and I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all back to
the Eagle community. We have missed you! To date, we have only had the funding to mail this publication to those alumni who have
paid the Eagle Alumni Association dues. However, this Christmas we are able to send this issue, our BIGGEST
and BEST alumni issue ever, to each and every SMCHS alum! But, we can only continue to do this with your
help. Our goal is to receive enough financial support from our alumni to be able to include every alum in the
Eagle Alumni Association…for free! This means all alums would receive Wings twice a year, as well as
invitations to special alumni events.
As we are approaching our 20th anniversary in 2007, we feel we are now at the exciting time when many
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of our alumni are in the position to give back to SMCHS through their time, talent and treasure. We have
already received some significant charitable contributions from our alumni and we'd like to thank those of you who have been generous
with your support! It is wonderful to see you giving back to your alma mater. There will be many benefits associated with giving to
SMCHS, including recognition on the website and in our Annual Report, as well as invitations to exclusive
donor events, free admission to the homecoming game and special thank you gifts! Please see the following
pages for more information.
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We hope that you enjoy reading this publication as much as we enjoyed putting it together. Thanks to all of
you who provided updates for this record-breaking edition of Wings. We are happy to say that every SMCHS
graduating class is represented in this issue in over 100 updates! To those Eagles who we haven't heard
from, please continue to keep us updated on your lives. It’s great to see how high our Eagles have soared!
In Eagle Spirit,
Megan (Strader) Meihaus
Development Manager
949-766-6078
meihausm@smhs.org
SMCHS Office of Development, Alumni and Public Relations
*For those of you who already paid the EAA fee,
we will include your $25 in your lifetime giving
history to SMCHS and will be sending you a small
token of our appreciation.
Michele Papay Lauren Bordages Megan Meihaus Claudia Nieves
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