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Kids of all ages will keep busy with crafts organized by the student club Sage Advocates for Multiculturalism for Everyone (SAME). Activities will include beading, coloring flags, face painting, writing names in different languages and henna tattoos. Admission to the fair is $7 at the door with children 5 and under admitted free. Food tickets, sold on site, are $1. A portion of the proceeds benefits Sage Hills Financial Aid Endowment Fund. Sage Hill School 20402 Newport Coast Drive Newport Coast, CA 92657 mcf.sagehillschool.org About Sage Hill School Sage Hill School is Orange Countys only independent, non-profit, non-sectarian coed college preparatory high school, located on thirty acres in Newport Coast, CA. Founded in 2000, the school provides a premier education for its 440-plus students through small class sizes that average 15 students per teacher, world-class educators, an outstanding program of curricular and co-curricular offerings, highly personalized college counseling, and a public purpose. Sage Hill aims to transform the lives of its students by inspiring a love of knowledge and the ability to use that knowledge creatively, compassionately and courageously throughout their lives. # # # * See fact sheet below
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Operation Smile, providing free surgeries to repair cleft palate and other facial deformities in children. Students will sell fresh baked goods to collect funds. International Princess Project, selling Punjammies, beautiful pajamas made by Indian women. The proceeds help them avoid prostitution. Junior Pearls, selling baked goods to benefit Beckstrand Cancer Foundations Pediatric Oncology program. Proceeds will provide financial aid and care packages to teens with cancer. The public purpose marketplace will be open from 11:00-4:00 p.m. Beyond Community Service All Sage Hill students participate in a school-wide Service Learning program. Ninth and tenth graders mentor students at Killybrook and Wilson Elementary Schools in Costa Mesa and El Sol Academy in Santa Ana. Freshmen help teach science concepts through laboratory-based experiments, while sophomores teach language arts through storytelling and creative writing. Juniors and seniors identify a community need and create a yearlong service project to address that need. Students are required to set goals, assess their impact, and connect their projects with their academic and personal experiences at Sage Hill. Five such projects will be represented in the public purpose marketplace at the Multicultural Fair. All students present their yearlong projects on April 18 at Two Way Street, Sage Hill Schools service learning expo. The expo begins at 6:00 p.m. on the Sage Hill campus. # # #
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