Post on 09-Aug-2020
It has been a great year at
Endeavor Charter
School! This year our stu-
dents have enjoyed wonder-
ful experiences as they
“learned by doing!” Our
athletes won conference
and tournament titles, our
band won accolades at a
State festival, and our ac-
tors put on three fantastic
performances of Peter
Pan. Our students enjoyed
several cultural arts perfor-
mances and assemblies
about bullying, social me-
dia, and leadership. Stu-
dents learned from thirty
on-site or off-site field
trips. Our students read
thousands of books, devel-
oped thousands of written
responses and solved tens
of thousands of math prob-
lems. As a community we
enjoyed the return of the
Family Fun Fest and
Boosterthon. Endeavor’s
parent community learned
at our Curriculum Night,
quarterly Mane Event
meetings and our new
Town Hall Meeting. Many
attended our combination
Art Show and Book Fair
and enjoyed all it had to
offer! Many parents volun-
teered at quarterly Do
Dads workdays and sent in
donations for Terracycle,
Giving Tree, and Box Tops.
Our parents served count-
less days of lunch and re-
cess duty responsibilities.
This year also saw the in-
troduction of our Annual
Fund, a necessity to main-
tain the quality of our pro-
gram and small class sizes
within the challenges of
public school fund-
ing. Your donations this
year made a difference in
the opportunities we were
able to provide our stu-
dents! The flexibility the
Annual Fund provided al-
lowed ECS to replace and
upgrade the computer labs
while adding iPad and Kin-
dle labs. This financial
“wiggle room” let us begin
steps toward better mainte-
nance of our beautiful
building and property. We
appreciate the trust you
put in us every day. We
also appreciate the efforts
you make in giving your
time, your good will and
your financial support. To-
gether we continue to make
ECS one of the best schools
in the state of North Caro-
lina!
Summer 2017 Volume 1, Issue 1
You are all ready for a
new adventure in high
school next year—new
faces, new school, new
challenges and successes!
Endeavor will miss hav-
ing you in the hallways—
you ALL will be missed!
Best of luck in your new
and exciting ENDEAV-
ORS next year!
Congratulations to the ECS Class of 2017
A Year of Growing Together! Christi Whiteside, ECS Director
The Connor Family
The Cook Family
The Crutchfield Family
The Cubell Family
The Dalton Family
The David Family
Heather & Jason Davis
The DeGroodt Family
Nirav & Gayatri Dhruva
The DiPilato Family
Michael & Jasmine Donato
The Dougherty Family
The Doyle Family
James & Elizabeth Easley
The Eddleman Family
The Einzig Family
The Elkins Family
The Evans Family
Eyal & Sarah Fellah
The Fink Family
The Finn Family
The Foley Family
The Ford Family
The Fore Family
The Fulk Family
The Funk Family
The Games Family
The Geist Family
The Germano Family
The Glawe Family
Thomas & Minh Graham
The Hamlett Family
Page 2 Endeavor Charter School Annual Newsletter
ECS Exceeds Goal, Raises $102,166 for the Annual Fund!
WE DID IT!! Together,
we've raised over $100,000
for this year's Annual
Fund! Gifts were received
from parents, grandpar-
ents, family members, busi-
nesses, corporate matching
programs and foundations.
The Annual Fund was also
supported with proceeds
from The Family Fun Fest.
In reaching this year’s goal,
Endeavor can look ahead
with confidence that the
Annual Fund will supple-
ment its funding from the
state. The Annual Fund
keeps Endeavor’s class size
small and provides greater
flexibility when Endeavor pur-
chases classroom resources,
textbooks and technology for
our students and teach-
ers. Your generous support of
the Annual Fund will help
maintain Endeavor's high-
quality program each year!
Current Parents Anonymous (18)
The Adams Family
Kit, Marina & Killian Adams
The Alexander Family
The Anderson Family
The Andolsek Family
The Androsova Family
The Arkin Family
The Antanaitis Family
The Arnold Family
The Bailey Family
The Barksdale Family
The Behringer Family
The Boes Family
Jackie, Darrell & Grayson Boness
The Bono Family
The Borror Family
The Borter Family
The Bray Family
The Brereton Family
The Browder Family
The Brown Family
The Browning Family
The Buck Family
The Buskirk Family
The Byrd Family
The Cecire Family
The Cheek Family
The Christopher Family
The Coe Family
The Coleman Family
Todd & Indy Harris
The Harvey Family
The Haught Family
The Heasley Family
Peter & Tamika Henderson
The Hicks Family
The Hollis Family
The Holt Family
The Hoskins Family
The Humphries/Oakley Family
The Hutter Family
The Icenhower Family
The Isaac Familly
The James Family
Matt & Erica Jenkins
The Johnson Family
The Johnston Family
Calvin & Colleen Jones
Chris & Jennifer Jones
The Jones Family
The Julien Family
The Kanfoud Family
The Kaplan Family
In Honor of Keeping Class Size Small
Charlie & Helen Kennedy
The Keith Family
Matthew & Kim Keith
The Kelly Family
The Kim Family
The Kristianson Family
The Kroll Family
2016-2017 ECS Annual Fund Donors
“Endeavor has amazing teachers, students and families that work as a village to ensure we have a great
experience.” ECS Parent
“We truly feel as though we have won the lottery. We are so thrilled with the school and the experience and opportunities that our children
have.” ECS Parent
“ECS is an outstanding, well-rounded school. The school
achieves a great balance between challenging students and letting
them have fun.” ECS Parent
Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3
Matt & Laney Lewis
The Payden Lewis Family
The Lindeen Family
The Locklear Family
The Luckinbill Family
The Macias Family
The Majercik Family
Ellie, Rachel & Lindsey Manfreda
The Manfreda Family
Lucas, Ryan & Kendall Martinez
The Mason Family
The McAdams Family
The McCartney Family
The McClure Family
The McGinity Family
The McKiernan Family
The McNees Family
The McShea Family
The Montgomery Family
The Morats Family
The Munt Family
The Myers Family
The Nechyba Family
The Needham Family
The Neugebauer Family
The Newell Family
The Noon Family
The Palmer Family
The Pelletier Family
The Quigley Family
The Radzai Family
The Rafferty Family
The Raitano Family
The Rao Family
The Ribbens Family
The Rice Family
Jason & Summer Rich
The Robinson Family
The Rothman Family
The Rufa Family
The Russo Family
The Savastano Family
The Schaffer Family
The Scheele Family
The Schneider Family
The Secan Family
The Seung Family
The Sharpe Family
The Sheldon Family
The Shuey Family
The Slaymaker Family
The Solkowitz Family
The Solomon Family
The Springle Family
The Strande Family
Leo Strickland
The Sturchio Family
2016/2017 Sponsors:
The Ta Family
The Tatum Family
The Trinh Family
The Trinh Family
The Tudor Family
The Turner Family
Luke & Leah Vanaman
The Verhaeghe Family
The Viall Family
Jeff & Michelle Waker
The Walker Family
The Ward Family
The Watson Family
The Wee Family
The Weir Family
The White Family
The Whiteside Family
Tim & Kimberly Wicker
The Williamson Family
The Wilson Family
In Honor of Ron & Christine
Wulkiewicz
The Zhang Family
The Zubarev-Foxworth Family
Grandparents Anonymous (3) The Citro Family John Eberle Ann Lareau Helen & John Nenichka Jon Peluso In Honor of Anthony
Peluso's Dad Brian Joe & Edie Sipos In Honor of
Hunter Harvey Donna & Mario Sirianni Businesses, Organizations and
Foundations
Adobe Volunteer Match
AT&T
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Biogen Matching Gifts
CACI, Inc.
Cisco Matching Gifts
Fidelity
IBM Matching Gifts Program
ITG
Lenovo Employees Care
Morgan Womble Group
North State Bank—Amy Womack
Oracle Corporation
Pfizer Foundation
Realty World —Jennifer Jones
Relight
Sam’s Club of Wake Forest
The Morgan Womble Group
United Health Group
In-Kind Donations**
Coastal Federal Credit Union
InterTechnologies
Modern Woodmen of America
PDQ Wake Forest
Sam’s Club of Wake Forest
Zero Rez Carpet Cleaning
*Donations for the 2016-2017 Annual
Fund listed here were received be-
tween July 1, 2016 and June 1, 2017.
Donations will be accepted until June
30, 2017, the end of the school’s fiscal
year.
**In-Kind Donations are donations of
goods or services that would otherwise
be purchased.
THANK YOU!
Thank you for
supporting this year’s
Annual Fund! Endeavor
appreciates your ongoing
support of The ECS
Annual Fund each year.
was retired pro basketball player, Ad-
am Constantine. Adam now manag-
es all social media at his alma ma-
ter, Elon University. He's also a pro-
fessional motivational speaker who
visits schools and businesses deliv-
ering positive messages regarding
self-awareness and personal growth
to inspire the pursuit of ultimate
success. The J. Burt Endeavor to Play
Award was presented to Jake Crutch-
field for his accomplishments both on
and off the field this year. Congratu-
lations to all Endeavor Athletes for
your success!
Endeavor Pride Athletics celebrated
our student athletes at the Sports
Banquet on May 24th. Each sports
team attended to celebrate their
team’s accomplishments. Certificates
were presented to three-sport athletes
and scholar athletes (athletes main-
taining A honor roll or A/B honor roll).
Coaches presented trophies for MVP,
Sportsmanship, Most Improved and
High Scores. The Keynote speaker
ECS Student Athletes Celebrate at Sports Banquet!
Winner of the J.Burt Endeavor to Play Award:
Jake Crutchfield ‘17
Page 4 Endeavor Charter School Annual Newsletter
Our goal in PAWS this year was to
“Endeavor to Grow”…and grow
we did! What better way to meas-
ure our growth, than to look at the
NUMBERS!
• During our membership drive,
265 families joined PAWS!
• Our phenomenal Café Days
Crew served over 53,588 lunch-
es.
• The Box Tops Team cut and
counted over 21,500 box tops.
• The Terracycle Team turned
1375 pounds of trash back into
to cash!
• There have been over 1300 photos
taken by the Yearbook Bunch.
• The Cultural Arts Troupe hung
over 700 masterpieces at the Art
Show.
• Endeavor earned $850 from the
Giving Tree with 105 donation
credits.
The wonderful thing about growth is
there is no need to stop! As we get
ready to embark on our 10th anniver-
sary at Endeavor Charter School, the
sky is the limit. Thank you ECS fami-
lies for your continued support of our
PAWS programs.
2016-2017 PAWS Officers (L-R)
Jodi Sheldon, Treasurer; Marla My-
ers, President; Colleen Icenhower,
VP Fundraising; Christina Arkin,
Secretary; Laurie Russo, President
Elect for 2017-2018
The Board of Directors and The
Endeavor Charter School Founda-
tion are made up of volunteers to
act as careful stewards of Endeav-
or’s building, property, finances
and policies. Thank you to all
members of both Boards for your
commitment to Endeavor’s success
and future.
Endeavor’s 2016-2017 Board of
Directors:
Clint White, Chairman
Kevin Myers, Secretary
Kristy McClure, Treasurer
Bill Borter, Peter Henderson, Jim
Hollis, Charlie Kennedy, Bill Kroll
Thank You Board of Directors and Endeavor Foundation
Endeavor Foundation 2016-2017
Board of Directors:
David Clodgo, Chairman
Joe Montgomery, Treasurer
Charlie Kennedy, Kevin Myers, Clint
White, Christi Whiteside
Marla Myers, 2016/2017 PAWS President
Celebrating PAWS & ECS Volunteers
The Endeavor Band traveled to Char-
lotte, NC in May to participate and
compete in The Festival of Music at
Carowinds. Led by Endeavor Band
Director and music teacher, Christine
Tompkins, the Endeavor Band earned
a “Superior” ranking, the highest level
possible at the competition. Congrat-
ulations to all Endeavor musicians on
this tremendous accomplishment!
Endeavor Band Competes at State Competition
This year’s spring drama production of
“Peter Pan” transported the audience to
Neverland. ECS 7th and 8th grade dra-
ma students, alongside Director and dra-
ma teacher, Kirsten Ehlert, worked tire-
lessly all semester to present an out-
standing show for the Endeavor commu-
nity! From the actors’ performances, to
the sets, costumes and make-up, Peter
Pan soared!
Peter Pan Turns ECS into Neverland!
Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 5
Chesney Anderson ’15 – Chesney
attends Wake STEM Early College
High School at NC State University,
and recently had an opportunity with-
in the engineering community to job
shadow at SAS. He was inducted into
National Honor Society this year and
is also part of an award-winning Ro-
botics team, Techno Wolves.
Jacob Bauldree ’13 – Jacob graduat-
ed from Heritage High School in 2017
and is heading to Florida A & M Uni-
versity to study Architecture.
Justin Bauldree ’11 – Justin gradu-
ated from Heritage High School in
2015. During the summer of 2016 he
traveled with Music City Drum and
Bugle Corps touring the country play-
ing the bass drum. Justin graduated
from Wake Tech this spring and is
transferring to Florida A & M Univer-
sity to study Construction Engineer-
ing.
Katie Chang ’11 – Katie is currently
a rising junior at UNC - Wilmington
majoring in math. She plays in the
Pep band and had the opportunity to
attend the NCAA tournament in Or-
lando this spring.
Stephen Chang ’14 – Stephen is fin-
ishing up his Junior year at Wake
Forest High. He hopes to attend NC
State after graduation and major in
engineering. Stephen is on the golf
team and was a Junior Marshall at
this year’s Wake Forest graduation.
Joey Greene ’12 – Joey graduated
from Leesville Road High School in
2016, where he participated in chorus,
drama and chess club. He is now a
rising Sophomore at NC State major-
ing in Computer Science.
Brittany House ‘16 – Brittany is
wrapping up her freshman year at
Millbrook High School where she is
involved in the World Cultures Club,
Key Club and Millbrook Executive
Board.
Aidan Isaac ‘14 – Aidan is finishing
his junior year at Sanderson High
School. He is preparing to apply to
college and looking to add some Wake
Tech classes to his class schedule in
the fall. He just interviewed for his
first job and is looking forward to his
future!
Miranda Johnson ‘16 – Miranda is
a Freshman at Sanderson High
School and is a member of the Sander-
son High School Mathletes. She en-
joyed participating in the State Math-
ematics Competition at Wake Tech in
March. Miranda was also recognized
for having a 100% average in her
Math 2 Honors class.
Talley Krause ’16 – Talley is finish-
ing her freshman year at Millbrook
High School where she plays trumpet
in the band and is a member of the
Millbrook swim team. She is looking
forward to coaching swim team this
summer.
Ethan Lamb ’12 – Ethan is currently
enrolled in the Savannah College of
Art and Design, and is studying ani-
mation. In high school he was a Jun-
ior Curator at the Museum of Natural
History in downtown Raleigh.
Abby Levecque ‘16 - Abby enjoyed
her freshman year at Leesville Road
High School where she is involved
with Key Club as well as the Make-A-
Wish club.
Carley Mittag ’16 – Carley is finish-
ing her freshman year at Sanderson
High School. She is on the cross-
country team at Sanderson, and plays
soccer as well. Carley is also involved
in the Academy of Finance Club.
AJ Rogerson ’12 - AJ graduated
from Millbrook High School in 2016
and is currently studying Biomedical
Engineering at NC State.
Brody Rogerson ’13 – Brody is grad-
uating from Millbrook High School
and is heading to UNC - Chapel Hill
this fall to major in business.
Page 6 Endeavor Charter School Annual Newsletter
ECS Alumni Updates
Skyler Rogerson ’16 – Skyler is
finishing up her freshman year at
Millbrook High School.
Connor Root ’14 – Connor is a ris-
ing senior at Millbrook High School.
He participated in Cross Country,
tennis and has recently been inducted
into the National Honors Society
along with the National Technical
Honors Society. Connor is getting
excited about college, his list of hope-
ful schools includes: UNC Wilming-
ton, NCSU, UNC - Chapel Hill and
Appalachian State.
Torrey Salas ’13 – Torrey is finish-
ing up her senior year of high school
at Millbrook High School. She spent
two years at Cardinal Gibbons and
transferred to Millbrook her junior
year to complete the IB Diploma Pro-
gram. She will be attending UNC
Chapel Hill in the Fall.
Trent Salas ’15 – Trent is finishing
up his sophomore year at Millbrook
High School and will be entering the
IB Diploma Program. He will start
looking at colleges next year with
hopes to find a good fit to pursue en-
gineering. Trent continues to play
soccer and works at Gonza Tacos.
Emma Watson ‘16 - Emma is will be
a Sophomore at Leesville Road High
School this fall. She is serving in a
leadership role on the Executive
Council this year. She is also in-
volved in Key Club, Make-a-Wish
Club and plays the flute in the band.
Adam Whiteside ’12 – Adam just
finished his Freshman year at East
Carolina University where he is ma-
joring in Computer Science. Adam
graduated from Heritage High School
with certifications in Microsoft Word,
Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft
Excel. He was also a four year cross
country letterman
Bryson Wicker ’14 – Bryson will be
a Senior at Ravenscroft this fall and
is currently at the top of his class.
Twenty-one students from the 2008-2009 Kindergarten class will graduate as Endeavor’s first 9-year
class! Can you spot them in their Kindergarten class photos?
Welcome: Molly Blanchard, Endeavor’s
new Office Manager, comes to us
from Casa Esperanza’s finance
department. She understands
charter school finance, carpool
duty, and dropping everything to
help a sick student. We are hap-
py to have her join our office staff.
Anna Gaines is excited to join
Endeavor’s 2nd grade team and
share her passion for hands-on
math. She comes to ECS from
Brier Creek Elementary where
she taught for 7 years.
Kate Tyler joins Endeavor in 8th
grade math with 8 years of expe-
rience teaching middle and high
school math in Louisiana, Flori-
da, and South Carolina.
Endeavor Graduates Its First Nine-Year Class!
Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 7
ECS Staff News
Congratulations: Tiffany Carson renewed her Na-
tional Board Certification this year!
Katie Clemmons was named to the
Education Advisory Board at Mar-
bles Kids Museum!
Allison Hester – Congratulations
to the Hester Family on their new-
est arrival! Isaiah Thomas Hester
was born on December 19, 2016!
Tonia Jones – Congratulations to
Tonia Jones on becoming a grandma
this year!
Carolyn Southard renewed her
National Board Certification this
year!
A Fond Farewell: Tina Bauldree is moving to Flori-
da with her family as her boys start
school at Florida A&M in the fall.
We will miss you Mrs. Bauldree!
Leah Boas will be teaching math
at Magellan next year. We will
miss you Mrs. Boas!
Larissa Peluso-Fleming is retir-
ing from teaching, but will return
as a substitute and ECS mom next
year. We will miss you Mrs. PF!
Robin Thoman is shifting gears
toward a new direction. We will
miss you Mrs. Thoman!
Thank you for pouring your hearts
into ECS. We wish each of you all
the best in your new Endeavors!
The Hester Family
4879 One World Way
Wake Forest, NC 27587
July 22—Do Dad’s Workday
July 24—Meet the Teacher
July 26—First Day of School
July 28—K Meet the Teacher
August 8 & 10—Curriculum Nights
August 16—PAWS Mane Event
September 14—Fall Pictures
September 22—Family Fun Fest
September 29—End of 1st Quarter
Phone: 919-848-0333
Fax: 919-848-8716
www.endeavorcharterschool.com
"We Learn by Doing."
Mark Your Calendar! Upcoming Dates for 2017/2018
Have a great
summer!
Calling All Silent Auction Donations!
Do you own or know a business that would like to be included in this year’s Silent Auction and Raffle
at the Family Fun Fest? Email Lauren Manfreda:
lmanfreda@endeavorcharter.com!
Endeavor Field Day 2017!