Congratulations to the ECS Class of 2017...trips. Our students read thousands of books, devel-oped...

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

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

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


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

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.


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

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:

[email protected]!

Endeavor Field Day 2017!

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