new annual impact report · 2016. 3. 16. · economic impact report + = wakeed partnered with wcpss...
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ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT
www.WakeEd.org
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To engage, inform, and mobilize the business community and community-at-large in c o l -l a b -o r a -tion with the Wake County Public School System
(WCPSS) to provide every student with excellent educational opportunities, highly effective teachers, and strong leaders.
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TEACHER INNOVATION GRANTS
This year, we formed an unprecedented public private partnership with WCPSS. Thanks to your generous donations, we were able to give $67,542 directly to 26 educators. This money funded indoor gardens to bring biology to life for autistic students. It purchased books for students in underpriveleged schools. It created a digital classroom to bring STEM to life. Your contributions made that and much more possible.
“Every school day, children at Lacy will become better readers because of your educational advocacy.”
- Carol LongoWCPSS Educator
MORE THAN$67,000
GIVEN DIRECTLYTO WCPSS
EDUCATORS
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WORLD CAFE
SummerSTEM
SummerSTEM immersed WCPSS educators in businesses and organizations that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The program exists to enrich the educator’s understanding of the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in STEM careers.
“Our folks loved doing this, and it strikes me as a great example of just the kind of thing WakeEd is uniquely positioned to do.”
- Caroline McCullen, SAS
Our annual STEM and Global Studies World Cafe paired more than 60 businesses and schools together at Biogen. Schools used focused networking time to brainstorm potential projects for classroom and school-wide engagement in STEM and global studies. These meetings led to
STEMPACT
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PARTNERS READ
“Our students will only be as good as the people who invest in them.”
- April Love, WCPSS Educator
In Partners Read, volunteers dedicate 30 minutes every Friday morning to read with two elementary school students. This year WakeEd placed more than 30 volunteers in eight WCPSS Elementary schools. One teacher reported that a student grew by five reading levels after beginning the program.
FIRST STEPS IN LITERACY
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FIRST STEPS IN LITERACYWAKE UP & READ
“For more than 30 years, WakeEd Partnership has brought
businesses and community partners together – actively listening, collaborating and working – to give our children a solid learning
foundation that will carry them into the next stages of
their lives.”
- David Fountain, Duke Energy
WakeEd is a leading member of the WAKE Up and Read collaborative. This year, we helped collect, sort and distribute more than 100,000 books for students in underserved schools. Through these efforts, we have helped students start to build a permanent home library.
WakeEd’s work to help parents succeed as their child’s first teachers requires that families have resources and training. We provided family resource toolkits supplementing WCPSS Letterland curriculum. In addition, we collaborated with Motheread to deliver workshops on literacy for parents. In addition, we co-hosted community events with Marbles Kids Museum and WCPSS Literacy leadership.
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
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ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT
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WakeEd partnered with WCPSS to fund a study by North Carolina State University on the economic impact of our local public schools in Wake County. Among other things, the study found the high academic performance of WCPSS has helped raise property values in Wake County by more than $11.2 Billion. The study gained headlines in the News & Observer, WRAL, WUNC and many more news outlets.
EVERY DOLLAR SPENT AND RETAINED IN WAKE COUNTY BY THE WCPSS CAPITAL BUDGET RESULTS IN
$2.23OF WAKE COUNTY SPENDING
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COMMON COREWakeEd is a champion in the fight to keep North Carolina’s curriculum standards high through Common Core. WakeEd has supported the standards since they were adopted by the state and wrote editorial pieaces and articles in WakeEdge and In Context vocalizing why these standards are important. In December, WakeEd published an open letter to the Academic Standards Review Commission urging them to keep the standards. Shortly after, the commission recommended that North Carolina keep standards high by supporting Common Core.
WakeEd believes the ASRC recommendations will preserve rigorous academic standards for students, provide stability and professional development for North Carolina’s educators, and help educators and those who support them best align assessments.
SCHOOL FUNDINGWakeEd co-hosted an education forum with the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce that focused on moving “Beyond the Bucks” to really provide teachers with what they need. In addition, WakeEd led a group of business leaders to a county commissioners meeting to speak in support of WCPSS Board of Education budget proposal. County Commissioners ended up voting to give WCPSS $45 million in additional revenue next year. WakeEd continues to champion increases in funding for teacher pay and academic programs.
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STARS OF EDUCATIONOur fundraising programs round out the end of our report. These programs support all of our efforts over the year and allow us to have the impact that we do. Stars of Education is our chief fundraiser for the year. This year, more than 400 individuals attended the celebration, helping to raise more than $60,000. Equally as important, at the event we honored those who are the educational backbone of our community. Our honorees are below. Vernon Malone Friend of Education
Harvey Schmitt
EntrepreneurshipGary Greene
Community ServiceNita Fulbright
BusinessTom Oxholm
AthleticsBobby Guthrie
ArtsMarshall Butler
EducationValerie Schild
Teacher Innovation Grant Recipients 2015-2016
2015 WCPSS Hall of Fame Class
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TRIANGLE TRIVIA CHALLENGE
This year WakeEd made an extra effort to reach out to the next generation of leaders in Wake County to encourage them to invest in education. We started an annual trivia contest as a fundraiser for our programs and as an outreach tool to parents and young professionals. More than 70 people signed up for the event, which included door prizes provided by local businesses and a $500 cash prize.
CORNERSTONE INVESTORSWith much appreciation and gratitude, WakeEd honors and thanks our Cornerstone Investors! At the level of investment of $10,000 and greater, they form the cornerstone of WakeEd’s financial foundation. Please join us in sending all of our Cornerstone Investors our largest thanks! Bank of America | Bayer CropScience | BASF | BB&T |Biogen | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP* | Capitol Broadcasting Company | Duke Energy | First Citizens Bank | GSK | Golden Corral | Goodnight Educational Foundation | Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce | Kids ‘n Community Foundation | Lifetouch* | MMI Public Relations* | News & Observer* | PNC Bank | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Quintiles | SAS | SunTrust Bank | Triangle Community Foundation | UNC Rex Healthcare | Wells Fargo Bank | WTVD ABC -11* | Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation *includes in-kind services
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Monica BarnesABC-11 WTVD
Chris BellSunTrust Bank
Gordon BrownAlfred Williams & Company
Rob BuhlerMMI Public Relations
Rob Burlington SteelFab Inc.
Melissa Buscher,Time Warner Cable
Robin CostelloCED
Matt DavisParagon Bank
Damon DishmanWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Scott DudaCherry Bekaert, LLP
Hardin EngelhardtWake County PTA Council
Don EspositoRex Healthcare
Eric FittsWCPSS Principal of the Year
Gary GreeneGreene Resources, Inc.
Cara GreeningClancy & Theys
Sharon GuptonFonville Morisey Realty
Jim HartmannWake County Manager
Doug HornbergerMerrill Lynch
John HummelWLFL/WRDC TV
Chris IsleyBB&T
Stephanie JensenBASF
Rita JermanWake Technical Community College
Russell KillenParker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, LLP
Mitch LowerBiogen
Rod MaloneTharrington Smith
Scot McAlexanderGateway Bank
Caroline McCullen SAS
Dr. Jim MerrillWCPSS Superintendent
Christina O’NeillCisco
Katherine PeeleLS3P ASSOCIATES LTD.
Natalie PerkinsClean Design
Jennifer PittmanDuke Energy
Marion RobinsonState Employees’ Credit Union
Jamie RoysterLenovo
Sepi SaidiSepi Engineering & Construction
Matthew ScialdoneWCPSS Teacher of the Year
Steven SleeFifth Third Bank
Marcus SmithPNC Bank
Julie SongQuintiles
Walt TippettBrooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Cleon UmphreyRaleigh Durham Airport Authority
CHAIRDoug Sprecher
First Citizens Bank
Chair-ElectDon Esposito
UNC Rex Healthcare
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Steve ParrottPRESIDENT
Fran CarruthersVP OF [email protected]
Ken JonesDIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Teresa PierrieDIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS
Heather CampbellDIRECTOR OF [email protected]