The WBS Foundation was formed in 2012 by a group of parents and friends for the sole purpose of raising money to enhance the quality education at Wrightsville Beach School. Our mission is to generate discretionary funds to provide for our school’s HR needs above and beyond what traditional funding sources provide. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, we are guided by a volunteer board of parents, friends, and staff.
Since its inception, the WBS Foundation has raised more than $350,000 in private donations to enhance the quality of the programs and education for the children at Wrightsville Beach School.
Our spending policy emphasizes that funds be deployed quickly and that every student at Wrightsville Beach School benefit from the Foundation’s grants. We intend for our donors’ current contributions to benefit today’s students.
Recent foundation funding opportunities include:
- A full-time Teacher (2018-2019 school year)
- A full-time Teacher’s Assistant (certified teacher)
- Funding for four part-time tutors (all certified teachers) adding 80 hours of teaching support each week
- New basketball goals for the blacktop
- Drum stands for the schools newly acquired steel drum set
- A new outdoor track
- Kayaks and other equipment for the Marine Science program
- Salary for the school’s part-time Spanish teacher
- Laptops, iPads and a charging station
- Various Physical Education equipment
- SMART Boards for classrooms
- Document cameras to enhance SMART board technology
- Camstasia Studio 7 Video Program
2019-2020 Board Members:
Rachel Lisk – President
Kelly Becker – Vice President
Lew Woodbury – Treasurer
Caroline Beam – Secretary
Jackson Norvell – WBS Principal
Sarah Smeilus – PTA President
Jessica Oester – Past PTA President
Kate Brown
Kimberly Batten
Caroline Beam
Jennifer Fagan
TJ Fitzpatrick
Danny Gillis
Devon Hoff
Ryan Hoke
Emily Hollingsworth
Erica Jackson
Rachel James
Quinn Sosne
Candace Wehr