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.
Past foundation funding opportunities include:
- A full-time Marine Science teacher (2023-2024 school year; 2024-2025 school year)
- A full-time Teacher’s Assistant (every year for the past 5 years)
- 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
2024-2025 Board Members:
Nicholas Malfitano – President
TBD – Vice President
Kelly Becker – Treasurer
Anne Bloomquist – Secretary
Jackson Norvell – WBS Principal
Michaela Basilio
Charissa Benson
Anne Bloomquist
Cassie Causey
Nicholas Cole
TJ Fitzpatrick
Susan Gross
Whitney Hoffman
Ryan Hoke
Oliver Holmes
Adam Keen
Kourtney Landen
Meredith McElmurry
Ashley McGee
Brielle McGrath
Brooke Meyers
Stephanie Pleasant
Alexis Pullium
Anne Singerman
Maria Blood Smith