The North Carolina Coastal Federation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the coast of North Carolina through programs that: keep the public informed about coastal management issues; educate about the coastal environment; advocate for sound coastal management decisions; and fix degraded coastal wetlands, watersheds and water quality. Since its grassroots formation in 1982, the federation has worked to engage tens of thousands of people in helping to keep the North Carolina coast healthy and pristine. Through partnerships and hands-on involvement from over 16,000 supporters, the federation seeks to engage as many people as possible in being good stewards of the coast. What we do Advocate The federation works with local, state and federal agencies to enhance environmental standards and develop more effective coastal habitat protection and restoration policies. Full-time professional coastal advocates and a contract lobbyist work with community volunteers to keep a close eye on the enforcement of environmental programs and environmental rules and legislation. Restore Land purchases and cooperative agreements with private landowners have enabled the federation to restore and protect almost 100,000 acres of coastal habitats since 1996. Working with community volunteers, students and contractors, we build, enhance and preserve oyster reefs, living shorelines, wetlands, shorebird nesting sites and native coastal forests. We also retrofit farm drainage systems and neighborhoods to reduce the amount of polluted stormwater reaching our coastal waters. Educate The federation educates thousands of people each year through volunteer opportunities with our restoration projects, field trips, in-school programs, conferences, professional workshops and community outings. Our education efforts seek to foster awareness and appreciation for the coast, while encouraging stewardship of our coastal waterways and water quality.

Classical Conversations is a home-centered educational community that equips parents to provide their children with timeless tools of learning so they can discover nature’s order and beauty and enable others to do the same. The curriculum offers a Christ-centered worldview, while honing students’ academic and classical skills of recitation, logical thinking, and rhetoric. Classical Conversations families gain a supportive and committed community that equips and guides parents and motivates students to become life-long learners. Classical Conversations equips parents to educate their children using timeless tools of learning within the current culture. Classical Conversations inspires students to know God and make Him known by cultivating the joy of learning innate in every child. Classical Conversations provides a community-based curriculum that gives families the real-time support and accountability they need to succeed.

Washington Montessori Public Charter School (WMPCS) is a non-profit, tuition-free alternative to traditional public schools with an annual budget of $3.5M. Located on 36 wooded acres in Washington, NC in the Inner Banks, WMPCS is 45 minutes east of Greenville, NC and East Carolina University. Since 2000, WMPCS has served students in Eastern North Carolina in the traditions and philosophy of Maria Montessori. The school is structured in customary Montessori levels with each level in its own building and serves 450 children from 5 surrounding counties in private pre-K Day School to 12th grade settings. In addition to the Montessori based curriculum and pedagogy, WMPCS also has a well-established music, before and after school, middle and high school athletics, community outreach, and service programs. WMPCS is committed to the development of the whole child, enabling him to draw upon all his gifts and reach his greatest potential. We encourage personal responsibility both socially and academically. Each child is allowed freedom of choice and is offered guidance in setting individual goals. Our mission is to inspire academic excellence; to nurture curiosity, creativity, and imagination, and to do so within an environment rich with warmth, kindness and respect. Each year the students engage in service learning and immersion trips. These experiences are just as important to the student’s development as the academic instruction received in the classrooms. Students are encouraged to start, manage, and operate small businesses in order to fund their immersion trips. WMPCS believes that students do not become successful by accident; they train in the classroom, on the field, and in the community to achieve their best. Leadership, entrepreneurialism, critical thinking, adaptability, sportsmanship, and striving to compete at one’s fullest potential are integral parts of the development of the whole child.

John Paul II Catholic High School, located in Greenville, NC, is a four-year college preparatory school in The Catholic Diocese of Raleigh. We embrace the mission of Jesus Christ: to form men and women of faith, knowledge, and service in church and community. Within the tradition of our Catholic faith we build character through the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit while instilling a commitment to lifelong learning.

The Epiphany School of Global Studies is a company based out of United States.

Member of the Board of Trustees at Lawrence Academy. Serve in a voluntary capacity to help provide guidance and support to the Head of School and the Lawrence community.

Arendell Parrott Academy is a primary/secondary education company based out of P.O. BOX 1297, Kinston, North Carolina, United States.

A PK3, PK4, K-12, coed, non-sectarian independent school setting the bar for a 21st Century education teaching the whole child through hands-on, experiential learning.