2017–2018
REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY
ECHO HORIZON SCHOOL
Mission STATEMENT The mission of Echo Horizon and its Echo Center is to educate children in a collaborative environment that is academically challenging and developmentally appropriate. We actively promote mutual respect, individual responsibility, and ethical action. The Echo Horizon graduate is an inquisitive and critical thinker who brings creativity, kindness, and self-reliance to the lifelong journey of learning.
Dear Echo Horizon Community,
W
hat a whirlwind of change! The 2017–2018 school year saw curricular innovations, upgrades to our facilities, and new faces and talents. Yet the constant in all this was you—our inclusive community remained as warm and caring as ever, our students as curious and engaged as ever, and laughter rang in the auditorium, on the yard, and in the classrooms. In this, my first year at Echo Horizon, I was grateful for your patience and wisdom and proud of our Hawk spirit. Your commitment to the school made every celebration and initiative special and memorable for our children. With your generous support, our faculty and staff were able to attend the professional development they need to connect with other leaders in their fields and continue as educational innovators. Our historic building got some much-needed maintenance and our classrooms received a thoughtfully designed upgrade. Stay tuned for more good things to come!
2017–2018
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Pamela Kelly, Chair Akeem Ayeni, Vice Chair Eraka Bath, Vice President Mary Brussell, Vice President Jonathan Glaser, Vice President Ken Nakayama, Secretary Darren Dworkin, Treasurer Charlotte Hughes Richard Lanet Dr. Julie Marsh Donna Raphael Jennifer Roggenkamp Michael Shore Paul Slye Toan Tran Gary Weisserman William Luxford, M.D., Trustee Emeritus Joshua Oppenheimer, Parent Association President
PEGGY PROCTER Head of School
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ThankYOU
Thank you to our 2017—2018 Parent Association Officers, Committee Chairs, and Room Parents! Our parent volunteers contribute their hours to school events, classroom activities, field trips, teacher appreciation, and more. Nothing would be possible without their hard work and dedication.
Committee Chairs
Back to School Night: Kate Davies and Lauren Howard Book Fair: Laura Reider, Kellie Rosen, Laura Terry, Tamara Umansky Burger Truck: Alexis Fingold and Shawn Haghighi Celebration of Books: Monica Rice Celebration of Books Banner: Leslie Wootton Community Outreach: Heather Kun Faculty and Staff Holiday Gift Fund: Sarah Reber, Michael Roll, Satiya Witzer Family Picnic: Ginger Norman and Liz Tyler Grandparents & Special Friends Day: Jacque Kleinberg, Gillian Nalibotsky, Mara Simon Halloween Candy Collection: Bria Cheeks Halloween Carnival: Jonathan Lane, Wendy Lane, Frank Simon
Parent Association Leadership President: Joshua Oppenheimer Vice President: Lisa Sorrentino Secretary: Peter Scott Treasurer: Craig Fingold
Hospitality: Allyson Kimmel Hot Lunch: Alexis Fingold and Shawn Haghighi Kitchen Supply: Tracey Ayeni and Sara Chang Lost and Found: Sandra Montiel and Andy Theiss Popsicles in the Park: Stephanie George and Jean Lee School Pictures: Jeena Quansah, Philip Quansah, Jeny Quine Spirit Wear: Megan Ward Teacher Appreciation Hospitality: Satiya Witzer Teacher Appreciation Performance Committee: Sharolyn Davis Thanksgiving Project: Michelle Armoni and Alexia Landeau
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2017–2018
Room Parents Pre-K Samantha Lombardo Rachael Rosales Laura Terry
Grade 3 Stephanie George Lucy Oppenheimer Liz Tyler
Kindergarten Anthony Danna Vera Nazzal Tamara Umansky
Grade 4 Sharolyn Davis Emily Fox Alexia Landeau Jean Lee
Grade 1 Alexis Lerner Ruth Milway Sarah Reber Grade 2 LeShay Boyce Kendall Brooks Norma Ramirez Madeline Stewart
Grade 5 Kate Davies Jennifer Roggenkamp Kellie Rosen Grade 6 Jacque Kleinberg Sandra Montiel Jola Thun Megan Ward Jeanette Yoffe
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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2017–2018
ECHO HORIZON SCHOOL
2017–2018
FinancialREPORT
Support for Echo Horizon School remained strong and consistent in 2017–2018. The Board of Trustees continued its history of 100 percent participation, we had 100 percent giving from our faculty and staff, and we had rising parent participation rates. This shows our community’s strong belief in and commitment to our school.
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SUMMARY OF FUNDRAISING
INVESTMENTS 6.6%
4% 8
5.
$111,587
Other Gifts
$10,900
S FEE
100 % 100% BOARD OF FACULTY & TRUSTEES
FINANCIAL AID 10.1%
95 % PARENTS
STAFF
AT I ON 60%
6th: 84%
5th: 88%
4th: 93%
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20
P
FACILITY 9.1%
PE
NS
TOTAL EXPENSES
3rd: 94%
O
P R ER O G R A TIO A M & NS 20.8%
60
2nd: 95%
80
1st: 95%
100
K: 94%
ON AND
Spring Affaire
Pre K: 100%
ITI
$325,509
ANNUAL GIVING BY CONSTITUENCY
TOTAL INCOME TU
Annual Giving
FUNDRAISING 8%
CO
M
0
PARENT PARTICIPATION BY CLASS
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Your SUPPORT
Our community’s support enabled us to send our faculty and staff to essential conferences, workshops, and classes so that they can stay up to date on best practices and innovations. The professional development that our faculty and staff attended in the 2017–2018 school year included:
• Aim High
• Equity as Excellence Institute
• American Orff-Schulwerk Association National Conference
• ISM Advancement Bootcamp
• Annual Enrollment Management Conference
• NAIS National Conference
• Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth Conference
• National Business Officers Association
• CATDC Department Chairs Program • CASE-NAIS Independent Schools Conference
• NBI IEP Conference
• Character Lab @UPenn
• People of Color Conference
• Clarke Mainstream Conference
• Singapore Math In-Depth Summit
• CATDC Co-Teaching Conference
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Annual Meeting
Generous contributions from our community enabled Echo Horizon to remodel the furniture in the third-grade classroom to make it a more flexible and dynamic learning space.
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2017–2018
AnnualGIVING Echo Horizon School gratefully acknowledges the generous annual contributions from our donors. These contributions supplement the annual operating budget and are essential to our programs, professional development, and tuition assistance. The donors listed here allow Echo Horizon to continue to provide an exceptional education to our students and we give our heartfelt thanks for their caring and commitment.
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ECHO HORIZON FUND VISIONARY ($25,000 and up)
Nancy and Jonathan Glaser Pamela and Peter Kelly and Family Lori Shiotani and Kenneth Nakayama
BENEFACTOR
Alok K. Gupta
Alexis Lerner
The Brooks Family
The Lambertini Family
Greg and Samantha Lombardo
Claudette and Harvey Brown 2
The Nalibotsky Family
Julie Marsh and Steve Mayer
Jamie and James Chang
Vera and George Nazzal
Scott and Jessica Samet
Leslie Wootton and Alycia Degen
Lucy and Josh Oppenheimer
Emily Fox and Peter Scott
The George Family
The Raphael Family
Michael Shore and Megan Ward
Sherre and Jeff Hirsch
Monica and Joseph Rice
Mara and Frank Simon
Stacy Katz
The Roberts Family
Ziad Toubassy and Anthony Danna
Allyson Kimmel and Jeff Golden
Marc and Jennifer Roggenkamp
Rittu Kumar
Rob and Jola Thun
Ginger Norman
Jean Lee and Toan Tran Sharon and Joshua Yguado
($15,000 to $24,999)
BELIEVER
The Rosen Family Megha Sata and Nihar Shah
($1,500 to $2,499)
The Snavley/Sorrentino Family
Anonymous Anonymous
ANGEL
CHAMPION
($10,000 to $14,999) Anonymous Peggy Procter and John Johnston 2
GUARDIAN
The Appel Family Mary and Dan Brussell
Anonymous (2)
Chris Iorillo and Heather Kun
Alba Brooks-Correa and Michael Brooks
Courtney Mizel
Anonymous
Jay Carson and Sarah Treem
Jake and Rachel Robards
Toba Khedoori and Eric Allaway
Ram and Vani Dandillaya
Ali Shahidi and Haleh Rassouli
Andy and Tisha Berman
Kate and Tim Davies
Christine Stafford
Gigi and Karl Blatt
Sarah Reber and Benjamin Denckla
Eli and Laura Terry
Roger Bridges 2
The Ho Family
Ruth Milway and James Bursey
Eraka Bath and Alexandre Fortuit
Sara Chang
The Kleinberg Family Tracey and Akeem Ayeni
Alexia Landeau
Kori and Darren Dworkin
Jonathan and Wendy Lane
The Greenstein Family
Denotes Alumni Family
2 Denotes Grandparent
($500 to $999)
Jennifer McCaffrey and Michael Elias Peggy and Francis Hung
($5,000 to $9,999)
FRIEND
($2,500 to $4,999)
Denotes Special Friend
2 Denotes Staff
PATRON
Robert and Mary Chow
($1,000 to $1,499)
Summer and Tristan Drew
Anonymous
Cara Horowitz and Stefan Grunspan
Scott Abrahamson and Laura Reider
David and Lauren Howard
Pauline Wu and Carlos Fua
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Sandra Montiel and Ray Klein
Alicia Camacho 2
Jennifer and Mark Mascolo 2
Madeline and Ian Stewart
Tamara Umansky and Boaz Lev-Ari
Jennifer Canelli 2
Chandra and Kyle McLaughlin
Lori Zukerman and Tom Strouse
Perry and Vivien Liu
Bria Cheeks
Willie and Nicole McMahon
Rachel Tamir 2
Michelle Martinez and Corey LoPrete
Melanie Contreras 2
Maggie Megaw and Stephen Monas
Adam Tessitore and Annie DiMascio
Greg Otto and Elizabeth Gabbay
Jeff Craun 2
Bridget Murano 2
Lauren Thurmond 2
Kedran and Stavros Panageas
The Eapen Family
Jennifer Ordonez 2
Erin Tompkins 2
Cindy Tobisman and Nicole Pearl
Ellis Enlow 2
Johnny Palmer
Ian Wenger
Albert Simon 2
Francisco Felix 2
The Pathria Family
Ashley Whitelaw 2
Saundra Sparks 2
Deanna Fierro 2
Martin and Simone Pitts
Pooja Bhagat and Hugh Wright
Kerry Green and Chad Wasser
Jose Figueroa 2
Janet Poblano 2
Cathleen Wolff 2
Dolly and Gary Weisserman
Elizabeth and Glen Friedman
Holly Prince 2
Nora and Peter Wendel
Sandy and Paul Geddes 2
Philip and Jeena Quansah
The Witzer Family
Rachele Groff 2
Jeny Quine
Christine Y. Kim and Kevin Gruenberg
Maggie Raiken 2
Francisco Guerrero and Itzel Avila
Kristen Reyna 2
Ashley Guitron 2
Scott Rice 2
The Eisner Foundation, Inc.
(up to $499)
Shawn Haghighi
Cari Rosen 2
Los Angeles Water and Power
Cecilia Hillway 2
Tami Rubin 2
Ralph’s Grocery
Anonymous (9)
The Hoff-Ha Family
Monique Jones-Rugley and Brian
Smart & Final Charitable Foundation
Marnie and Paul Altman
Heather Iwata 2
Rugley
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Stephanie Anthony 2
Brian Setzer and Andrew Jebb
Carin and Mark Sage
Wells Fargo Foundation
Meg Baltazar 2
Ya’ Landa Harris and Rodney Johnson
Isabel Sanchez 2
Rachael and Navy Banvard
Grayson Jones 2
Christine Sansone 2
Elena Shtromberg and Aravier Batiz
Mehran and Marjan Kashefi
Stephanie and Jeffrey Shane
Megan Berta 2
Jelani Kelly 2
Jimmy Smith 2
Abeni Bias 2
The Lehmbeck Family
Myah Smith
Debbie Briggs 2
Rachel Lewis 2
Alex Sowa 2
The Caldera Family
Edwin Lopez and Norma Ramirez
Caitlin Stephens 2
Susan Macahilig 2
Kristen Stewart 2
SUPPORTER
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Denotes Alumni Family
2 Denotes Grandparent
Denotes Special Friend
CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS
2 Denotes Staff
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THANKYOU
to all of our Spring Affaire Auction Donors and Solicitors!
2018
SILENT AUCTION DONORS AND SOLICITORS
Alexis & Craig Fingold
Samantha & Greg Lombardo
Sky High Sports
Fogo de Chao
Lundeen’s
SoulCycle Culver City
Freshlunches
Patricia and Bruno Lambertini
Sprinkles Cupcakes
Gladstones Malibu
Magic Castle
Christine Stafford
Great Minds Robotics
Matsuhisa
The Studio at MDR
Aquarium of the Pacific
Griffin Club
Bridget & Jeremy Mohr
The Good Doctor
Bar & Garden
Guided Discoveries
Montage Beverly Hills
Tony P’s Dockside Grill
Eraka Bath & Alexandre Fortuit
Halper Fine Art
Mulberry Street Pizza
Total Wine & More
Beverly Hills Cosmetic and Laser Center
Hamburger Habit
Vera & George Nazzal
Universal Studios Hollywood
Brentwood Art Center
Harvard-Westlake
Ginger Norman
YADA - Youth Academy Dramatic Arts
Broadway Gymnastics School
Healing Hands Wellness Center
Lucy & Josh Oppenheimer
Yellow Door Spa
Mike & Alba Brooks
Hollywood Academy of Music and Arts
Pacific Park
Bryan Roberts Tennis
Hollywood Wax Museum
Pasta Sisters
Camp SuperDuper
JAG Gym
Performing Arts Workshops Education Inc.
Chicago for Ribs
Andrew Jebb
Haleh Rassouli & Ali Shahidi
Cookie Good
Joan’s on Third
Ponte Ristorante
Culver Hotel
Kay N Daves
Christie & John Roberts
CycleBar
Sandra Montiel & Ray Klein
ROC
Discovery Cube
LA Kings
Roclord Studio
Disneyland
Laemmle
Rover Kennels
Equinox Sports Club
Landmark Theatres
Stephanie & Jeffrey Shane
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REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2017–2018
ECHO HORIZON SCHOOL
Administration Peggy Procter Head of School
Maggie Raiken Marketing & Development Manager
Roger Bridges Assistant Head; Director of Counseling, Community Engagement, and Inclusivity
Tami Rubin Dean of Students; Director of Extended Day, Facilities, and Community Service
Meg Baltazar Interim Director of Curriculum
Saundra Sparks Director of Finance and Business Operations
Abeni Bias Director of Admission Ashley Kachelmeyer Interim Director of the Echo Center
The Report on Philanthropy reflects gifts made to Echo Horizon School between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information contained in this report. If you find a discrepancy, we sincerely apologize and ask that you bring it to our attention. Please contact Chair of Communications and Marketing Amina Sharma at asharma@echohorizon.org.
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