Creating Stewards for the Chesapeake Bay 2018 ANNUAL REPORT Students from the Gunston School in Centreville, Maryland paddle a tributary of the Nanticoke River during a week long trip with the Sultana Education Foundation as part of the school’s new Chesapeake Watershed Semester. Photo by Chris Cerino 2018 At the Sultana Education Foundation (SEF), creating transformative educational experiences is at the core of everything we do. By this measure, 2018 was a breakthrough year for SEF.
The penultimate year of our Vision 2020 initiative, 2018 saw the implementation of many programs first envisioned almost a decade ago. As 2018 came to a close, SEF was well positioned to meet its Vision 2020 goals, which include doubling our capacity (vs 2012) and creating a curriculum that takes students from PreK through high school. Notable accomplishments included expansions of our citizen science, tributary paddling, summer enrichment, and PreK programs.
Looking to the future, SEF took important strategic steps to continue strengthening and diversifying our programs. Among these are SEF’s commitment to creating the Lawrence Wetlands Preserve, expanding our program endowment, and implementing a major program staff expansion.
As we continue to grow, SEF has redoubled its efforts to build a more diverse organization while providing compensation and benefits that provide employees with economically feasible careers. Both priorities are essential to our long-term success.
In the decades ahead the sustainability of the natural world will hinge on the passion and investment of today’s students. At SEF, we work every day to introduce children to the Chesapeake Bay and encourage them to become stewards for this miracle in their own back yard.
Our Vision Thank you for your continued support. An informed and inspired community that acts to restore and preserve the Chesapeake Bay. Sincerely, Our Mission
Provide transformative educational experiences in which students investigate the natural Chris Havemeyer Drew McMullen Chris Cerino and human history of the Chesapeake Bay while exploring solutions to create a more Board Chair President Vice President sustainable ecosystem. 4 Sultana Education Foundation -2018 Annual Report SCHOOL PROGRAMS programs. ofthese expanding thecapacity paddling staffposition,further with itsfullcomplement ofstaff. In 2018,SEFalsoaddedanewsenior late 2016,2018was operated thefirst whichthefacility year during itsschoolclients.serve Following theopeningofHoltCenter in Several notablestaffingchanges greatly enhanced SEF’sto ability programs schoolstudents at theHoltCenter. for elementary early launching newprograms like Watershed Watch, aswell asexpanding comprehensive PreK-12 program progression schools, for itspartner 2018,SEFalsomadeconsiderableIn progress inimplementing a Programs andHoltCenter Programs expanded. meaningfully Foundation’s Vision 2020initiative. ofthe in2012aspart goals established to expand, approaching capacity In 2018,SEF’s Programs School continued forat capacity the15 initiative. SEF’s flagship, theschoonerSULTANA, continued to operate goalslaidoutin2012theFoundation’sthe capacity Vision 2020 2018,SEF’sIn Programs School continued to expand, approaching Maryland. in Chestertown, rigs,mobile canoe/kayak anditsLEEDPlatinum HoltEducation Center facilities to accomplish this, includingitsschoolshipSULTANA, two science. The Foundation employs several core andenvironmental inhistory curricula complement existing classroom Chesapeake Bay Watershed that programs to schoolsinthe field providing hands-on hasbeen (SEF) core activity Sultana Education Foundation’s Since itsfounding in1997,the Student Hours:17,254 Students: 7,255 Environmental Literacy to Improve withSchools Partnering th straight year, whiletheFoundation’s Paddling Sultana Education Foundation 5 -2018 Annual Report Baltimore County AcademyRockbridge Anne Arundel Homeschool County Arundel Anne Maryland Caroline County Elementary Mutual County Calvert Middle Ridgley Charles County Tome School AviatMount Academy Cecilton Elementary Cecil County Elementary Ridgley Preston Elementary Greensboro Elementary Federalsburg Elementary Denton Elementary Rock HallElementary Rock Radcliffe Creek Kent School Kent County Middle Kent County High Elementary Garnet Elementary Galena Kent County New Covenant Christian County Harford Warwick Elementary Vienna Elementary DorchesterSouth Elementary Elementary Hill Sandy Elementary Maple Elementary Hurlock Choptank Elementary County Dorchester PointNorth High Chestertown Christian Christian Chestertown 2018 SEF PARTNER SCHOOLS Academy Sidwell Friends DayCapital School Hill Washington, DC Regents School Virginia The Swain School Academy ChestnutHill Springside Pennsylvania Townsend Elementary St. Anne’s Episcopal School Providence Creek Academy Delaware White Elementary Marsh Tilghman Elementary Elementary St. Michaels Saints Peter andPaul Easton Elementary School The Country Elementary Chapel District Talbot County Chesapeake Public Charter St. Mary’s County The Gunston School Sudlersville Middle Sudlersville Elementary Anne’sQueen County High Kennard Elementary Church Elementary Hill Bayside Elementary Anne’sQueen County St. JanedeChantal Green Acres County Montgomery An Example of Commitment In 2018, SEF lost a dear friend in Michael Lawrence (shown left with his dog Watson). Prior to his passing, Mr. Lawrence worked with SEF to establish the Lawrence Wetlands Preserve. His gift both allowed SEF to purchase the property and provided seed money for a new program endowment. Mr. Lawrence’s LAWRENCE commitment to SEF is an incredible example of how thoughtful planning by a single individual can have a truly transformative impact. Photo - Aerial view of the Sultana Education Foundation’s Lawrence Wetlands WETLANDS PRESERVE Preserve. Photo by Tyler Campbell
SEF Establishes New Facility to Help Students Make the Connection Between Land and Water
The traditional strength of the Sultana Education Foundation (SEF) has been our ability to get students out onto the Chesapeake Bay. SEF’s schoolship SULTANA is perhaps the most productive educational vessel of its type in the Mid-Atlantic, and the Foundation’s newer paddling programs have proven uniquely effective at putting students on tributaries in their own community.
While on-the-water experiences are essential to any student’s understanding of the Chesapeake, much of what determines the health of the estuary takes place in the 64,229 square-mile watershed that surrounds and drains into the Bay. In 2018, SEF took a major step to improve its ability to help students understand the connection between land and water by committing to the establishment of the Lawrence Wetlands Preserve.
Named in honor of long-time SEF supporter Michael Lawrence, the 8.5 acre Lawrence Wetlands Preserve is located directly adjacent to the Foundation’s Holt Education Center, and features a variety of habitats, including woodlands, shrublands, wetlands, warm grass meadows, and a non-tidal, fresh water pond with an outflow leading directly to the Chesapeake. This “watershed in miniature” will allow even SEF’s youngest students to grasp how the Chesapeake is impacted by the land that surrounds it.
Several years of planning and work lay ahead before SEF’s vision for the Lawrence Preserve is fully realized, but we expect to begin hosting limited programs at the Preserve as early as 2020.
6 Sultana Education Foundation - 2018 Annual Report Sultana Education Foundation - 2018 Annual Report 7 8 Sultana Education Foundation -2018 Annual Report SUMMER ENRICHMENT operating atfullcapacity. by 22%in2018,withall ofourprograms SEF’s SummerProgram capacitygrew programs, aswell asextensive financialaid awards. inresidentialEastern Shore summer students participating $15,000. This includedautomatic 40%tuitiondiscounts for financial aid for itsSummer Programs, totalling more than SEF continued to provide signficiant tuitiondiscounts and programs for children operate onaneedblindbasis, in2018 ofanorganizational to ensure effort thatAs allofits part 22% in2018,withallofourprograms operating at fullcapacity. students. Overall, SEF’s SummerProgram grew capacity by Programs anditsBay Camp Discovery for five to eight year-old ofitsSummerPaddling 2018,SEFexpanded thecapacity In impacts. experience that canhave life-long important, for profoundopportunties personalgrowth. The result isan environmentan experiential learning that alsofeatures Programs allow students to spendaweek immersedin experiences thesummer. during The Foundation’s Summer for educational extended population withopportunties providing thissamestudent its programs for schoolsby has worked to complement Education Foundation (SEF) For thepast15years theSultana Student Hours:13,225 Students: 241 Experiences That Have Life-Long Impacts Providing Personal andAcademic Sultana Education Foundation -2018 Annual Report 9 WATERSHED WATCH
Citizen Science Program Lays the Groundwork for New Types of Programs at SEF
In 2018, the Sultana Education Foundation (SEF) launched Watershed Watch, its most ambitious program ever for middle school students. Created in partnership with three Kent County schools - Kent County Middle School, Kent School and Radcliffe Creek School - Watershed Watch immersed 7th grade students in a year-long examination of Radcliffe Creek, a small tributary of the Chester River. Using Radcliffe Creek as a case study, the goal of Watershed Watch is to help students understand how watersheds function, how human activity impacts downstream water quality, and how communities can help improve both their local tributaries and the Chesapeake Bay.
Envisioned as an ongoing program with Kent County 7th grade students, the inaugural year of Watershed Watch kicked off with a three-day Professional Development Program for 7th grade teachers in the summer of 2018. During the first half of the 2018-2019 school year, students from SEF’s three Watershed Watch Partner Schools worked with SEF staff in their classrooms on watershed mapping and water quality testing, and took part in data collection field programs on Radcliffe Creek. This work will continue in 2019, culminating in a final project/report to be presented in a public forum at the close of the school year.
Watershed Watch is the first of what will ultimately be several Citizen Science programs offered by SEF. The goal of these programs is to more closely integrate the SEF experience with ongoing classroom work, and to involve students in collecting, analyzing, and presenting data that can have real- world applications.
10 Sultana Education Foundation - 2018 Annual Report Sultana Education Foundation - 2018 Annual Report 11 12 Sultana Education Foundation -2018 Annual Report TEACHER TRAINING with theStroud Water Research Center inPennsylvania. its underwrite Teacher Training programs, relationship andestablishedanewpartner ofNOAA 2018,SEFrelied andtheNational to Park help In onthesupport Service to integratein theirability fieldprograms into traditional classroom work. techniques SEF’s teachers during learn training programs impact make anenormous in theFoundation’s Programs. School The content andpedagogical knowledge These teachers willalsoreturn to SEFyear-after-year withstudents to participate SEF in2018willgoonto teach thousandsofstudents over thecourse oftheircareers. programs ishard to overstate. The 90teachers whoworked with programs may ofthese seemsmall, thelong-term impact inSEF’sWhile thenumberofparticipants Teacher Training Participant Hours:1,092 Teachers 90 Served: Classroom Teachers by with Multiplying Impact Partnering sail as part of afleet sail aspart Tall ShipsvisitingChestertown for the festival. festivals intheUnited States. ofitstype 2018,Downrigging saw In over 1,000visitors Downrigging Weekend, whichhasgrown to become oneofthelargest annual Always acenterpiece ofSEF’s public program calendaristheFoundation’s family/parents themedprograms. to ofweekly aseries proved asignificant success, more attracting than800 children and theirguardians/ nature programan introductory targeted at children agesthree to five. Toddler Time additionto SEF’sAn important publicprogram offerings in2018 was Toddler Time, innature programsand participating at SEF’s Holt Center. schooner SULTANA, paddlesontheJohnSmithChesapeakeNational Historic Trail, offered includeeducational sailsaboard Schools. the to our Opportunities Partner inprogramminggeneral publicto participate similarto what is forprovide individuals, opportunities families, andthe The SultanaEducation Foundation’s (SEF)Public Programs Participant Hours:8,575 Participants: 7,646 and Families inourCommunity forIndividuals Providing Opportunities Sultana Education Foundation -2018 Annual Report
13 PUBLIC PROGRAMS 2018 PROGRAM DATA FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Participants - 15,232 Student Hours - 40,156 Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2018
3 % Teacher Training Revenue & Support 8% Other 27% 21% Private Program Contracts & Tuition $181,080 24% 35% Public Schools Programs 43% Holt Schooner Membership & Contributions $784,358 School Center SULTANA Programs 73% Grants $194,024
Public REVENUE Schools 33% Investment Income $190,891 33% Summer Paddling Membership & Enrichment Other $1,387 58% Programs Contributions 14% Grants Total Revenue $1,351,740 Facility Use Public/Private Distribution Program Distribution 2 14% Investment Income by Student Hour1 for All Programs by Student Hour for All Programs by Participants for School Programs Total universe of SEF activity by program type Total universe of SEF activity by facility use Breakdown of Public and Private School 13% Program Contracts measured in Student Hours. measured in Student Hours. participants in School Programs. Expenses & Tuition 3% Asian 2% Asian 1% Other 6 % 6 % Program Services $916,963 Multi Multi 8% 8 % Racial Racial 11 % General & Administrative $207,322 Other Hispanic Hispanic 33% 35% Fundraising $152,253 45%Schooner Holt Title I Center55% SULTANA 16 % 63 % Schools 67 % 18 % Non Title I African White White Schools American African Total Expenses $1,276,538 6%American Multi Racial 33% Paddling Change in Net Assets from Operations $75,202 Programs Investment Loss, Net of Endowment Draw ($332,483) Total Change in Net Assets ($257,281)
4 Title I3 Distribution Inferred Student Ethnicity Ethnicity Benchmark EXPENSES by Participant for School Programs by Participant for School Programs for SEF Primary Service Area Net Assets at Beginning of Year $7,172,708 Distribution of Title I vs Non Title I participants Inferred ethnic breakdown of School Program Ethnic breakdown of Public School students 5 Program Services for all School Programs. Student Population by participant. from SEF’s Primary Service Area . Net Assets at End of Year $6,915,427 72% 16% General & Notes Reconciliation with Vision 2020 1 Student hour equals one student participating in one hour of programming. When compiling current data, SEF employs methodology significantly refined from Administrative 2 Participant measures are based on participant numbers rather than student hours. that used for its Vision 2020 initiative. Current methodology does not include data A copy of the Sultana Education Foundation’s audited financial statement and IRS 3 USDOE designation indicating high percentages of children from low-income families. from programs implemented by partners, includes only instructional time, and uses Form 990 are availabe at sultanaeducation.org or by calling 410-778-5954 12% Fundraising 4Data is inferred from demographic information provided by participating schools. recorded rather than averaged program lengths. When normalized to account for 5 Includes Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Talbot Counties in Maryland. these changes, SEF has increased its total number of student hours approximately 90% since 2012.
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Chris Havemeyer Drew McMullen Madison Beres Sultana Crew Chair President Brooke Logan Packard Chris Cerino Taylor Block Vice Chair Vice President Bay Discovery Instructor Blyth Reynolds Kathy McAllister Benton Bowen Sultana Mate Treasurer Director of Finance ______Lyle Feisel Michelle Cerino Bay Discovery Instructor Secretary Liza Brocker Director of Public Programs Sarah Davis Joyce Huber Paddling Staff Founding Chair Michael Fiorentino Senior Captain Rosie DiMatteo Assistant Paddling Director DIRECTORS Bradley Hirsh Paddling Program Director Courtney Forgan J. Taylor Buckley, Jr. Paddling Staff Beth Lenker David Cantera Holt Center Director Jamie Mancini Mickey Elsberg CCC Intern Kate Livie Robert Fordi Development Director Todd Mignosa Patti Hegland Sultana Education Director John Mann Donald Hewes Lawrence Preserve Manager Keith Packard Paddling Staff George Kreshock Aaron Thal Nancy Walker Low Captain Rudy Schreiber Paddling Staff William P. Madar Colleen Whitlock Melvin S. Rapelyea Asst. Director of Finance Amelia Shirtz Sultana Crew John E. Swain Matthew W. Tobriner Jennifer Spitzer Sultana Crew MJ Veverka Craig Vosburg Katie Urbanski CCC Intern Philip Webster Carolyn Wasser Glenn Wilson Sultana Crew The keel for the schoner SULTANA was laid on October 25, 1998. Dominic Dragotta, pictured above, still volunteers for the Sultana Education 20 YEARS Foundation. Photo by Lucian Niemeyer.