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Annual Report 2023-24

The 2023-2024 school year marked the sixty-fourth in our school’s history, and to think of all that has happened over those six decades is indeed incredible.

From a small, mission-driven school on the Christ Church campus downtown to a visionary move to our current campus off of Mauldin Road in the early-1970s to our fully realized position as the leader in independent school education—not merely in Greenville or the Upstate but in all of South Carolina—ours is a story of dedication, adaptation, and inspiration.

Happily, that story is still being written as we look ahead to a campus expansion beginning in the summer of 2025. The same dedication, adaptation, and inspiration will continue to mark our work as we transform the current facilities into something even better.

There is so much to celebrate as our entire community has grown and matured, and in this report, we once again highlight the academics, arts, athletics, and extracurriculars of the past year which mark the unbroken tradition of excellence of CCES. Our rich history laid the foundation for our present; our present lays the foundation for our even brighter future.

I hope you find this report to reflect an appreciation of our CCES spirit, a reminder of what we have in this special place, and a preview of more good things to come, all made possible by our spirit of power, strength, and hope.

Your unfailing support makes all that we do possible, so as always, thanks to all of you for what you do for CCES

With gratitude,


David Padilla
Head of School

IMPACT

 

Helping sustain and grow CCES ensures the long-term value of our investment in our daughter’s education. She will benefit so much from this experience, and we believe that is worth more than the cost of tuition. We know that any gift we give will be put to good use, and the benefits of our gifts will be multiplied repeatedly across the whole CCES community and beyond.tameka and tondre buck Current Parents

Philanthropy

Current Endowment Initiative*

  • Pledges: $5,892,061
  • Cash Fulfillment to date on pledges noted above: $5,043,548
  • Total draw from endowments: $754,421

*Represents activity between July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024

Endowment Report

CavFund

$933,776

Honor Roll of Donors

Capital Gifts/Restricted Payments & Gifts

$1,015,196

Campus Master Plan

THANK YOU

The Arts Guild $38,650
Upper School Musical, Grease

Field trips across all divisions to performances, museums, and local exhibits; grade-level performances, such as the 2nd and 3rd Grade Plays; and all holiday programming, including Journey to the Cross, Road to Bethlehem, and Festival of Trees, are supported. Faculty receive assistance with classroom-specific projects, such as pumpkin carving in Fundamentals of Art. Additional support includes Middle and Upper school musical performances, professional musicians for Jumpstart Workshops for 5th-grade band and orchestra, senior highlight photos in the Hartness Performing Arts Center, and the Visiting Artist Fund, which brings professional artists to collaborate on student projects. Other initiatives include Shakespeare performances by The Warehouse Theatre for Middle and Upper school, promoting the arts at CCES, upgrading projector equipment in three music rooms, framing for visual arts instructors, and implementing new ticketing software.

Parents Org $15,000

The redesign and building of the Middle School Outdoor Recreation Area Lower Courts.

The Alumni Association $15,700
Cavalier 5K Runners

To the Dr. Georgia M. Frothingham Scholarship Endowment for alumni children.

The Booster Club $40,000

Support of the Leadership Academy for Juniors and 7th & 8th graders; purchased new pitching machine for baseball; new soccer game goals; Veo cameras, and livestream cameras for Carson Stadium, Linda Reeves Field, Baseball, and McCall Field House.

Volunteers

 

Current Financials 2023-24

Without an underpinning of financial health and integrity, CCES could not deliver the excellence to which we are committed in all areas.

Of particular note:

  • A Finance Committee, operating as a working arm of the Board of Trustees, is comprised of eight members and meets four times throughout the year.
  • CCES has no long-term debt as of June 30, 2023.
  • CCES has access to a multi-year credit facilities structure, which allows for suitable borrowing availability to cover annual operational needs, Board of Trustees approved construction projects, and/or capital improvements.
  • CCES has a robust maintenance reserve, which can be used to finance significant maintenance, renewal, or replacement of the school’s plant assets. Maintaining this reserve is critically important to ensuring the long-term financial health of the school.