Academy Endurance Fund-Response to COVID

Pivoting as a Community: The Academy Endurance Fund

The Academy Endurance Fund was created in response to the financial unrest caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The primary goals of this initiative are to care for our students and families and to keep our Charger community intact as we move through this time of financial setbacks and uncertainties.

No matter your level of support, your generosity is essential to keeping our community whole and remaining strong during and after this crisis.

When the global pandemic forced us to close our campus last March, Academy faculty, staff, physical plant, and administration teams responded quickly. Technology and remote accessibility issues were addressed, and our community was converted to online learning in just a couple weeks’ time. While our community sought meaningful ways to connect in an unanticipated virtual reality, preparations were underway to maneuver spring activities and time-honored events and to harness a sense of normalcy in a new climate of uncertainty. Understanding that COVID-19 was rewriting what was temporarily possible, Academy leadership was busy preparing to fundamentally change the way our academic schedules work in an effort to accommodate in-person or online learning - or a need to toggle between the two if and as conditions required. The remainder of the spring and summer focused on the dual importance of preparing our faculty to deliver the best quality curriculum online and to ensure a COVID-ready campus for the health and safety of our community and compliance with public health orders.

Philanthropic support made it possible for the Academy to remain flexible and address the extensive COVID-related needs as they arose. However, members of our Charger community are still in desperate need of support. That is why we are urging all members of our community to make a gift, no matter the size, to the Academy Endurance Fund to provide assistance to students and families ensuring we keep our community together through this precarious time.