Donor Opportunities
Together We Soar
Keeping watch over our beautiful riverside campus, our beloved resident Osprey inspired Kent School teachers, parents, board members and students to come together to plan a $2 million campaign, Together We Soar, to bring about important and needed capital improvements designed to benefit students from Preschool through Eighth Grade and increase the school’s endowment. Today, we have raised $800,000 in new endowment funds and nearly $500,000 toward improvements to the Deborah C. Williams Middle School including an exciting new $1 million centerpiece Environmental Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics space.
Symbolizing this next chapter in the life of Kent School, a recently completed graceful new entrance portico provides safety and security for visitors, students and faculty. When the campaign is fully funded, the portico will also open its doors to new cutting-edge academic opportunities designed to prepare students for success in secondary school, college and life in our global society.
Created to guide our students to take thoughtful risks, engage in experiential learning, solve complex problems, think critically, embrace collaboration and work through the creative process, the new Innovation Center will include the Middle School Science Lab, Middle School Math classrooms, and visual arts classrooms – including both a 2D art studio and a 3D art studio, for all students. The new Middle School Science Lab will include state-of-the-art equipment for the program designed to teach students the scientific method while focusing on core understanding of key principles in Earth Science, Life Science and Physical Science integrated with environmental science and Chesapeake Bay Studies.
Like the best schools, Kent School balances achievements and progress in ways that fully embrace our history while also exploring new opportunities in our ever-changing world. We are convinced that the power of the Kent School spirit, its community connections, and its balance of tradition and innovation will enable Kent School to soar unwaveringly into a boundless future. Please join us.
Donor Opportunities
Middle School Academic Wing – $500,000
While the exterior of the Middle School Academic Wing will remain as we know it, the interior will be transformed and expanded into bright, inviting spaces housing Language Arts, History, and Math classrooms and serve as a meeting space for the Student Government Association. The 1,400 square foot pad, poured in 2012 as a place-holder footprint for expansion, will serve as the foundation for new construction on the back of the existing Middle School. A gift of $500,000, payable over four years or on another schedule comfortable to the donor, will enable a donor to name the building.
Innovation Center – $250,000
The new Innovation Center in the Middle School will use the study of
Environmental Science (Earth, Life and Physical Science all with the environmental lens), Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics to guide our students into taking thoughtful risks, engaging in experiential learning, solving complex problems, thinking critically, embracing collaboration, and working through the creative process.
2D Art Studio – $50,000
A large, bright space with state-of-the-art supplies, furniture and storage, the Art teaching classroom will support all visual arts including mixed media art and graphic arts.
3D Art Studio – $50,000 RESERVED
A collaborative space for interdisciplinary work, the 3D Art Studio will include a ceramics studio.
Math (2) – $50,000 RESERVED (1)
One Math classroom will be in the Academic Wing and one in the Center.
Middle School Commons – $35,000 RESERVED
A Commons area for all Middle School students will provide locker space for all students as well as gathering spaces for study or visiting with friends.
Science Lab – $100,000
The new Middle School Science Lab located in the Innovation Center will feature state-of-the- art equipment.
Humanities Classrooms (3) – $50,000 RESERVED (1)
New Grade 5/6 Language Arts, Grade 7/8 Language Arts and History classrooms will be built as part of the new Academic Wing.
Learning Strategist – $35,000
The new space dedicated to our Orton-Gillingham-trained Learning
Strategist will be adjacent to the Library and facilitate collaboration with the Director of Library Services.
Middle School Academic Wing – $500,000
While the exterior of the Middle School Academic Wing will remain as we know it, the interior will be transformed and expanded into bright, inviting spaces housing Language Arts, History, and Math classrooms and serve as a meeting space for the Student Government Association. The 1,400 square foot pad, poured in 2012 as a place-holder footprint for expansion, will serve as the foundation for new construction on the back of the existing Middle School. A gift of $500,000, payable over four years or on another schedule comfortable to the donor, will enable a donor to name the building.
Innovation Center – $250,000
The new Innovation Center in the Middle School will use the study of
Environmental Science (Earth, Life and Physical Science all with the environmental lens), Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics to guide our students into taking thoughtful risks, engaging in experiential learning, solving complex problems, thinking critically, embracing collaboration, and working through the creative process.
2D Art Studio – $50,000
A large, bright space with state-of-the-art supplies, furniture and storage, the Art teaching classroom will support all visual arts including mixed media art and graphic arts.
3D Art Studio – $50,000 RESERVED
A collaborative space for interdisciplinary work, the 3D Art Studio will include a ceramics studio.
Math (2) – $50,000 RESERVED (1)
One Math classroom will be in the Academic Wing and one in the Center.
Middle School Commons – $35,000 RESERVED
A Commons area for all Middle School students will provide locker space for all students as well as gathering spaces for study or visiting with friends.
Science Lab – $100,000
The new Middle School Science Lab located in the Innovation Center will feature state-of-the- art equipment.
Humanities Classrooms (3) – $50,000 RESERVED (1)
New Grade 5/6 Language Arts, Grade 7/8 Language Arts and History classrooms will be built as part of the new Academic Wing.
Learning Strategist – $35,000
The new space dedicated to our Orton-Gillingham-trained Learning
Strategist will be adjacent to the Library and facilitate collaboration with the Director of Library Services.
