CURRENT CAMPAIGN
Space to Thrive
A campaign to build the spaces, skills, and support students need for tomorrow. Kilgour has long been a school where families invest. Not only in today’s students, but in the learning environment that future students will inherit. This campaign builds on that tradition.
Campaign Goal: $250,000
Timeline: 2026–2028
Building the spaces. Building the support. Building tomorrow.
Over the next three years, the Kilgour Foundation will continue to make targeted investments designed to transform how students learn, play, and grow. These are improvements that will serve Kilgour families for years to come.
Space to Thrive is a focused, multi-year campaign centered on three key investments:
Supporting hands-on STEM learning
Creating safe, usable, and shaded outdoor spaces
Investing in teacher excellence
Each area is designed to strengthen the daily learning environment in meaningful, lasting ways.
STEM Learning: From Interest to Deep Engagement
All K–6 students already participate in STEM/STEAM instruction each week. What’s needed now is the infrastructure to support deeper, more consistent, hands-on learning.
Thanks to your support, along with the generosity of our community partners at The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, Kilgour has recently changed an underutilized computer lab into a dedicated STEM Center through a nationally proven partnership model.
Now Open, Stop by and See the STEM Center:
Hands-on equipment for engineering, coding, circuitry, and design
Technology such as tablets and 3D printers
Standards-aligned curriculum
Teacher training and ongoing support
The STEM Center is now open for the 2026–27 school year!
Investment Breakdown: $100,000
$70,000 for partnership, build-out, curriculum, and training (completed)
$30,000 for five years of supplies (in progress)
Since funding was in place, the STEM Center opened for the 2026-27 school year—giving this year’s kindergarteners through 6th graders the chance to learn in a space built for discovery and learning. We’re still raising funds for supplies and additional expansion.
Outdoor Shade: Making Play and Learning Possible
Outdoor time is essential, but much of Kilgour’s playground and field space lacks shade.
During warmer months, students have limited options to cool down, rest, or comfortably spend time outside.
This includes:
This investment will provide permanent shade structures near key play and pickup areas. And outdoor tables and umbrellas in the courtyard for shaded lunches.
These improvements make outdoor spaces usable more often and support student comfort and safety.
Investment: $100,000
Teacher and Staff Development: Strengthening Every Classroom
The most meaningful improvements in student learning happen through great teaching.
While teachers receive district training, it doesn’t always align with Kilgour’s specific needs.
This campaign brings high-quality training directly on-site, so teachers can learn together and apply best practices immediately.
This includes:
Student engagement and cooperative learning
Responsive Classroom practices
21st-century learning
STEAM/STEM instruction
Investment: $50,000 over three years
KILGOUR FOUNDATION
We’re Here for Your Questions, Volunteering Inquiries, or Campaign Ideas
Email us at Kilgourfoundation@gmail.com if you have any questions. Thank you for your continued support and for making our school a space for students, staff and families to thrive.