Centennial Fund for the Future

Centennial Fund for the Future Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

Three Phase Campaign Community Spaces:

P1

State of the Art Engineering and Community Spaces Robotics STEM LAB Media Center & Library Restoration of historic school house; main entrance and Marotta Hall

Community Spaces:

mmunity Spaces Community Spaces Kitchen & Dining Room Courtyard and Outdoor Performance Space

P2

Community Spaces:

P3

Community Spaces Rooftop Playground, Outdoor Science Lab Blacktop, Basketball Court & Primary Playground Pool Renovation

Future Focused Learning: STEM equipment including Engineering, Maker Space and Robotics tools Digital Media & Arts Tools

Future Focused Learning: Outdoor sound/lighting Smart TVs, WIFI upgrade, Computers, Infrastructure

Future Focused Learning: Tools for Outdoor Education Outdoor Science Equipment Aquatics Equipment

Centennial Fund for the Future Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

PHASE I STEM LAB, Library, and Main Entrance and Marotta Hall Engineering, Maker Space, Robotics, Digital Media, Arts Tools

In Phase I, we continue the rapid campus upgrades we started when we launched the Road to 100 Strategic Plan. Taking the wall down between rooms 29 and 30, we’ll create a spacious Engineering and Robotics Lab. Imagine entering the school, with the new Mike Ricatto Lab on your left and a state-of-the-art Robotics Lab on the right. Here, students will take STEM to the next level with sophisticated technology, advanced computer science, and design using tools like 3D printers and laser cutters. This Phase also includes the reimagining of the Roberts Library. This is the heart of the school, and it is time to upgrade it, so it may serve as a future-focused media center where students learn 21st century skills using 21st century tools.

Finally, to complement all this work focused on the future, this phase also includes the historic preservation of our original schoolhouse. The entrance and main hall, has welcomed students since 1927 and repairing it will pay tribute to our past.

Centennial Fund for the Future Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

Centennial Fund Phase I

Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

Centennial Fund Phase I

Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

PHASE II Kitchen & Dining Room, Courtyard Culinary Arts Equipment, Outdoor A/V, Smart TVs, Devices, and Technology Upgrades

In Phase II, we will further enhance the large gathering common spaces of the Poll Dining Room and the Courtyard. We imagine a renovation of the Poll Dining Room that includes flexible seating, service stations focused on sustainability, and a new kitchen that includes a teaching area for students to explore culinary arts. Stepping out of the Dining Room, one enters a reimagined Courtyard where students and staff enjoy a peaceful sanctuary with four season seating and an outdoor performance space. The Courtyard will be decked and planted with an eye on ground water management and a focus on flora indigenous to Queens. In addition to these large communal areas, this phase will include upgrades to infrastructure and WIFI, the installation of Smart TVs in every classroom and tripling the number of devices such as laptops for students and staff.

Centennial Fund for the Future Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

Centennial Fund Phase II

Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

Centennial Fund Phase II

Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

PHASE III Rooftop Space, Pool, Playground, Blacktop and Court Tools for Outdoor Education, Science, and Aquatics

In the final phase of our campaign, we look again to common spaces. For generations, Garden has imagined a rooftop play space on the Lower Division building and we intend to bring this dream to life. More than just a playground, this area will include an outdoor science lab with partial cover, teaching station, and seating. This space, overlooking Travers Park, will serve multiple purposes with equipment for play and learning. Looking North from the rooftop, you find our next focus, a new pool. The pool was an important investment decades ago and it is time to replace it and enhance the area with new decking, partial covering for three season use, and changing rooms. Then over on the other side of campus, we will wrap up the campaign by replacing the front playground, blacktop, and basketball court.

Centennial Fund for the Future Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

Centennial Fund Phase III

Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

Centennial Fund Phase III

Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

Campaign Giving Levels Visionary Community Spaces

$25,000+

Change Maker

$15,000+

Innovator

$10,000+

Cultivator

$5,000+

Pioneer

$1,000+

Explorer

$1 - $999

To learn more about naming opportunities, please contact Kat Sullivan, Assistant Head of School for Advancement (718) 335.6363 | ksullivan@gardenschool.org

Centennial Fund for the Future Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

Ways to Give Donate On-Line Garden School acceptsCommunity Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. GIVING LINK Spaces

By Check If you wish to donate by check, please make checks payable to: Garden School c/o Centennial Fund for the Future 33-16 79th Street Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Corporate Matching Gifts Many corporations offer matching gift programs that can double or triple the value of your gift to Garden!

Many employers will also match contributions by spouses, retirees, and trustees. Please contact your HR or Community Relations department office for eligibility information and matching gift forms.

Appreciated Securities Securities such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds not only make a wonderful gift but the tax savings to the donor can be significant. If you are interested in donating appreciated securities please contact the Advancement Team.

Centennial Fund for the Future Garden School | 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 | 718-335-6363 | gardenschool.org

Ways to Give IRA Charitable Rollovers If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can donate directly from your traditional or Roth IRA to Garden School, up to Community Spaces $100,000. If you have also reached your required beginning date, this can be a strategic way to fulfill your required minimum distribution (RMD) for the year while potentially reducing your taxable income, as the donated amount may satisfy all or part of your RMD obligation.

Instruct your financial institution to make the check payable to: Garden School EIN 11-1631783 and mail it to: Garden School, 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372.

Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is a charitable savings account that offers you the flexibility to support organizations important to you, like Garden School, while receiving favorable tax benefits. Please make a grant today through your online DAF account or by contacting your fund manager.

Advancement Team Chris Herman, Head of School Kat Sullivan, Assistant Head of School for Advancement Jennifer Durst, Board Member, Development Committee Chair Micaela Warren, Communications & Advancement Associate

Garden School, is a registered 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization (Tax ID #11-1631783). Contributions made to Garden School are tax deductible as allowed by law.

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