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Secondary Education Projects

Current and recent projects

The Campaign For The Prep: Our Legacy - Our Future

St. Joseph's Preparatory School, Philadelphia, PA

Hope Lives HereThe Campaign for the Prep, and resulting enhancements, enabled St. Joseph Prep to lower its average class size, simplify scheduling, expand curriculum and Fine Arts programs, and provide an all-around improved learning environment. By renovating a historic but long-unused five-story building and linking it to the existing school, the Prep discovered ways to fuse the old with the new, maintaining meaningful features of the original structure while creating a modern place for learning. These state-of-the-art improvements help the Prep live its mission every day as the school develops leaders of intellectual distinction, men of faith and integrity, men who are open to personal growth, and committed to social justice and community service. CCS was proud to partner with the leadership and community of St. Joseph’s Prep for this exciting and historic achievement. The Campaign for the Prep achieved its $30 million goal and the effort stands as the largest, most successful campaign in the school’s history.

Clongowes Wood College S.J.

Clongowes Wood College S.J., Co. Kildare, Ireland

ImageSince its founding in 1814, Clongowes Wood College S.J. has been one of the preeminent secondary schools in Ireland.  A seven-day boarding school for boys, Clongowes draws its 450 pupils from all over Ireland and abroad.  Embarking on its third century, exciting expansive plans are underway to improve, enhance and modernise the existing learning environment and facilities.  Embodying the Jesuit dedication to social justice and inclusion, a new bursary programme forms a central part of the School’s vision.

CCS has a long relationship with Clongowes, now working with the School for the third time.  Conducting a broad and inclusive campaign, CCS is counselling the School leadership (Headmaster, Foundation Trustees and Headmaster’s Cabinet); strategising on leading and major gifts; providing guidance on alumni engagement and the roll-out of its alumni division campaign; and advising on the current and past parent giving programmes. 

The American School of Paris

The American School of Paris, France

ImageFounded in 1946 as one of Europe’s most prestigious international schools, the American School of Paris (ASP) offers a coeducational, independent education to students in kindergarten through Grade 12. Since its founding, the School has built a reputation for being a warm, welcoming, and nurturing school with strong academics and enviable opportunities to enhance learning by taking advantage of its location in one of the world’s great cities.

CCS is proud to have worked with the American School of Paris to expand the scope and impact of their annual giving campaign. In a few short months of on-site CCS contact, the Board of Trustees and the administration at ASP were able to establish a totally new out-look to fund raising. CCS helped ASP with a long-term plan, suggested procedures and established schedules that will dramatically elevate the school’s fund-raising effort.

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Open Window School

Open Window School, Bellevue, WA

ImageCCS is honored to assist the Open Window School in Bellevue, Washington with strategic planning and dedicated campaign management to support a capital campaign that will fund scholarship endowment and the cost of the school’s current campus, including developing a playing field and expanding the middle school facility.

Campaign Kent Denver: Pride In Our Past, Committed To Our Future

Kent Denver School, Englewood, CO

Amnesty International USAKent Denver, an 84-year-old independent school for students in grades six through twelve, is considered the most prestigious private school in Colorado and one of the finest in the nation. Following a comprehensive feasibility and planning study, CCS managed the quiet phase of a $17 million campaign, the largest in the school’s history. Over $19.2 million was raised, $9 million of which has been directed to endowment for tuition assistance, faculty salaries, and Breakthrough Kent Denver. The remainder supported construction of a new Student Center for the Arts.

Kent Denver Case Study

A Tradition of Faith

Pius X High School, Lincoln, NE

Lion's Clubs InternationalFor over 50 years, Pius X High School has been providing youth throughout Lincoln, Nebraska with an exemplary Catholic education. In order to continue this legacy of learning, Pius X High School embarked on a $13 million landmark campaign – A Tradition of Faith. Highlights of this campaign include increasing the Pius X High School Foundation and funding improvements to the physical plant. A unique characteristic of this campaign is that funds were also raised to support the parishes of Lincoln. Pius X High School, with the support of the entire Lincoln Catholic community, successfully raised over $15.9 million. CCS was privileged to have assisted in this effort.

Foundations For Learning:
A Campaign For Educational Excellence

Ranney School, Tinton Falls, NJ

ImageRanney School is an independent,co-educational day school located in Monmouth County, New Jersey that serves over 800 students. Following on the success of Phase I ~ Foundations for Learning, Ranney embarked on Phase II ~ Foundations for Learning, a significant fundraising effort to support campus-wide enhancements and expansion. This extraordinary undertaking, the largest in Ranney School’s 48-year history, will assure that Ranney remains a beacon for academic excellence and exploration for its students and faculty for many years to come. The campaign surpassed its $7.5 million goal, raising more than $11.5 million from major gifts, and is now working toward a challenge target of $12 million. CCS is proud to continue to partner with Head of School Dr. Lawrence S. Sykoff and Ranney School on the Ranney Fund and other strategic philanthropic initiatives, including board development.

Ranney School Case Statement  

Scientia Pro Amore Dei - Knowledge For The Love Of God

McGill-Toolen Catholic High School, Mobile, AL

Hope Lives HereMcGill-Toolen Catholic High School launched a $5.5 million campaign in May 2005 to provide funding for a Master Center for Science and Technology, Master Teacher Program, student activities center, athletic facilities improvements, and campus enhancements. At the kick-off gala on September 14, 2006, to announce the beginning of the public phase, The Most Reverend Oscar H. Lipscomb, Archbishop of Mobile, congratulated the campaign leadership for securing eight gifts at the $500,000 level and for raising $7.2 million during the quiet leadership phase. On the basis of the campaign’s success, the goal was raised to $10 million, and more than $10.1 million was raised.

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Classic and Historical projects

Renaissance: The Campaign For Boston College High

Boston College High School, Boston, MA

Founded in 1863, Boston College High School (BC High) is a Jesuit, Catholic college preparatory school for young men. In the classroom, students are challenged with an academically rigorous course of studies by a highly trained and engaging faculty. CCS partnered with BC High on Renaissance: The Campaign for Boston College High, designed to support scholarship endowments and facilities. CCS is proud to have worked on this campaign, which raised more than $35 million.

Calvert Hall Forever

Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore, MD

Founded in 1845 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Calvert Hall College is a Catholic high school for young men in Baltimore. Ninety-six (96) faculty members provide a college preparatory program of studies and a wide range of extracurricular activities for over 1,200 students on its 32-acre campus.

In May 2002, the school announced Calvert Hall Forever, the most ambitious capital campaign in its history, which was designed to address emerging needs by providing endowment funds for tuition assistance as well as the construction of a new four story academic building. The effort secured three cornerstone gifts totaling $4 million. With $11.2 million raised, the campaign well surpassed its initial $7.5 million goal. George Young Hall, the campaign centerpiece, was recently recognized for design excellence by the Associated Builders & Contractors of Metropolitan Baltimore at their annual awards dinner. CCS is proud to have assisted Calvert Hall with this historic campaign.

Securing Excellence Campaign

St. Philip's Academy, Newark, NJ

St. Philip's Academy, founded in 1988, opened with ten first-graders from the inner-city of Newark, NJ. Now offering grades kindergarten through eight, the Academy has expanded to serve a growing student body of 276, providing Newark families with a challenging, yet nurturing independent school education. St. Philip's now owns its physical plant, which is at the heart of Newark's Downtown Arts District and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The curriculum is supported by an environment where students develop a sense of personal responsibility and an inner voice of authority. Graduates attend the most selective independent day and boarding schools in the country. The school now generates an annual fund of $2 million, and embarked on a $7.5 million first-phase capital campaign. CCS is honored to have been part of the effort that will secure excellence for future generations of Newark children.

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