Supporting the Mission requires many things, including the spaces where learning and teaching take place. Curiosity that leads to learning starts with facilities that welcome individual exploration.
Classrooms that support children’s wellbeing. Labs that enable learning by doing, and which encourage trial, error, experimentation, and reflection. Playgrounds and activity spaces where children find and push past barriers. They learn how sharing and working together is not just fun, but fellowship. Capital Giving makes all these spaces possible. Support the spaces that make the mission possible with a Capital gift.
Re-imaging the HKIS Educational Experience
In the 2010s, the school undertook a Herculean effort to reimagine the Repulse Bay campus, turning the location into a purpose-designed and -built home for world-class primary education.
Now, HKIS turns its attention to the secondary program and its campus at Tai Tam. The Tai Tam campus will become a physical manifestation of the “one school, two campuses” strategy that drives HKIS into the heart of the 21st century. The Tai Tam capital projects will add to and renovate the middle school and high school facilities. The overarching objective is to align them with the secondary program’s academic program goals and co-curricular goals.
The impact of these capital projects serves to create a “new front door” for Tai Tam, rather than the separate entrances for the Middle and High School facilities. This radical re-imagination of existing buildings along with new facilities will reflect the programmatic move toward a continuum in secondary education. Learning will span Grades 6 through 12, creating greater opportunities for students to own their personal learning journey and push the boundaries of what’s possible in their education.
Capital Giving FAQs
Literally, anyone! Over the years, capital gifts have been made by parents and past parents, alumni, current and former faculty, members of the Board of Managers, and many others. Quite a few parents and alumni choose to make a capital gift through a family office or family foundation.
Most people who make a capital gift do so through bank or wire transfer, or a bank cheque. Before making a capital gift, please contact Heath Hignight, Chief Advancement Officer for more specific information.
Because of the unique impact a capital gift can have, HKIS follows the global best practice to prepare documentation for donors to review, outlining the specific purposes or project, and timeframe for that project and for completing a capital gift. This documentation is signed by the donors and the Head of School to commemorate their commitment, and serves as an assurance that HKIS will use your gift only for those specific purposes or project.
In the 2023-24 school year, HKIS has the following capital opportunities available. The amount of a capital gift can vary depending on the project.
- Student Activity Center – see section below for more detailed information
- Performance Hall and other Tai Tam projects – see section below for more detailed information
Capital gifts may include the invitation for the donor or donors to “name” a room, floor, special facility, or in certain cases, an entire building. The Board of Managers has the exclusive responsibility of offering and approving naming opportunities as part of a capital gift. Not all capital gift opportunities include a naming opportunity.
Naming a capital project or space can take many forms, and certain requirements must be met including conforming to the school’s history and existing practices. To learn more about naming opportunities, contact Heath K. Hignight, Chief Advancement Officer.
Contact Heath Hignight, Chief Advancement Officer, to learn more about any of the current projects and other ways you can support HKIS with a capital gift.
