"There are no mistakes only lessons," is a common phrase used to frame the 8th Grade coming-of-age Walkabout seminar. Students receive beads representing the tenets of these lessons as reminders of this transformational time spent in the Utah Canyonlands and on the San Juan river. The Upper School students in a glassmaking course create these unique beads for this tradition.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

Our band program makes beautiful music and bring students together on collaborative pieces. Young alums repeatedly remark on the connection and comradery felt from playing in the band. Every year the purchase of sheet music is the tool that ties this stellar program together. This year 108 students in 4th - 12th grade participate in band. $1800 is spent on sheet music each year.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

Fill the tank! Last year, The Colorado Springs School drove 110,415 miles in CSS vans, buses, and rentals. In fact, 27,500 miles were clocked for experiential trips and competitions. From Colorado Expeditions to Mesa Verde National Park and Old Bent's Fort to Model UN and Matchwits competitions, traveling to athletic contests, ThesCon, and countless seminars. An additional 84,664 miles were driven on our daily bus routes, bringing students together from 32 zip codes across the region

.*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

Last year, The Colorado Springs School drove 110,415 miles in CSS vans, buses, and rentals. In fact, 27,500 miles were clocked for experiential trips and competitions. An additional 84,664 miles were driven on our daily bus routes, bringing students together from 32 zip codes across the region. Last year, we invested $55,000 in our transportation fleet with two new-to-us activity buses. In preparing students for a dynamic world, our masterful teachers have always believed in providing students with real-world experiences, making connections beyond the classroom, traveling to new locations, and pursuing memorable adventures for curious young minds. Our transportation fleet is always in need of some get up and go. How about an oil change, van maintenace, or contributing dollars toward vehicle upgrades.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

Soft soled shoes allow our youngest thespians to step onto a huge stage for Dessert Theatre with confidence and charisma. Dessert theatre presents six outstanding performances by Kindergarten - 5th graders each year.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

The Middle School presented the play Shakespeare in Gravel Gulch in the fall followed by the Upper School's moving performance of Radium Girls. This spring the Upper School will present the musical Oklahoma. All of these performances come with a royalty fee and are a critical tool to staging these incredible student performances.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

Magical transformations of ordinary clothes into costumes. From fur for ears, hats and clever props, to period fashion pieces, and wigs, the theatre is always stretching the budget to bring a character to life on stage through costuming. With costmes a student becomes bold or adventurous, a villian or a hero.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

Creating works of glass is a unique experience in the Upper School art studio. Special safety glasses with didymium glass lenses block the intense sodium flare that comes off hot glass, along with reducing infrared radiation emitted by torches. They are necessary to prevent burning of the retina. Being able to buy extra glasses would help introduce more students to glass working and also allow for more people to watch demonstrations.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

Drop counters, colorimeters, melt stations, magnetic sensors, field sensors will be added to the inventory of force sensors, ph sensors, thermometers, beakers and probes. As the Science department evaluates the tools needed to complete complex lab experiments with students they add to they bulk up their supplies each year.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

Hands-on learning in a science lab often conjures memories of dissections. Whether it be a frog, a starfish, a worm or a pig, it allows students an investigatory activity that enages observational and kinesthetic learning. Students can appreciate the structure in a three-dimensional form while the interconnections between organs and organ systems become apparent and comparisons can be recorded.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

The school is investing in VEX v5 Competition kits for use with several seminars and classroom applications, in addition to the Robotics Club. This kits include hardware and software to design to make student designs come to life. The Vex Super Kit has a complete control system which will allow more than one design team to program and test independently of another design team. This should increase the number of students who learn the Robot C language which is a subset of the C++ language used worldwide.

The perfect all-in-one kit for any new VEX Robotics Competition team or an existing team looking to supercharge their robot. This kit contains everything needed to get up and running with the V5 Control System, along with a variety of aluminum structural parts to build lighter and faster mechanisms, and the Vision Sensor to see the competition from a whole new perspective.

• Compete with over 11,000 worldwide VEX Robotics Competition teams
• Build powerful mechanisms with the included high strength gears, sprockets, and shafts
• Scalable programming software suite available with VEX Coding Studio

Your contribution of $500 will go toward the $1500 purchase of a V5 Competition Kit.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

Volleyballs, soccer balls, basketballs oh my! Add in scorebooks, athletic tape, wraps, water coolers and nets and you have the athletic line item for gear. Put these are the real costs for leadership, teamwork, and pride. Make a contribution to cover these tangible items for our Kodiaks.

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Good referees and officials on the field and courts are critical to upholding the esteemed values of athletics. At CSS we don't charge athletic fees and we have a no-cut policy for making the team thus encouraging all students to participate. Officiating fees range depending on the sport and the number of officials per sport and per game.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

The addition of an armed guard contributes to the safety of our students and our campus. The daily investment in a security guard hired through Raven Security is approximatley $136 a day.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

All of our teachers who take students into the field are certified in Wilderness First Aid by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). Faculty prepares for the unexpected with this fun, hands-on introduction to wilderness medicine, taught over two or two and a half days. Your donation will cover this unique training cost for one faculty member. WFA is an additional certification beyond all faculty/staff having Heart Saver First Aid/CPR certification.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

Many of our seminars take faculty/staff and students off the grib during backcountry and transformational learning experiences. During these times, faculty carries satellite phones in the event of an emergency and to checkin with campus. Satelitte phones run $21 dollars a day + charges for minutes used.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.

In making a donation to a CSS Store item you are making a cash donation to support this signature program. No goods/services will be provided to the donor.

A time-honored tradition for more than 30 years, Upper School students travel to Frontier Ranch in Buena Vista for an overnight community-bonding experience known as Mountain Caravan. Advisee groups meet, basketball games, pool games, a talent show and the sharing of senior artifacts set a tone of trust in one another.

*All donations made to this year's gala support the overall operating budget and will be eligible for the Colorado Childcare Tax Credit. Auction items purchased are subject IRS regulations regarding the value of goods/services received.