All-Inclusive TuitionGateway Giving funding helps ensure all CDS students receive the tools, programming, and related support to maximize their CDS experience as part of the total tuition cost. This means things like textbooks, school supplies, field trips, athletic uniforms, healthy lunches, and school counseling resources are paid for up front and not charged separately. This helps families budget effectively for the year and means that all CDS students enjoy the full range of opportunities together.
Supporting Teachers in Ongoing EducationOver ⅔ of CDS teachers hold advanced degrees and certifications in education. To fully realize this expertise and ensure our faculty provides superior instruction, best teaching practices, and a supportive home-away-from-home for our students, Gateway Giving helps fund continuing education opportunities. These include Responsive Classroom conferences in Kansas City, SAIS seminars, and regional K-8 school visits and collaborations.
Maintaining Our Historic CampusOur downtown campus is a distinguishing asset of our program. From the Phillip Simmons Gates at the entrance to the historic houses flanking the property, we respect our location in Charleston and routinely enhance our campus. This year, Gateway Giving will help to renovate the front entrance garden area, install new lockers in the Founders’ Wing hallway, and update the library furniture and shelving to make it more accessible for all the students we serve.
Chromebooks are laptops that are easy to use and offer quick access to online resources and educational tools, making them ideal for student work. They support collaboration through cloud-based apps like Google Workspace, allowing students to work together in real-time. Additionally, their simplicity minimizes technical issues, so students can focus more on learning.
Many corporations have a matching gift program that can double or even triple contributions to CDS. Some will match the gifts of spouses and/or retirees. You can check to see if your company participates in a matching gift program on our Donate Now page.
When you make a gift in honor or memory of someone special, that person or family will receive a note that a gift was made in their name along with the donor’s contact information. The amount of the gift is not included.
Gifts to the Gateway Giving Fund are tax deductible. Once we receive your gift, you will receive a receipt verifying your gift.
Gifts of securities are accepted. Please contact:
Stock Gift Transfer Information
DTC#: 0547 (Robert W. Baird)
Account number: 7118-1359 Charleston Day School Gift Account
Robert W. Baird
Attn: Linda Slade
843-579-503
If you would like to direct your gift to a specific need, please contact Mary Baarcke in the CDS Advancement office at 843-266-9798 or contact us by email.
