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Vanguard Innovation & Technology Fund – Powering Student Learning

What Your Gift Supports
The Vanguard Innovation & Technology Fund equips SR1 CPSA students and classrooms with the tools they need to thrive in a digital, STEM-driven world. Your gift helps ensure that every K–5 Vanguard has access to modern technology and hands-on innovation experiences—not just a lucky few.


Support from this fund can:

  • Provide 1:1 classroom sets of laptops, tablets, and age-appropriate devices

  • Equip rooms with interactive boards, document cameras, and audio/visual tools

  • Stock makerspaces and labs with robotics kits, coding tools, 3D printers, and engineering materials

  • Purchase high-quality learning software and digital curricula for reading, math, science, and coding

  • Strengthen internet connectivity and secure infrastructure so technology is fast, safe, and reliable

  • Offer training and support so teachers can integrate technology and STEM tools into everyday instruction

When you give, you are not just buying equipment—you are building future-ready classrooms where students learn to create, design, code, investigate, and solve real-world problems.


Why It Matters
Technology and STEM skills are no longer “extras”—they are the new basics. Yet many children, especially in under-resourced communities, are on the wrong side of the digital divide. Without intentional investment, they may grow up navigating homework on a parent’s phone while their peers elsewhere are building robots, coding games, and exploring virtual labs.


Your gift changes that story. With the right tools in their hands, SR1 CPSA students can:

  • Learn to code as early as elementary school

  • Use simulations and virtual experiments to deepen science and math understanding

  • Collaborate on projects with classmates, building communication and teamwork skills

  • See themselves as inventors, engineers, and problem-solvers—not just consumers of technology

Early exposure to high-quality technology and STEM learning boosts confidence, critical thinking, and long-term academic success. It directly connects what students are learning now to the careers of tomorrow—engineering, medicine, data science, cybersecurity, design, and more. When a 3rd grader writes their first lines of code or a 5th grader programs a robot to move, they are not just completing an assignment; they are preparing for their future. Your investment helps ensure that SR1 CPSA students are not left behind in an innovation economy. Instead, they are prepared to lead it.


Stability and Protection for the Future
Technology needs do not go away after one purchase—devices must be refreshed, software updated, and new tools added as the world changes. The Vanguard Innovation & Technology Fund is designed to provide stable, ongoing support for this evolving landscape.

Gifts are carefully stewarded so they remain focused on powering student learning through innovation and technology, even when budgets or policies shift. If public funding for devices, broadband, or STEM labs is reduced or redirected, this fund helps ensure that SR1 CPSA classrooms stay equipped and that students still have access to up-to-date tools.


Think of your gift as a future-proofing investment: it protects students’ access to technology from political swings and budget battles. You may also choose to direct your support to a specific area—such as a robotics lab, a digital literacy initiative, or classroom devices—creating a visible legacy of innovation.


By investing in the Vanguard Innovation & Technology Fund today, you help guarantee that tomorrow’s SR1 CPSA students will continue to learn in environments that are creative, connected, and cutting-edge—no matter how the world around them changes.

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