Cost: $225,000

Description: Lights, batting cage, field improvement, bleachers, and windscreen.

Why is this needed:  

Improvements to the field would allow games to start later in the evening instead of disrupting classroom instructional time. We would also be able to host playoff games and tournaments in addition to generating revenue from gates and rentals.

Direct Impact: Ben Lippen believes in excellence in all areas. Updating the field would set a stage of excellence for our girls’ softball program in addition to creating a safe environment for students to play and practice in the evening.

Cost: $750,000

Description: 6 lighted tennis courts with bleachers

Why is this needed:  The updated courts have a host of benefits for students such as the opportunity to increase student participation, ability to host SCISA tournaments and encourage community outreach opportunities.

Direct Impact: On-campus tennis courts not only serves our present players, but would also introduce the sport to younger students. Lower school students would have an opportunity to visit and learn more about tennis, as would parents, potential families, and the surrounding community.

Cost: $750,000

Description: 10,000 sq. feet, full-size court, 2 locker rooms, 2 bathrooms

Why is this needed: With increased participation in our athletic programs, comes the need of more space to practice year round. An in-door practice space for our players, coaches, and fans are essential as well as more locker rooms and restrooms.

Direct Impact: This building provides a space for both academic and community purposes. PE teachers can host additional classes, and after-school Youth Development programs, as well as community events, can take place here.

Cost: $1 million

Description: The space would include a greenhouse with traditional plants and aquaponics, a fenced-in farm area with chickens and goats, pollinator houses, bird houses on Monticello Road. Greenhouses, planters, pollinator houses, and birdhouses will be installed at SAR and NE.

Why was it needed: A STEM conservation facility would provide Ben Lippen students with a unique, hands-on experience taking care of God’s creation. Students will experience nature under the guidance of experienced faculty and master teachers from the community. 

Direct Impact: Experiencing the natural world will provide students with the opportunity to interact with living things, appreciate God’s purposeful design of nature, provide life skills, promote teamwork and positive interaction with peers, expose students to potential career opportunities, and gain an appreciation for the natural world that they will carry into adulthood. The students will learn how to serve others and impact the nations for Christ through conservation. Teachers will have a hands-on, enriching environment to teach standards and integrate real-life problem-solving skills into their instruction.

For Information Contact:
Kelly Davis
Development Director
(803) 807-4114
Kelly.Davis@BenLippen.com

Cost: $10 million

Description: A state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center on Monticello Road Campus would house Fine Arts courses, art galleries, Music Academy studios, a dance studio, a recording studio, a set design and music technology lab, dressing rooms, costume and set storage facilities, and a 1,500-seat auditorium.

Why is this needed: Ben Lippen School currently has no space large enough to house the entire student body for worship, performances, or assemblies. Adding a Performing Arts Center to the Monticello Road Campus would set Ben Lippen School apart as a leader in teaching Fine Arts from a Biblical worldview in addition to providing a professional atmosphere for our students to create music, art, and theater of the highest quality.

Direct Impact: This building will provide dedicated rehearsal spaces for our choir, band, strings, theater, and Music Academy programs and allow us to launch a dance program. The stage and auditorium will increase the professionalism of our theater program. The location of the building on the Monticello Road campus will bring Fine Arts into the heart of the Ben Lippen community and provide middle and high school students with easier access to after-school rehearsals without having to travel to different campuses. Building a 1,500-seat auditorium will provide a space for the entire student body (PK3-12) to gather for worship, performances, and assemblies.

For Information Contact:
Kelly Davis
Development Director
(803) 807-4114
Kelly.Davis@BenLippen.com

Cost: $1 million

Description: A top-of-the-line Iron Turf field is considered an industry-leading field in safety and durability. 

Why is this needed: This would put us on the same playing field as competitors who already use this facility. The year-round, maintenance-free surface would enable us to expand our offerings and add new programs in addition to hosting summer camps, after-school youth development, and increased community engagement. The field would also make and save money by generating new revenue and decreasing annual maintenance costs.

Direct Impact: A field like this would allow Ben Lippen to have a “Best in Class” facility and provide our community with a surface that is accessible 24/7, 365. In addition, our student athletes will have experience playing on a surface of the highest caliber to prepare them for college and beyond.

Cost: $6 million

Description: 50,000 Sq. foot state-of-the-art turf multi-sport practice facility 

Why is this needed: A new rentable practice space that houses a full court for volleyball and basketball, in addition to a turf-lined field for soccer, football, lacrosse, baseball, and softball, would serve as the new home of the AD office, a golf simulator, storage space, and locker rooms.

Direct Impact: An indoor space allows students from multiple teams to practice year-round, no matter the weather.

Cost: $500,000

Description: Originally built in 1988, the gym has hosted many beloved games and teams and we are eager to preserve these memories by updated the facility.

Why is this needed:  Modernize the gym with new paint and branding, including the walls and floors. New stadium bleachers increases seating capacity to allow for families and visitors. Two new video score boards, acoustic tiles, and a new audio system would provide an enhanced viewing experience.

Direct Impact: With a growing student body comes larger crowds and the need for more space, including space to host tournaments and play-offs.