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Hamilton's
newest Campus feature is the
SPARK Park, a cooperative
venture of the Hamilton PTA,
parents, students and HISD.
Volunteer Architects Kathleen
Jircik, and Mark Santa Maria of
Kirksey designed the park.
Plans for the front of the
school included a new wall to
direct walking traffic, new
concrete benches, 2 curved
walkways built with crushed
granite, and a new fence for the
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Plans for
the back of the campus included
a new entrance with new columns
decorated with hand painted
tiles designed by parent and
artist Susan Schawe. An arched
canopy is also a new feature of
the park, providing shade and
cover for students walking to
and from the school. One dozen
concrete benches were
constructed under the canopy,
next to the Volleyball Court.
The two new beach volleyball
courts were installed by Keep
Houston Beautiful and
volunteers. Trees were planted
by Trees for Houston (24), The
Tree Kids (25), and Kirksey
architects (50). JP Morgan Chase
also participated in a
tree-planting and donated
several trees with Keep Houston
Beautiful.
The school raised over $18,000
for their SPARK Park by hosting
an art auction, a Cherrydale
Farm candy sale, selling bricks,
a contribution from Principal
Roger Bunnell’s budget of
$9,000, and a contribution from
Joe Nuber, the NW
Superintendent’s budget, of
$10,000. Additional funding for
the park includes, $80,000 in
Community Development Block
Grant Funds, $5,000 from
Allstate Insurance, $5,000 from
Duke Energy, and $2,500 from the
Susan Vaughan Foundation. |