Sand Hill-Venable Elementary

Our 4th grade students have been working hard on strategies for comparing fractions this month. To celebrate their perseverance and demonstrate their understanding, they were give...

Ms. Shelton’s class has been studying hibernation. For their STEM lab lesson they built a bear den with an opening big enough for the bear to get in and out while still being stro...

Our media specialist, Ms. Harvey, and art teacher, Ms. Reed, collaborated with First Grade's Creature Feature module. In the media center students read and discussed "Henri's Scis...

3rd grade students explored how myths from around the world connect to outer space. Here's some of Ms. Dinally's students after earning some well deserved Lego time.

Here are Mrs. Heath's first grade students who worked hard to count to 1,000 on their counting strips.

First grade is learning to count higher numbers. In our exploration, we used an outline of a foot and filled it with lima beans. Then we had to figure out the best way to count th...

Sand Hill-Venable families had an exciting time participating in STEM night. So many innovative, hands-on learning projects to explore.

Congratulations to our Sand Hill-Venable 2023 staff members of the year: first grade teacher Donna Collins, instructional assistant Lois Sams, and head secretary Leslie Tritle! ...

Sand Hill-Venable celebrated holiday cheer with performances by Enka High School band and chorus and classroom crafts and dress-up themes.

Mr. "V" visited our class to read the book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" We decided to turn it into a STEM activity. The challenge was to make a sled to hold as many "presents...

First grade students attended a "Wit and Wisdom" field trip to the Nature Center. The trip was based on the module, "Creature Feature," where they learned about how the "creature...

2nd grade passed bills into laws by voting on school improvement plans. Here are some bills proposed by committees, voted on in Congress, and signed into laws by President McGe...

Students at all grade levels have been busy at work creating a "Winter Wonderland Cityscape" during their weekly art classes with Ms. Reed. Students explored concepts including te...

Students in 3rd grade put on their safety goggles and experienced a squid dissection! The dissection served as the capstone activity to their first Wit & Wisdom module of study, ...

Parents and administrators at Sand Hill-Venable Elementary (SHVES) had to think outside of the box to motivate and reward students for their hard work during a recent fundraiser. ...

Please join us for the Sand Hill-Venable 2022-2023 Open House! Tuesday, September 27th 5:30pm-7:00pm This is a great family event and an opportunity to come and see t...

Hello BCS Parents and Staff: Below is a list of various Back-to-School and Community Events that may benefit you. We are sharing this as a service to the community. Some of th...

Congratulations to Mrs. Katie Speak on her selection as the 2022-2023 Enka District Teacher of the Year! As a district winner, Ms. Speak will now compete for recognition as t...

The 2022 Spring Fling Carnival was a huge success! With hundreds of attendees, games, activities, basket raffles, and venders, the PTO raised $$ to support our school. Great job ...

Congratulations to these talented SHVES students, Olivia and Alivia for winning the Principal's Art Award for the 2021-2022 school year!!