Building the Future at SES

Thank you all for celebrating the groundbreaking of the new Shepherdstown Elementary School on May 3, 2022. We are thrilled to see this state-of-the-art facility which has taken years of work and collaboration with the community reach this stage. We invite you to come back to this page for updates and information about how we will continue to use your input and ideas.

Man and child

Breaking ground

Children around poster

3-D Walkthrough of the new SES

Slider is playing
External Rendering SES

Location

The new Shepherdstown Elementary School will be a state-of-the-art facility built on 101 acres of land between Gardners Lane and Shepherdstown Pike next to Covenant Baptist Church. The site provides enough space for facilities to be built in partnership with Jefferson County Parks and Recreation and eventually a new middle school.

Features

The new Shepherdstown Elementary School will have exciting facilities designed to enhance the learning environment and opportunities available to students. These features include:

  • Geothermal Heat

  • STEM Lab

  • Outdoor Classrooms

  • Shepherd University Collaboration Room

  • Gym

  • Auditorium

Preliminary Site Plan

SES Preliminary Site Plan

Site Plan

SES Overall Site Plan

Earlier this year, you joined our ThoughtExchange to share your ideas about the future of our current campus. You answered the question:

What are some important considerations as we look at ways to utilize the existing Shepherdstown Elementary School facilities once we move to a new campus?

SES