Euclid's Four New Elementary Schools

Shoreview Elementary School 

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The excitement in the Euclid City School District has been maintained through the long weary winter. The four new buildings have served as a canvas for learning in a way that was not possible before their opening in September.  One could walk through at anytime and see how the state-of-the-art technology is being used to enhance learning. Every room is equipped with a Promethean Board, and iPad carts serve each school with applications that help bring education alive for our students. With these learning devices in the new buildings and with the dedication of the Euclid City School’s staff, growth is being experienced like never before.

There has never been a better time to experience learning in our Euclid Schools. 

Solid structures emerged from the ground over the course of a trying thirteen months. Today the buildings stand as a tribute to the community’s dedication to the Euclid students. Each has its own unique aesthetic appeal.

Shoreview Elementary incorporated some pieces of history from Upson Elementary.  Four medallions were molded into the exterior brick work on the west side of the new Shoreview building as a memorial to the past and the wonderful experience shared by those who ever entered Upson’s doors. The Upson arch and stately planters sit on a stamped concrete walkway, which welcomes all visitors on the east side of the building.   

Arbor Elementary school has a very unique feature as space for a future green roof has been installed within the courtyard. One day it will be great to see the students planting and caring for a garden from which fresh fruits and vegetables could be grown for the school cafeteria. The courtyard also contains sandstone planters to be utilized this spring, making a fine tribute to old Roosevelt Elementary.   

At Bluestone Elementary, a stamped concrete walkway is featured within the courtyard. A memorial has been erected in front of the school that uniquely identifies Bluestone and will serve as a memorial for Thomas Jefferson Elementary. 

Finally, the Chardon Hills Elementary features playing fields, green space and a beautiful campus feel, as it sits on a picturesque lot in a park-like setting. 

Though some odds and ends are still being completed, the focus was to complete the inside of the buildings so the environment for learning could be attained when the students returned to school last September. With most of the kinks worked out on the inside, the construction crews are returning this spring to complete the landscapes of the buildings.  Fences will frame the playgrounds at Shoreview and Bluestone. The ball fields will be graded and ready for baseball at Chardon Hills and Bluestone. The green space at Arbor on East 222nd will serve as the primary soccer facility for the Euclid Youth Soccer Organization. In addition, the streetscape design will be completed on East 222nd in front of Arbor complete with a retaining wall, benches, trees and stamped concrete along the serpentine undulations outlining the soccer field. The Shoreview planters will come alive with numerous perennials, and the landscape behind Shoreview will take shape when trees bud, as the weather gets warmer. 

All building functions feature state-of-the-art technology, energy-efficient equipment, and a safe and secure environment for our students to make outstanding strides in their education. The students, staff and faculty could not be more excited about our new homes.

Throughout the district we have welcomed groups into both our new and old homes like never before. Two weeks ago, a class of future Superintendents chose Arbor Elementary for their Saturday morning class. The group attends Ashland University and chose our district because of the LEED certification to which we built our buildings. The class was truly impressed by all of the energy efficient equipment and processes that went into attaining a LEED building, in addition to how beautiful the building is. These buildings are truly community buildings.

Many groups have taken advantage of not only our new buildings, but our older buildings as well. Swimming and walking groups at Euclid High School can often be found using the facility for exercise. We continue to welcome the community volleyball groups into the high school and middle schools. The Euclid Soccer Organization has used our elementary schools over the winter for camps and clinics in preparation for this spring and we look forward to the baseball fields being utilized daily for the children in our community.

In addition to all of this, Superintendent Bell has held his 90-day Community meetings at Bluestone and Arbor and will be conducting the next one at Chardon Hills on May 9th at 7:00pm. Please come to hear about all the great things occurring in our District.

This truly is an exciting time for the Euclid City School District. We are so proud of what we now have to offer the community and we are so very thankful to the community for making it possible. We hope to see you and your groups taking advantage of our facilities and we look forward to this transformation marking a new beginning in Excellent Education for the Euclid City School Distirct.