The Blue Valley School District’s newest elementary school is almost ready to open its doors.
After years of construction, parents can now take a look inside Aspen Grove Elementary, 12402 West 182nd Terrace, with a virtual video tour on the district’s website and YouTube page.
The school, which also now officially has a mascot, will open for classes this fall at the start of the 2023-24 school year.
Aspen Grove’s mascot will be the foxes
- School officials made the decision last month.
- This came two months after the district officially narrowed down a name for the school — which came down to Aspen Grove, Aspen View and Woodland Trails as the options.
- Both the mascot and school name allude to a nature theme that is also incorporated in some of the design elements of the building.
The school has 27 classrooms
- The one-story building takes up 67,000 square feet.
- Outside of the 24 classrooms and three special education classrooms, the building will also have an art room, music room, library and gymnasium.
- Other features of the new facility include drop-off and pick-up traffic loops, a synthetic turf playground and outdoor learning patios.
Students from K-5 will attend the school
- The boundary lines of the school encompass all households west of U.S. 69 Highway and east of the midway point between Quivira and Pflumm roads.
- They also include households between West 183rd and West 215th streets, in addition to a portion of residences between West 167th and West 183rd streets.
- Gretchen Anderson, the school’s new principal, previously worked as the principal of Oak Hill Elementary and Wolf Springs Elementary.
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