Sand Hill Elementary School

Posted: September 9, 2025

Fails to notify parents in emergent situations, staff is unprofessional.
Recess items are outdated, flat, or broken.
My son felt forgotten at open house, none of the staff in the front office is trained or know what’s going on. I asked where my son’s classroom is and they had no idea where the classroom would be.
Only positive is they have a wonderful teacher that use to be apart of the south kitsap district otherwise.

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Posted: July 14, 2018

Posted: July 14, 2018

I have literally had to start over once I pulled my child from this school as they weren't teaching anything and now I homeschool exclusively. They failed to follow the IEP, causing SERIOUS HARM and a MEDICAL EMERGENCY to my special needs child. The para educators and special education teacher called my child a liar (my child was NOT lying) about the daily bullying going on. COMPLETE Lack of support to my child. the para refused to follow the medical needs for my child which resulted in serious physical harm as well as emotional harm to my child and two years later my poor kid is still traumatized by her!

Posted: July 14, 2018

They do not stop the huge bullying problem going on and several people in the community have complained about it!

Posted: July 14, 2018

staff at this school sit around and bad mouth the parents, other people over hear it and it gets spread back to....the parent! Lack of support for the child! Total support for horrible teachers.

Posted: July 14, 2018

Posted: July 14, 2018

This is the ABSOLUTE WORST school I've ever seen! The para educators and special education teacher failed to follow IEP and caused SERIOUS MEDICAL HARM as well as EMOTIONAL DISTRESS to my special needs child! They failed every part of the IEP! My other special needs child was in the developmental preschool and her teacher was kissing her on the lips! (According to my child). Both teachers failed my children! The school completely failed my children! The bullying is ridiculous and is not addressed, instead if a child complains they're being bullied the teacher calls them a LIAR! Such treatment is ridiculous and uncalled for by staff. I was also told by an outside source who observed my child in the self contained classroom that "they aren't teaching anything". This is absolutely true I found out as I now homeschool and had to start my child completely over in that grade level! I would rate this school a zero if it were possible. Also, it took TWO MONTHS for them to even get to testing my child in the first place before placing my child in their horrible conditions, that's two months of school my child missed on top of them not even trying to provide adequate care. Also, I was told my child qualified for a 1:1 para educator but "we don't have the funding" guess what? NOT MY PROBLEM. schools are REQUIRED to follow IEP's, IT'S THE LAW!! I absolutely HATE this school for what they did to my child, my poor kid STILL talks about it and it's been over a year!! Because of our experience here I plan to homeschool my children forever now and will never trust public schools again.

Posted: January 6, 2014

Best Teachers, Staff , Principal and Students around. Love this school. Test scores improving every year. Showing that even though we have a diverse community with lots of hard work from Sand Hill community we can make it happen.

Posted: September 5, 2013

This school has heart and soul for their students and parents. The teachers and staff care about the students. Larger schools could learn a few things from this school. This school would put the money to use for the students in their school. They are always thinking about making things better for the students and parents.

Posted: September 2, 2013

My school is very friendly and small. Class size ratio is very good. Teachers are very interactive with parents. Also very clean

Posted: September 2, 2013

sandhill has been great for my little girl, she has learned so much in 2 years..

Posted: September 2, 2013

Sandhill elementary has always been supportive with my sons educational growth, has always maintained contact with me. wouldnt think of having him at anyother school.

Posted: September 2, 2013

my kids love this school and they think its a fun place to be! We love it

Posted: September 2, 2013

My school is a great place for my kids to grow and learn both socially and academicly!

Posted: September 2, 2013

THis is a really great school. The teachers are wonderfull and are backed by a great principal

Posted: September 2, 2013

Sandhill Elementary is a wonderful school that consist of mostly low income families, they would highly benefit from the supplies because many families here can not.

Posted: September 2, 2013

awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, love all the teachers, and all the programs, field trips and plays......

Posted: September 2, 2013

The staff are wonderful and we have really enjoyed our experience here. Our son will be entering the 3rd grade and we are really looking forward to this year!

Posted: September 2, 2013

Sand Hill is always willing to work with families. They really love their students and work hard for them.

Posted: September 2, 2013

The teachers and staff are very helpful and kind! It is a pleasure to have our daughter attend this school!

Posted: September 2, 2013

A Great place to educate and nurture my children. The teachers are fantastic and always have on a smile.

Posted: September 2, 2013

The teachers are great and contact parents with any concerns as soon as they come up !

Posted: September 2, 2013

my school is awsome i like the P.E teacher and the teachers are really awsome to have.

Posted: September 2, 2013

sand hill elementary is a great school. i feel that they truly care about my son and his safety.

Posted: September 2, 2013

My school is a very good school. My kids have learned so much! It's fun.

Posted: September 2, 2013

Vote for Sandhill! there are always students that can benifit from extra resources! Its super quick and easy to enter!

Posted: September 2, 2013

Sandhill has great leadership and has been very good in teaching reading to all of the students.

Posted: September 2, 2013

Our son is in first grade this year and he was here last year and we loved it

Posted: September 2, 2013

My school is Sand Hill Elementary and one of the best schools in our state. The teachers are tentative and care about the students. The staff is wonderful and helpful with the parents. They are always available for questions, and are helpful when it comes to the needs of our children.

Posted: September 2, 2013

Sand Hill has great support for students and parents. Very well organized and great Leadership! My children look forward to going to school everday.

Posted: September 2, 2013

This school is great. My son has fun and learns. Looking forward to Mrs. Stites class.

Posted: September 2, 2013

My school is a small school with a tight knit community. The teaching staff is high quality and great communicators. We enjoy the diverse and challenging curriculum, and the after school activities available to the students.

Posted: September 2, 2013

Sandhill is a great school for my children to learn. the teacher are way help ful and very friendly.

Posted: September 2, 2013

my school is so cool. i love it that my girls go here. it has been so very much fun

Posted: September 2, 2013

My school has great teachers and is very good. Fun & lots of learning. The teachers work well with parents and the students.

Posted: September 2, 2013

Sandhill is a great school my childern really love it. The teachers are Exellent and my childern really enjoy the school programs during school and after hours. i am a really happy parent sending my kids to sandhill.

Posted: September 2, 2013

My children feel very at home at Sand Hill. They have great teachers and a great PTA. I couldn't ask for a better school.

Posted: September 2, 2013

My school is awesome! All the teachers are interested in the students as individuals not as a collective. I won't have my child go anywhere else!

Posted: September 2, 2013

Sand Hill is a Small quaint friendly atmosphere.Teachers, Principle, And staff are great! Children will be nurtured with excellent education.

Posted: September 2, 2013

My son goes to Sand Hill Elementary. They are a very proactive school that not only puts the kids education first but are very involved with all aspects of the childrens growth and social development. They deserve a 10, not just a 5.

Posted: September 2, 2013

The First year I have attended but we like it so far. It seems as though the school will be easy to navigate. All of the staff have been friendly, kind, soft spoken, easy to get along with, managable, generious, unbelievable, knowledgable, great, wonderful, and amazing. The school is clean. The play ground seems to be amazing. I can't wait to see what kind of fun and "trouble" I can get into this year. I feel assured that any of my needs will be meet. This has been a fun begining to my first year ever at a public school

Posted: September 2, 2013

Sand Hill is an AWESOME school! Their PTA does a great job trying to get parrents more involved:) Test scores have vastly improved since Ms. Sheridian took over!!

Posted: December 9, 2012

I love this school! It is good for our area. We have teachers who love to teach! My son is now in 4th grade and his favorite teacher is his first grade teacher still to this day! He has liked them all but this one stands out! Our PTA is growing and thriving! Our test scores have only improved the last few years! This is the only school my kids have gone to, my score would have been different if you would have asked me 4 years ago. Im proud to be apart of this school!

Posted: October 1, 2010

This school has sucked the fun out of learning for my kindergartener. They offer outdoor recess to Kindergarteners only once a week. Probably because they suffer academically, this school seems to show zero importance to physical education. It's no surprise so many of it's students are overweight. My child is bored ( also not challenged) in the classroom whie he listens to other children playing on the playground. It has been a very sour start for my child's educational career and I am thoroughly dissappointed.

Posted: May 26, 2009

Posted: April 28, 2008