Program Goals

Major goals of Cordova Elementary are to provide opportunities for students:

  • To learn to read, write, compute, think, solve problems, and communicate effectively
  • To be challenged to reach their highest potential

Our Facility

  • State-of-the-art classrooms networked with five computers each
  • Computer lab with 30 networked computers
  • A mulipurpose room with stage area and high tech sound equipment
  • An art room, media center, and a science/math lab
  • Acoustically-designed music room
  • Multiple conference rooms
  • New playgrounds soon to be built
  • Kindergarten and early childhood classrooms
  • Phones in all classrooms and conference rooms

Educational Opportunities

Cordova Elementary will offers a wide range of educational experiences:

  • Enriched program in language arts/reading, mathematics, science and social studies.
  • Opportunities to discover and apply new knowledge
  • Hands-on learning experiences
  • Technology integrated into daily activities
  • Extracurricular activities
  • Extended Before and After Child Care

Requirements

All students living within school boundaries qualify to attend Cordova's optional program. Students living outside school boundaries must meet the following requirements:

Grade 1

  • 70 percent accuracy on the school's entrance test
  • Satisfactory report card grades
  • Satisfactory work habits, conduct and attendance (including promptness to school). More than 15 absences and/or tardies are considered unsatisfactory.

Grades 2-4

  • B average in all academic subjects
  • Satisfactory or above grades in nonacademic subjects, work habits and conduct
  • Satisfactory attendance (including promptness to school). More than 15 absences and/or tardies are considered unsatisfactory.
  • 70th percentile or above in total reading/reading composite, total language/language arts composite and total math/math composite on recent standardized achievement test
  • 70th percentile or above in total reading and total math on the shool's second grade admittance test
  • No other tests will be accepted for admittance into the first and second grades.

To maintain optional status, students must have the following:

  • B average in all academic subjects
  • Satisfactory grades in special subjects, work habits and conduct
  • Satisfactory attendance (including promptness to school). More that 15 absences and/or tardies are considered unsatistactory.