About Us Cordova Elementary School is to be the preferred primary school by producing responsible, self-motivated, confident, and productive students.

The mission of Cordova Elementary is to provide a safe, nurturing child-centered environment which enable students to reach their individual potentials through quality, researched-based instruction.

Cordova Elementary School Beliefs                                                                   

1. All children can learn, achieve, and succeed.                                                  

2. Cooperation among administration, faculty, staff, students, and stakeholders is necessary to foster success in the school environments.                                     

3. Each student is a valued individual with unique intellectual, physical, social, and emotional needs that  must be met and challenged.                                           

4. A safe, comfortable and well-disciplined school climate enhances student learning.                                                                                                        

5. Developmentally appropriate researched based activities which encourage students to become effective problem solvers.                                                   

6. A variety of researched based teaching strategies and the use of technology is used to meet the individual needs of students.                                                   

7. Children should be given opportunities, not only to develop academic growth, but also to express creativity.                                                                                

8.  Character education instills pride, self-esteem, and builds positive relationships.

9. Instilling high-expectations, principles of responsibility, self-discipline, and respect for self and others will help produce contributing members of society.    

10. Celebrate the differences in children.

Cordova Elementary School has been on the Superintendent’s “A” or "B" Honor Roll for the past five years. Our faculty and staff are the best. We collaborate to find the best solutions for the students and do our best to include students so they can strive for excellence.

Cordova Elementary School is located on North Street in Cordova overlooking the Bankhead Middle School and Cordova High School Campuses.  Our school, built in the 1950’s, has expanded to include a kindergarten wing and most recently, a new gymnasium/auditorium as well as a new classroom wing. The additional six classrooms have helped Cordova Elementary achieve our goal of providing a more individualized education through lowering the student-teacher ratio. CES had help from parents and businesses as well as the community when we built the pavilion beside the gymnasium.

 We have a Partner in Education program with Carl Cannon Chevrolet.  They support many activities organized at our school.

We have Partnered with Cordova High School in the implementation of a Peer Mentoring Program. Through this program, peer mentors are matched with students who are in need of remediation in Math and/or Reading.

The Cordova PTO is very involved in helping our school.  They helped purchase new rugs for each classroom, desk for each classroom and the CES sign outside.  They also contributed money for the purchase of an AED Defibrillator. We are very fortunate to have such a fine group of parents helping our school.

Cordova Elementary became accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (S.A.C.S.) during the school year of 2002-2003.  We will continue to publish the school newspaper The Core. This is written by Mrs. Harbison and Ms. Box and provides information about what is happening at school.