Elementary Success Center Services
The mission of Success Center, working in partnership with staff, family, and community, is to provide educational support and instructional opportunities that enhance student success in the classroom.
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Who may attend?
Children qualify for Success Center based on formal and informal assessments. The scores earned on the MAP and an individual assessment conducted by your child’s classroom teacher make a student eligible to attend.
Parents of qualifying students receive a letter inviting their child to attend, along with registration materials. For the child to participate, these materials must be completed and returned to the school.
Where do students attend?
Concord/Normandale students share classes.
Cornelia Elementary School students attend the Cornelia program.
Countryside Elementary School is home to the Countryside/Creek Valley/Highlands program.
Who can tell me about my child's progress in Success Center?
Student progress in Success Center is primarily gauged by improvement in regular classroom performance; therefore, your child’s classroom teacher can address this question. In addition, Success Center staff provides information to classroom teachers about participating students and can discuss with you your child’s work in the program.
Cost
The State of Minnesota provides funds for this program, so there is no cost to you.
School year dates and times
Classes normally begin the second or third week of September and run through May.
Concord/Normandale meets after school, 3:10-4:10 pm.
Cornelia students meet before school, 8:10-9:10 am.
Countryside (with Creek Valley/Highlands) students meet before school, 8:10-9:10 am.
Transportation
Concord/Normandale after-school programs:
- Normandale students attending Concord walk in a group to Concord.
- Parents provide transportation home.
Before-school programs:
- Parents provide transportation to school.
- Creek Valley & Highlands students attending Countryside are bused after class to their school.
During summer, we partner with parents to find transportation solutions.
Summer dates and times
Summer classes usually take place the first three weeks of August or thereabouts. Summer session 2012 is projected to run July 30-August 17.
Classes are held Monday through Friday in the morning. Each class lasts 1½ hour. Students participating in both math and reading attend three hours daily. Usually, reading runs 8:30 to 10:00 a.m., and math runs 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.; however, this is subject to change.
Parents of qualifying students receive a letter inviting their child to attend, a Continual Learning Plan (CLP), and registration materials that must be completed and returned to the school. Once registration is complete and classes formed, parents receive notice of the time their child will attend.
May my child attend Success Center only during the summer?
No. Funding guidelines from the State of Minnesota allow a student to participate in the school year program only, or in both the school year and the summer programs. Funding guidelines do not allow a child to attend only the summer program.
My child attends Kids Club; may he or she still attend Success Center?
Your child can attend if Kids Club and Success Center are in the same school.
My child attends Wise Guys during summer; may he or she still attend Success Center?
If your child attends Wise Guys at the Edina Community Center we encourage you to register him or her for Concord Success Center for the summer; check the appropriate box on the registration form.
Success Center Materials and Curriculum
Math, Grades 1-5
Mathletics is an intensive intervention program that helps teachers accelerate the
mathematical achievement of all students, and in particular of those who are struggling. The program provides
carefully sequenced, direct-instruction lessons that enable a student to build success with grade-level expectations. These lessons are reinforced with additional options for practice including games, computer activities, and problem solving on a daily basis. They are built around five mathematical strands:
- Number and Operations
- Algebra and Functions
- Measurement
- Geometry and Statistics
- Data Analysis and Probabilty
Reading, Grades 1 and 2
*Based on years of research conducted by Dr. Barbara Taylor, Reading Intervention for EARLY SUCCESSTM supports
- Phonemic Awareness
- Phonics
- Fluency
- Comprehension
- Vocabulary
Students receive additional instruction in small groups with books that support needed instruction. Students practice reading texts and writing about what they have read.
* Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Web site
Reading Grades 3, 4 and 5
Success Center teachers use Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journey's Write-In Readers to teach core reading skills.
- With Write-In Readers students:
- interact with the text, focusing on comprehension.
- receive direct instruction in vocabulary, word identification/phonics, and fluency.
- read fiction and non-fiction topics that motivate and engage students, so they enjoy the reading experience while improving their ability.
- engage in "stop, think, write" exercises that give students the opportunity to express in writing their comprehension, ideas, and thoughts about the text.
- interact with the text, focusing on comprehension.
- Students enjoy a wide range of self-selected reading, which aids student achievement.
For additional information please contact your school's Success Center Lead Teachers, listed below.
Success Center program locations
Concord Success Center/Normandale
Concord Elementary School |
Normandale Elementary School 5701 Normandale Road Edina, MN 55424 Phone: 952 848-4100 FAX: 952 848-4100 Lead Teacher: Laura Hanson |
Cornelia Success Center
Cornelia Elementary School
7000 Cornelia Drive
Edina, MN 55435
Phone: 952 848-4600
FAX: 952 848-4601
Lead teacher: Mary Smith
Countryside Success Center/Creek Valley/Highlands
Countryside Elementary School
5701 Benton Avenue S
Edina, MN 55436
Phone: 952 848-4700
FAX: 952 848-4701
Lead Teachers: Countryside & Creek Valley:Lisa Brill
Countryside & Highlands: Pam Freeman