Mt. Eccles is a pre-kindergarten through sixth grade NCLB Blue Ribbon School, providing quality education for 180 students.  The school has ten classroom teachers as well as music/band, physical education, special education, and English Language Learners teachers. Our academic program includes technology, physical education with all classes participating in swimming weekly. Music is provided twice weekly with daily band for fifth and sixth graders.    Mt. Eccles offers elementary students the opportunity to participate and compete in the State Spelling Bee, Geography Bee, Battle of the Books, as well as various contests that are approved by the State of Alaska and Federal Government.

The school works in unison with the City of Cordova who provides the use of the city library, pool, and museum.  Mt. Eccles also partners with the Prince William Sound Science Center and US Forest Service who provides the students with monthly science hands-on classes and field trips.  These partners along with the Chamber of Commerce include our K-6 students in quality “Sea Week”, and the international “Shorebird Festival” activities.  The community health nurse provides maturation education classes for the fourth through sixth graders and our local law enforcement are involved in gun safety and the DARE program.

Our school will be under construction during the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 school years. When we are finished we will have a renovated school with updated electrical, plumbing, heating and new classrooms. We will also have a brand new gymnasium, band room, and a large playground area on top of the gym. There is a blog that tells about our construction and a photo gallery of the on going progress at blogs.cordovasd.org/mtecclesrenovation

Mr. Frank Wicks
Principal

  Mt. Eccles is a TRIBES school.

TRIBES is a process of creating a school culture that maximizes learning through caring and support, high expectations, and meaningful  participation.  There are four agreements that the school community will follow.

                 Attentive Listening * Mutual Respect 
            Appreciations—No Put Downs * Right to Pass