Concord Community Schools

Mrs. Allen’s sociology class embarked on an insightful field trip to Church Community Services (CCS) and Faith Mission Homeless Shelter. At CCS, the students explored various aspects of the organization, including a tour of the office, the Soup of Success classrooms, the Seed to Feed gardens, and the food pantry. During their visit to Faith Mission, they toured the facility, engaged in discussions with CEO Mike Perez about the shelter's programs, and helped serve meals to both residents and the community. It was an enriching day of learning and giving back! #WeareConcord #ConcordPride

Join Us for Our Upcoming Pitching Clinic! We're excited to invite all Concord girls in grades 4-12 to our pitching clinic on Saturday, October 12th, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at McCuen Gym. This is a great opportunity to sharpen your skills and learn from experienced coaches as we help shape the next generation of Minutemen pitchers! Please spread the word, and let's fill the gym with future stars. You can find more details in the attached flier. We hope to see you there! Thank you for your support! #WeareConcord #ConcordPride

Wednesday, October 9th is an Early Release Day. Click this link for more information: https://www.concordschools.com/article/1753357 #WeAreConcord

✨GOOD THINGS✨ A group of kindergarten Heggerty Heroes (led by teachers Colleen Molnar and Rhonda Williams) from Concord South Side Elementary attended last night's school board meeting and invited board members Tim Yoder, Tara Towner, and Mike Malooley to join them as they practiced their skills in rhyming, fluency, segmenting words, and adding/deleting/substituting letters to make new words. These lessons are part of the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum that helps support students' early learning, strengthening the bridge between reading and literacy skills, and is aligned with the Science of Reading. These kindergarten students did an outstanding job modeling for our board members! #ConcordPride #WeAreConcord

Concord families! Our next Triple P workshop is just a few weeks away. Our topic this month is “Managing Conflict, Rudeness, and Disrespect”. Childcare will be provided. You can register by calling 574-226-0160 or online at https://bit.ly/4fZzTED. More information below.

We are hosting a FREE, educational Medicare workshop for the community on Oct. 15, 2024 at 3:30 and 5:00 at the Concord Education Center, in partnership with Everence. This workshop will help bring confidence and clarity on the transition to Medicare. Click this link to register and let us know that you are coming! https://www.everence.com/concord-medicare

Concord Ox Bow Elementary and Concord East Side Elementary hosted their annual Jog-A-Thon events today! This fun-filled annual activity helps raise money for the Concord Ox Bow PTO and Concord East Side PTO. We're so grateful for the many volunteers who support our students and staff through PTOs. #WeareConcord #ConcordPride

Congratulations to Will Delio for his outstanding performance on the PSAT, National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in 2023, as a Letter of Commendation recipient. Commended students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2025 competition, using his PSAT scores from across the nation.

We’re excited to welcome our second cohort of Advocates for Concord Education! These dedicated individuals will be attending meetings throughout the school year to learn, engage, and advocate on behalf of our students and staff. We appreciate their leadership and commitment to supporting the success of Concord Community Schools! Thank you!

Happy National IT Professional Day! Huge thanks to our amazing IT team for keeping everything running smoothly. Your hard work and dedication does not go unnoticed— we appreciate you! #WeAreConcord #ConcordPride

Wednesday, September 11th is our first Early Release Day. Please check your email for more information or click here: https://www.concordschools.com/article/1753357

Concord families! This years Triple P Workshops are right around the corner. Our topic this month is “Supporting School Attendance”. Childcare will be provided. You can register by calling 574-226-0160 or online at https://bit.ly/473NqXA. More information below. #ConcordPride

Concord Community Schools is thrilled to have been awarded the Next Generation SIG grant from the Indiana Department of Education! This grant will provide our two eligible schools (Concord High School and Concord South Side Elementary) up to $300,000 per school in planning funds over the next year, and up to $3 million per school in grant funds over the following three years. The exact amount per school is still to be determined. The funds directly impact Concord High School and Concord South Side based on their eligibility for the Next Gen program, but will indirectly impact all seven of our schools in one way or another. This grant is a huge WIN for our students and their families! Over the next year, we will engage in a comprehensive planning process to ensure that we maximize the impact of these funds, but here are some key objectives: Improving student achievement outcomes, exploring high-quality early childhood programming, expanding college and career advising for students, and growing the educational attainment of students and graduates through meaningful work-based learning experiences, such as modern youth apprenticeships, that lead to credentials and college credit. We are grateful for this opportunity -- and thrilled to get this work started!

Are you a reliable bilingual interpreter who is interested in helping Concord families? You're in luck! Contact our Director of English Language Learner, Jena Kennedy, at jkennedy@concord.k12.in.us or call (574)875-5161 and ask for Jena Kennedy for more information about the "on-call" position. #ConcordPride

Monday, September 2nd, Concord Schools will be closed for Labor Day! School will resume Tuesday, September 3rd. Have a great weekend!

At Concord Community Schools, we’re growing great readers! State reading exam results were recently released for last year’s third grade class and CCS saw 7% more students pass the IREAD-3 test! Statewide, .6% more students passed. We had 77.8% of students pass the exam, up from 70.8% the previous year. That’s a huge increase in just one year! Congrats and job well done to our K-3 teachers, students and parent partners who are supporting this work by reading with their child at home!

The Boys and Girls Club of Elkhart County is offering an after- school program for CIS and CJHS students! Click this link to print out your application today: https://bit.ly/3WNYzHv #WeareConcord #ConcordPride

Are you interested in joining a group of Concord parents and community members who want to learn more about all that Concord Community Schools? Consider joining Advocates for Concord Education! We have a few seats remaining for this year's cohort. Sessions begin in September. To talk with someone about the program, please call 574-875-5161 or email info@concord.k12.in.us. More information can also be found online at https://www.concordschools.com/page/advocates

As we head back to class this week, we’re sending all of our well wishes to our incredible teaching staff who are poised to do great things with kids this year! We are thrilled to have been able to retain a significantly higher percentage of our teachers than the state average the last three years. This is a testament to our fantastic leadership team supporting the important work happening in our classrooms, and the commitment of our teachers to the students they serve. We are so proud to serve our community! We also have all of our classroom teaching positions fully staffed -- and great learning is already underway! Thank you, Concord teachers and welcome to our new teachers! We’re glad you are here. #WeAreConcord #ConcordPride

Welcome back, students! The 2024-2025 school year has officially begun, and we are excited to see all of your smiling faces back in the halls and classrooms. #WeareConcord #ConcordPride