Cochran Elementary

School Highlights:

• Proximity to local universities and performing arts groups offers unique opportunities to attend art events and interact with many groups
• Received a 5x5 Fund for the Arts Grant
• Uses SMART Boards in every classroom; offers classroom computers and a fully equipped computer lab, plus two new iPad carts with more than 200 iPads
• Offers many student activities, including Student Council, Safety Patrol, drama, band, orchestra, basketball, Girls on the Run, and a schoolwide holiday musical. Also offers a range of clubs, including chess, crafts, bicycling, walking, photography, sign language, crochet, and gardening
• Serves as a partnership school with duPont Manual High School and its Beta Club, where high school students mentor younger students during the afternoon
• Offers Cardinal Club, a mentoring program for all third, fourth, and fifth graders that pairs 150 college students with Cochran students for one hour each week, one-on-one, to discuss subjects like math and reading, and offers the opportunity to discuss college and career readiness
• Offers the Primary Talent Pool
• Cochran is a Signature Partnership Initiative School with the University of Louisville and a professional-development school that houses a Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) classroom on site that offers up to five college classes each week for preservice teachers.
• Offers a state-of-the-art, first-of-its-kind, Virtual Reality (VR) laboratory where up to 25 students can step into the world of VR. Students can go back in time, travel to historic sites, or even sit courtside at a University of Louisville (UofL) basketball game.