Congdon Park School

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Congdon Park Elementary Principal has heartfelt sendoff ahead of retirement An educator in the Northland with over 35 years of experience got quite the sendoff to celebrate her retirement.

Happy School Principal's Day to our favorite, Mrs. Kusch Marshall!

The 2026 Book Tournament Winner will be announced this week. Fifth and Fourth Graders have been reading and voting. Mrs. Miller is so excited to announce the winner on April 28! Katherine Applegate and Peter Brown Studio are both champions in our book! That's librarian humor.

Breanne and Anya Tepler, Two T's in a Pod, performing for Music in our Schools Month

Now that Spring has sprung, it's time to start planning for Summer activities. Check out the Duluth Community Education offerings:

Home We are excited to announce that the Community Ed online registration has transitioned to a new platform. Continue to Online Registration  

Thank you, Congdon Park PTA, for all of your work with Boosterthon! All of our kids will enjoy experiential learning because of your dedication to their education.

Our students at Congdon learn how to solve problems using the STEP method which comes from our Social Emotional Learning Curriculum, Second Step.

We are thrilled to share some of the wonderful work happening behind the scenes to support our students’ emotional well-being and social confidence! Our School Social Worker, Mrs. McMahon, has been busy facilitating small social skills groups designed to help students navigate and learn the language and tools they need to navigate their feelings and friendships successfully.

By using two frameworks, The Zones of Regulation and the Social Thinking; We Thinkers! series, we are helping students build a foundation for lifelong social-emotional success.

The Zones of Regulation is a simple, color-coded curriculum designed to help students foster self-regulation and emotional control. Instead of labeling emotions as "good" or "bad," we categorize them into four colored zones. This helps students identify how their bodies feel and how their minds are processing information without judgment.

To complement the Zones, we also utilize Social Thinking: We Thinkers! (Volumes 1 & 2) curriculum. While the Zones focus on self-regulation, We Thinkers! focuses on social-regulation and how we interact with the world around us. Through engaging stories and play-based activities, students learn complex social concepts broken down into "Social Thinking Vocabulary," such as: Thinking with Your Eyes, The Group Plan, Body in the Group, Hidden Rules & Expected/Unexpected Behaviors to name a few.