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Principal
Tina West
School calendar
Traditional
Lunch schedule:
Kinder (all-day) 11:30-12:05
First 11:30-12:05
Second 11:40-12:15
Third 11:45-12:20
Fourth 11:55-12:30
Fifth 12:00-12:35
Sixth 12:05-12:40
Registration
Students can be registered from 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. on regular school days.
Extracurricular programs
Students are provided with additional assistance in reading by trained high school and adult volunteers.
Reading tutoring services are coordinated by a para-educator funded through
School Trust Lands. After and before school tutoring for math and reading
is provided by faculty members and funded through QTSA.
Students have the opportunity to participate in Math
Olympiad, National Geography Bee, Science Fair, USU Junior Engineering, Authors
and artist in residence programs, and a variety of other enrichment activities
as a result of school level fundraising and the allocation of School Trust Land
funds. |
School
background
Mill Creek
Elementary opened in 1956. Most of our 400 students walk to school. There are
23 classrooms with three classes each in K and 1st grade, and two each in 2nd
through 6th. Beginning in 2007-08 we are offering an extended day
kindergarten. A district co-op preschool is also located at the school.
In addition to
our regularly enrolled students who live within our boundaries, we are home to
approximately 40 students who are co-enrolled through the Utah School for the
Deaf and Blind (USDB). These students are transported to Mill Creek from around
the Salt Lake Valley and beyond. We have fostered an inclusion model of
education which we believe benefits all of our students in their academic and
social development.
Mill Creek has
a reading coordinator who has been successful in recruiting and supporting
reading volunteers. Cross age tutors, high school students, and adult
volunteers provide additional reading opportunities for students reading below
grade level benchmarks. Through the coordinator's efforts and the allocation of
School Trust Land Trust funds, we have developed an extensive leveled library
used both in our tutoring program and by classroom teachers.
Over the
last three years we have adopted the Interconnections Curriculum for
social studies and science and Open Court 2002 for language arts. At the
beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, we introduced the Everyday
Mathematics program. With each of these programs, the faculty has engaged
in ongoing professional development and support in order to insure their
effective implementation.
We are
proud of our designation as a Community of Caring school. Our faculty and
student body are committed to living the values of respect, caring, family,
responsibility, and trust. Students participate in service learning as part of
their classroom activities.
Enrollment
Mill Creek serves 400 students K-6.
73.5% Caucasian
17.6% Hispanic/Latino
2.1% American Indian
0.9% Pacific Islander
4.2% African American
1.6% Asian
Computers and technology
We have one stationary computer lab with 30 computers and one rotating computer
lab with 30 computers. Students are scheduled to spend time on a computer each
week completing assessments and projects. Computers with internet access are
available in every classroom. Teachers are implementing for the 2008-2009
school year the projectors and sound systems allowing for more engaging content
for students.
Student
promotion
Students promoted from Mill Creek will progress to Evergreen and Granite Park
Junior High and then to Olympus High School.
School boundary information
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