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Mill Creek Elementary
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  School Information
3761 South 1100 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Office: (801)646-4912
Fax: (801) 646-4913
 

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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Granite School District | 2500 South State | Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 | (385) 646-5000