MIDVALLEY ELEMENTARY
Principal:	Carla Burningham
Address:	217 E. 7800 South Midvale, UT 84047
Phone:	(801) 565-7464
Fax:	(801) 302-4944
Mascot:	Junior Huskies
School Colors:	Red, White & Blue
Home Page:	http://midvalley.jordan.k12.ut.us/
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Midvalley Elementary is located in a stable middle class community in Midvale City where parents have a high interest in school. The mission of the Midvalley staff is to recognize the uniqueness of each child, to nurture self-esteem; to provide a sound academic learning environment; and to foster appropriate social skills and promote responsible citizenship.

Midvalley teachers make every effort to recognize and provide for students' individual needs and to give each one opportunity to participate in esteem-building activities. Communication with parents is ongoing and parents are encouraged to be fully involved at school.

• Midvalley serves about 585 students from kindergarten through sixth to grade. In addition our school houses two Special Education classrooms for three to five year olds. Their enrollment totals about 40 students of which about 10 are normally developing students whose parents pay tuition and transport their own children. If you are interested in this program, please call 412-2510.
• School is in session 180 days a year on a standard nine-month calendar.
• The school day begins at 9:05 a.m. and ends at 3:35 p.m. except on Fridays when school closes at 1:55 p.m. to allow teachers time for planning.
• The building, which opened in 1957, is a one level, traditional brick construction with self-contained classrooms in all grades.
• The teacher/pupil ratio is 1 to 22.30 in first grade, 1 to 23.10 in second grade, 1 to 24.60 in third grade, and 1 to 26.70 in grades four, five and six. The actual class sizes vary.
• All Midvalley teachers have bachelor's degrees and state teaching certificates. Many teachers have or are working toward advanced university degrees and special teaching endorsements. •Balanced Literacy is the framework followed to teach reading. Guided Reading Groups are used with The Houghton Mifflin series used for the “Shared Reading” component of Balanced Literacy •The Scott Foresman Series is used in math.
• Midvalley teachers plan cooperatively in grade-level teams to see that individual student needs are met.
• All staff members are formally evaluated on a regular basis to assure professional development and continuing quality in education.
• Early Steps/Next Steps tutoring is used to assist in reading.
• Two full-time resource teachers, a half time speech language pathologist and a half time school counselor are on staff to work with students who have special learning needs.
• All students receive technology training with computers.
• Students are expected to attend school every day unless they are ill. Students should dress in clean, modest clothing, which is appropriate for school.
• Hot breakfast and lunch are served daily. The student price is $1.50 per lunch and $.70 per breakfast. Free and reduced price meals are also available to qualifying students.
• Bus service is provided to all students who live 1-1/2 miles or more from school.
• Volunteerism is encouraged at Midvalley. Many parents and others help out at the school on a regular basis and lend a hand for special events and activities.
• School visitors are welcome and required to check in at the office upon arriving.
• Employees, visitors, and volunteers are required to wear a badge. Visitors and volunteers receive theirs upon checking in at the office.
• Our teachers regularly provide students with opportunities to gain special recognition and build self-esteem.
• Teachers voluntarily participate in hours of inservice each year to assure quality teaching skills.
• Fourteen teachers are ESL endorsed.
• We have an ongoing business partnership with Harmon's Grocery Store (700 East 7800 South). They have supplied us with various incentives and support materials. We encourage our school community to support them in return.

Criterion Referenced Tests (CRT)
The Core Criterion Referenced Tests (CRTs) are administered at the end of each school year to help assess how well students have mastered the standards and objectives set forth in the State of Utah Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science core curricula.   Student achievement is reported as the percent of students reaching “proficient” by earning a Level 3 or Level 4 performance on the Core CRT.

Year	1st Lang. Arts	1st Math	2nd Lang. Arts	2nd Math	3rd Lang. Arts	3rd Math
2003-04	72%	67%	61%	55%	75%	68%
2004-05	75%	69%	75%	66%	60%	62%
2005-06	70%	61%	75%	66%	79%	70%
2006-07	66%	55%	68%	49%	85%	76%
2007-08			68%	46%	73%	64%
Year	4th Lang. Arts	4th Math	4th Science	5th Lang. Arts	5th Math	5th Science
2003-04	65%	62%	58%	70%	61%	53%
2004-05	84%	71%	73%	77%	55%	59%
2005-06	80%	62%	65%	66%	68%	70%
2006-07	73%	68%	67%	74%	62%	64%
2007-08	79%	71%	70%	74%	55%	70%
Year	6th Lang. Arts	6th Math	6th Science
2003-04	74%	69%	62%
2004-05	76%	70%	69%
2005-06	73%	58%	59%
2006-07	79%	64%	58%
2007-08	74%	60%	65%

Detailed Core CRT results by student subgroups

IOWA Tests
The IOWA Test of Basic Skills provides a comparison of achievement to students across the United States in reading, language arts, math, science and social studies.  The IOWA test is given each fall to students in grades 3, 5, and 8.  The Jordan School District School also administers the IOWA to students in grade 6.  Results are reported as the average percentile rank.  The national average is the 50th percentile in each area.

3rd Grade
Norms	Year	Reading	Language	Math	Core Total	Soc. Studies	Science	Total Composite
2000 Norms	2004-05	60	47	53	54	61	65	61
2000 Norms	2005-06	64	58	53	58	60	61	61
2005 Norms*	2006-07	54	44	46	48	56	61	54
2005 Norms*	2007-08	51	47	41	46	48	49	48
5th Grade
Norms	Year	Reading	Language	Math	Core Total	Soc. Studies	Science	Total Composite
2000 Norms	2004-05	53	55	44	51	45	61	53
2000 Norms	2005-06	58	57	52	55	58	66	59
2005 Norms*	2006-07	55	56	43	52	55	57	55
2005 Norms*	2007-08	51	50	39	46	48	57	50
6th Grade
Norms	Year	Reading	Language	Math	Total Survey
2000 Norms	2004-05	50	48	48	48
2000 Norms	2005-06	50	59	52	54
2005 Norms*	2006-07	49	44	45	44
2005 Norms*	2007-08	9	16	8	9

* It is not appropriate to formally compare school results between the old norms and the new norms.

Direct Writing Assessment (DWA)
The Direct Writing Assessment (DWA) is designed to assess the writing skills of 6th and 9th grade students in February and March each year.  The following six components of writing are assessed: ideas & content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.
 

Grade 6	Average Points Earned
Year	Ideas / Content	Organization	Voice	Word Choice	Sentence Fluency	Conventions	Composite
2003/04	3.4	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.3	20.4
2004/05	3.2	3.1	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.1	19.5
2005/06	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.3	20.4
2006/07	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	18.2
2007/08*	2.8	2.8	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	17.4

* Each year the direct writing prompt changes, therefore caution should be used in making year to year conclusions.
 

Begin at State Street and 7390 S.; east along 7390 S. (both sides) to 300 E.; south along 300 E. (both sides) to 7500 S. (Greenwood Ave.); east along 7500 S. (Greenwood Ave.) (south side) to 700 E.; south along 700 E. (both sides) to 7600 S.; continuing south on 700 E. (west side) to 8475 S.; west along 8475 S. (north side) to 425 E.; north along 425 E. (east side) to 8415 S.; west along 8415 S. (both sides) to 300 E.; north along 300 E. (both sides) and Bryce Drive (both sides) to 8000 S.; west along 8000 S. (both sides) to State St. north along State St. (east side) to 7390 S. ALSO: Begin at 700 E. and 8600 S.; east along 8600 S. (south side) to 1300 E.; south along 1300 E. (west side) to 9400 S.; west along 9400 S. (north side) to the 9000/9400 S. Connector Rd. (approx. 1100 E.); north along the 9000/9400 S. Connector Rd. (approx. 1100 E.) (east side) to 9000 S.; west along 9000 S. (north side) to 700 E.; north along 700 E. (east side) to 8600 S. View Hillcrest area elementary boundary map