SOUTHLAND ELEMENTARY (Year-round)
Principal:	Terri Summers
Address:	12675 S. 2700 West Riverton, UT 84065
Phone:	(801) 254-8047
Fax:	(801) 302-4961
Mascot:	Sabertooth Tigers
School Colors:	Blue & White
Home Page:	http://schools.jordandistrict.org/southland
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Southland Elementary is located in Riverton City about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City extending from 12100 South to 13400 South and from 2200 West to 3200 West. The Southland community strongly supports education and parents are highly involved with the school. Southland teachers are dedicated to see that their students have ample opportunity to develop academically, socially and emotionally. A variety of programs are in place to help students build self-esteem.

• Southland Elementary serves 942 students from K-6 grade in an established neighborhood.
  
• The school operates on a year-round schedule. Students are divided into four attendance groups or tracks. Each track has approximately 45 days of school followed by 15 days of vacation. The school takes a common vacation during the month of July. The school day begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3:25 p.m. except on Fridays when school is dismissed at 1:25 p.m. to allow teachers time for planning.
  
• The building, which opened in 1974, features fully self-contained classrooms. The school has a large playground, colorful learning centers, and a central media center with an ample collection of books and other media.
  
• The Southland faculty is comprised of state certificated teachers with diversified backgrounds and experiences.
  
• A resource team, speech clinician, and guidance specialist provide help for students with learning disabilities, physical handicaps, or emotional problems.
  
• The teachers and administrator are formally evaluated on a regular basis to assure the quality of classroom instruction.
  
• The teacher/pupil ratio is 1 to 22.80 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.
  
• Southland offers a full curriculum with emphasis on reading, math and language arts with a liberal sprinkling of arts and science. Gifted and talented classes are also offered on a regular basis.
  
• Southland is implementing the “I Can Read” program, and the Accelerated Math program.
  
• Southland’s computer lab has 31 iMac computers used for writing, production activities, keyboarding practice, and Accelerated Reading. There is also at least one computer in every classroom. Portable AlphaSmart labs are used for teaching and practicing keyboarding skills.
  
• Southland offers band and chorus for students in fourth, fifth and sixth grades.
  
• A nutritious hot lunch is offered daily. The student price is $1.35. Free or reduced price lunches are provided for qualifying students.
  
• Standards on dress, attendance, and discipline are maintained as outlined in the school handbook.
  
• An active PTA and School Community Council assist with school activities and regularly give input on important school issues.
  
• A parent volunteer program, sponsored by the PTA, provides a team of 35 to 70 volunteers who regularly serve as clerical and classroom assistants. They also support the school in implementing the Presidential Fitness Award.
  
• Southland is a BYU Partnership school. Student teachers and cohort students come to share ideas, work, and learn from with our certified teachers.
  
• Our teachers actively participate in many hours of in-service each year to improve and enrich classroom teaching such as Six Traits of Writing, Balanced Literacy, Math Investigations, and USU Core Academy.
  
• Our staff is working to make Southland a warm, friendly, caring place for learning. School visitors are welcome at any time. Visitors are asked to check in at the office before visiting our learning centers.

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	89%	81%	93%	89%	87%	75%
2004-05	80%	75%	85%	75%	82%	72%
2005-06	79%	74%	81%	80%	78%	73%
2006-07	75%	64%	73%	65%	85%	87%
2007-08			69%	61%	84%	84%
Year	4th Lang. Arts	4th Math	4th Science	5th Lang. Arts	5th Math	5th Science
2003-04	83%	69%	61%	79%	64%	53%
2004-05	82%	63%	65%	79%	64%	64%
2005-06	88%	82%	76%	84%	71%	65%
2006-07	86%	80%	79%	77%	69%	71%
2007-08	82%	85%	63%	85%	67%	76%
Year	6th Lang. Arts	6th Math	6th Science
2003-04	92%	85%	78%
2004-05	86%	76%	76%
2005-06	83%	74%	73%
2006-07	84%	75%	69%
2007-08	85%	74%	71%

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	62	50	54	56	61	68	61
2000 Norms	2005-06	67	59	61	62	75	77	72
2005 Norms*	2006-07	57	48	53	53	67	69	62
2005 Norms*	2007-08	56	38	42	46	59	62	55
5th Grade
Norms	Year	Reading	Language	Math	Core Total	Soc. Studies	Science	Total Composite
2000 Norms	2004-05	66	60	59	62	64	69	65
2000 Norms	2005-06	69	60	51	61	66	70	65
2005 Norms*	2006-07	61	59	51	57	62	69	62
2005 Norms*	2007-08	64	57	55	59	66	72	66
6th Grade
Norms	Year	Reading	Language	Math	Total Survey
2000 Norms	2004-05	56	56	53	55
2000 Norms	2005-06	67	66	64	67
2005 Norms*	2006-07	62	61	49	58
2005 Norms*	2007-08	50	58	33	47

* 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	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.3	3.6	3.5	21.3
2004/05	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.3	19.8
2005/06	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.2	3.3	3.3	19.7
2006/07	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2	19.7
2007/08*	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	19.3

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