BUTLER MIDDLE
Principal:	Marsha Morgan
Assistant Principals:	Corrie Barrett Bryan Leggat
Address:	7530 S. 2700 East Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Phone:	(801) 412-2250
Fax:	(801) 412-2277
Mascot:	Bruins
School Colors:	Blue & White
Home Page:	http://schools.jordandistrict.org/butlermiddle
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Butler Middle School provides a positive learning environment where students have every opportunity to achieve their academic potential without regard to race, sex or religious preference. The staff is committed to meet the intellectual, social, emotional, aesthetic, and physical needs of seventh, eighth and ninth grade students. The curriculum emphasizes basic skills and exploration experiences to help students make a satisfactory transition during the years between elementary school and high school.

Butler faculty members consistently work to maintain the highest levels of professionalism. Their goal is to give students an education which will have a significant and lasting effect in their lives.

• Butler Middle School serves about 1000 students in grades in grades 7, 8, and 9.
• The school, which opened in 1964, includes 45 self-contained classrooms, an auditorium, little theater, full-sized gymnasium, media center, and cafeteria.
• School is in session from 7:55 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. Monday through Friday, 180 days a year.
• The pupil/teacher ratio is 1 to 26.30 in Grades 7 and 8 and 1 to 27.90 in grade 9, but actual class sizes vary.
• The faculty includes 40 full-time teachers, two half-time teachers, two counselors and a half, a media coordinator, and three administrators. All faculty members are state certified, holding at least a bachelor's degree. About 30% have advanced university degrees.
• New teachers are evaluated twice a year for three years. Contract teachers are evaluated every three years.
• The school offers a standard middle school curriculum with programs for students with special needs and gifted students, three two-year foreign language offerings, computer education, and technology training.
• Three language arts teachers work with gifted students from each grade.
• Technology training is included in business, home economics, and industrial arts classes.
• The Resource Department includes a speech/language pathologist, a guidance specialist, and resource classes in reading, English, math, and study skills.
• Jordan District standards in attendance and dress are maintained. Discipline standards are clearly explained and consistently enforced.
• Lunch, with a choice of two entrees, is served daily in the cafeteria. The student price is $1.75. Breakfast is also offered.
• Bus service is provided for all students who live two miles or more from school.
• The school provides release time for special studies in athletics, academics, religion, and ice skating.
• Students have access to the Cottonwood Heights Spa for swimming and racquetball as part of their physical education program. Community school and adult high school classes are available in the evening.
• The Butler Community Advisory Council, comprised of parent representatives and the principal, meet monthly to discuss school needs.
• The PTA is active in fund raising and traditionally organizes special school activities and a parent volunteer program.
• School visitors are always welcome and asked to check with the office upon entering the building.
• Butler Middle School was one of the first schools selected as a "National Exemplary School" by the U.S. Department of Education, and our school is the model school for Utah's Pre-vocational Core.
• Butler Middle is a First Amendment Alumni School. One of the inaugural eleven schools picked nationally to implement a program that focuses on teaching students civic responsibility and providing opportunities for students to participate in the governance of the school.

• U-PASS REPORTS
• 2006-07 Reports
• 2005-06 Reports
• 2004-05 Reports
• The purpose of the Utah Performance Assessment System for Students (U-PASS) is to provide information about how students in Utah schools are doing relative to the Utah State Core Curriculum and State requirements for school performance. Information is compiled and presented by the Utah State Office of Education in accordance with Utah State law. If you have any questions about the data, please contact the school.