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5th Grade girls posing at the Magpie Market
community
Kindergarten students playing in the front lawn
taking flight
Middle School students adding to a collage about being connected
having respect for all
Middle School students in Southern Utah
exploring
Students digging a hole for a tree during Treekun Olam
giving to others
3rd Grade students in a circle during Lab Science
learning for the sake of learning
Middle School Spanish students learning outside
repairing the world

Welcome to McGillis

WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT PRIVATE SCHOOL IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 8TH GRADE

At The McGillis School, we inspire and prepare our learners for a lifetime of creating a better world.

Lower School

Kindergarten - Grade 5

Our Lower School classrooms are filled with excitement and discovery as students engage in daily hands-on activities and discussions with peers, facilitated by our caring and masterful teachers.  Students have the opportunity to engage with a variety of adults, not only their homeroom teachers, but also the specialists who will teach them throughout their lower school years.  
 

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Middle School

Grades 6 - 8

Our Middle School is a place to belong and to become, in which students are well-known and appreciated as unique individuals. The energy is happy and high in our hallways, as students view school as a safe and joyful place. Students know that they will be supported at every turn by caring and charismatic mentors, and compassionate friends.

 

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The Learning Center

Language-Based Learning Differences Program

The Learning Center offers a program that is unlike any other program in Salt Lake City for children with language-based learning differences. Our program offers a full-day educational program for students with language-based learning differences, including dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia, and who have a strong ability and desire to learn.
 

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7:1

Student:Faculty Ratio

21%

Students of Color

392

Enrollment

33

Years of having respect for all

~9

Off Campus Learning Experiences per Grade