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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

34

Years of having respect for all

~9

Off Campus Learning Experiences per Grade