Union is a great school. Jr. high kids are at a tough age and the teachers and administration do a great job handling it. My kids have had great teachers and I feel they are safe there. Yes, funding could be better, but you could say the same for any school in Utah. Overall I've been very pleased
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Posted by a parent on 04/24/09
I go to this school it is a very good school with energetic teacher and students. We have a great math english science and art department. Every year the art department donates a tree to the festival of trees. Now we do have after school activities but they are limited to 9th grade basketball chess and
... Read more weight lifting ( unions hurcules olympic weightlifting has won 25 out of the last 30 state competitions) Now we do have kids who do drugs but what school doesn't last quarter we had 257 kids make the honor roll (must have 3.5 gpa or higher) Also we just had a drug sweep and nothing was found so it is a good school. Read less
Posted by a student on 12/18/08
Union Middle is a great school in that there is a lot of ethnic diversity which may help Students learn to be tolerant of each other. Students are very supported by Teachers who check Students grades weekly and expect Students to perform academically.
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Posted by a teacher on 10/08/08
The vice principals do a good job dealing with discipline and I've seen a great improvement since I started here. They currently have a police officer that comes in and oversees things happening at lunch and such. The counselors are great with the students and prepare them for high school and life after
... Read more which. Overall, I think that I made a good choice in coming to union middle school. I have gotten a 4.0 ever since. Before I came to this school I too was a F grade student but I received tremendous help and support. Read less
Posted by a student on 03/31/08
This school is full of Drug Addicted, F grade students whom think nothing better of themselves. The teachers have issues and they do NOT treat ever child the same. I have witnessed all of this in one day. Please help this school.
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Posted by a parent on 11/18/07
Union Middle is another one of our public schools that just seem to push our kids through the system. I don't see alot of teachers that really stand out. They are just doing there jobs. I do believe that Union Could be a wonderful school if we could just get some caring teachers and a little more money
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Posted by a parent on 01/16/06
I was a student at Union middle school from 01-03, and during my time there I received the worst education of any of the schools I have since attended in Wyoming and Arizona. Only three out of all the teachers I ever had there had any impact on me at all, and it was all negative, save one. There is little
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Posted by a former student on 01/07/06
I am very proud to be a student at union middle. I am in 9th grade this year and i have had the good and bad times at union middle. Each one has a very different unique way of teaching i admire this alot! I am very dissapointed and upset that i'm leaving union middle this year. To all the parents
... Read more who think that union is just some school it's not, it is a crazy, cool, fun, experience. To most students the faculty means nothing... but, at union you will deffinalty leave with a smile on your facee and say those were the best three years in middle school of my life. The adminsrators have the best way of running things around the school! Therefore goodbye Union! Read less
Posted by a student on 04/13/05
I think Union Middle School is a great school. The faculty is very understanding and kind to their students. They also help with the student's needs. The principals are also kind and understanding but are also rule abiding at the same time. My daughter Samantha Birch went their for 8th and 9th grade
... Read more and she loved the faculty that she knew. She is now in 11th grade and she told me that she misses the school very much. The teacher she misses the most is Mr.Scott. He is one of your science teachers. She said he was a fantastic teacher. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/07/04
Union, along with most schools in the Jordan school district, is a sub-par school with inadequate resources, funding, activites, and academic results. The students have little to be proud of considering the effort given to them by the district or city. The school doesn't have air conditioning and the
... Read more students have even been asked to 'bring water bottles' to class so they won't dehydrate. The Utah legislative body has failed us in many ways, none more so than in protecting our most precious resource, our children, through their scholastic experience and education. Read less
* In 2007-2008 Utah used the Utah Criterion-Referenced Test (CRT) to test students in grades 1 through 11 in language arts, in grades 1 through 7 in math, in grades 4 through 9 in science and upon completion of certain courses in grades 8 through 11. The results displayed on GreatSchools profiles are for all grades combined for each subject. The CRT is a standards-based testing program, which means it measures specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Utah. The goal is for all students to score at or above the proficient level.
Student enrollment:
907
Students per teacher:
22
Full-time teachers:
42
Number of classrooms:
50
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Vocational Education
Food Nutrition, Health, Keyboarding/Typing, Phys Ed
Special Education
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English as Second Language
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Sandy schools — Union Middle School is located at 615 E 8000 S, Sandy UT 84070. 615 E 8000 S is in the 84070 ZIP code in Sandy, UT The school district for Union Middle School is the Jordan School District. Union Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 7 - 9.
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