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My children attend this school and we’re generally very happy with it. Most of the teachers have been here over three to five years, and the past few years they have been piloting a new course called “CAMP” which stands for Curiosity, Arts, Mindfulness, and Projects. It’s a great way for students to use recycled materials to be creative. This school is so awesome that some teachers decide to return from retirement to just work here! I’ve had to reach out to the leadership and support teams and they’ve always been supportive and helpful. Only two drawbacks to the school: the building needs to be updated, but MMSD is working on that with most schools. Second being that the gifted students program barely exists and the teacher leading it has an extremely high number of students to support. The core teachers are responsive if you communicate any concerns.

This is the third kid I have going to the bilingual program at Midvale. This school has been amazing for my kids. I am forever thankful for the incredible work of the teachers and the great group of friends my kids have. They are bilingual students and would love to see more great rankings of this school

Not great there was mold on my lunchable that I almost ate and the school is greedy the said pay 22 dollars to go on the field trip to urban air I could drive there my self and get it for free

I went to this school when I was a kid; and my kids go here now this school is amazing I love how they take extra security they take to the building I feel so much comfort sending my kids here all the teachers are amazing

Pros: involved families, nice building, some wonderful teachers but several are leaving after this year so hard to say what following year will beCons: lackluster curriculum (star360 scores dropped dramatically for our students after switching to a classical curriculum), teachers don’t stay, families don’t stay, principal lacking in leadership skills and basic communication, weak policies, lack of resources in assisting students with learning needs, overall supervision of students, principal doesn’t anticipate needs and is often dismissive when concerns arise