Reid School, a private school located at 2965 East 3435 South in Salt Lake City, enrolls students from early preschool through ninth grade.

Its strength lies in:
  •    the specific teaching techniques used by its teachers,
  •    a hands-on approach in teaching the content subjects of mathematics, science, health, and social studies,
  •    an emphasis on comprehension and study skills in reading, writing, and speaking,
  •    specialists working in fine arts, crafts, and physical fitness,
  •    a scheduling and record keeping system that allows individualization with teacher direction,
  •    mastery of 100% by the students in the basic subjects, and
  •    flexibility and reinforcement that motivate students to work above grade level.
Students are taught computer usage and keyboarding skills as early as kindergarten.
Students enroll for a nine-month program with optional, exciting summer activities available.

Reid School is an accredited school with the State Office of Education. Its staff employs research-based teaching techniques that have demonstrated significant success in student learning.
The Reid School is recognized for its ability to teach all students and to develop their self esteem. Click here to read why Reid School is a better choice.

History of Reid School

    The Salt Lake City Reid School began September 1, 1987, with preschool students through third grade. Today, the school registers students through ninth grade. It has an Early Preschool or Parent-Infant Program as well as the Preschool Program which is limited to one teacher for eight students and a Kindergarten through Ninth Grade Program which is limited to 20 students or less per teacher.

    Students are divided into smaller class sizes throughout the day. Additional teachers are employed to teach reading/language arts and mathematics.
    Specialists teach science, Spanish, instrumental music, guitar, physical education, computer usage, library skills, and art. Students are divided into smaller groups during much of this time as well.


Nationally-Recognized Demonstration Site for Three U.S. Department of Education Validated Programs

    The Reid School is the first private school to be totally dedicated to the use of ECRI (Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction) instructional methods. These methods have been validated by a panel of evaluators at the U.S. Department of Education as being significantly superior to other reading and language arts programs throughout the United States. ECRI teaches teachers to use the ECRI teaching techniques which allow students to reach their full potential.

ECRI: Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction
    Reid School also utilizes a nationally-recognized computer usage, keyboarding, reading and spelling program. It teaches computer usage and keyboarding beginning in kindergarten. The computer program reinforces the students’ reading, spelling, visual memory, and language usage skills. Because of the effectiveness of the computer program, it has also been validated by the U.S. Department of Education. All students receive instruction in KRS in Computer Lab 1.

KRS: Keyboarding/Reading/Spelling
    A third Reid School program that has been validated by the Program Effectiveness Panel of the U.S. Department of Education for national dissemination is Enriching a Child’s Literacy Environment (ECLE) program for parents and their six-month to three year old children. Parents are taught to develop large and small muscle coordination, oral language through sensory stimulation, print and number awareness, appreciation of literature, sensitivity to music, rhythm and basic concepts.

ECLE: Enriching a Child's Literacy Environment
All three programs were developed by Dr. Reid and her staff.