Salt Lake Chamber Endorses Canyons School District’s Diploma Proposal
The Salt Lake Chamber on Tuesday, Feb. 16 issued a press release supporting Canyons School District’s advanced diplomas proposal because it will better prepare students for the demands of college and the workforce. “A highly educated workforce is the most critical long-term strategy for a vibrant economy and healthy society,” said Lane Beattie, president and […]
Ride the Ski Lift With Dr. Doty
Superintendent David Doty wants to hear from students in the Canyons School District. To that end, he’s extending an invitation to students to ride the lift with him during Canyons District Night at Brighton Resort on Friday, Feb. 19. Students selected by random drawing can use the duration of a ski-lift ride to bend Dr. […]
Brookwood Students Raise Money For Children in Haiti
Brookwood Elementary School has been busy raising money to provide assistance to the people of Haiti. The first donation to the school’s “Half Dollars for Haiti” came minutes after the red buckets from the Salvation Army arrived. Three students, Meg Flynn, Aly Vyfvinkel, and Nicky Lu Vyfvinkel, also raised $285 selling hot chocolate. On Monday, […]
College- and Career-Ready — In Middle School
Many students want to go to college, but how to get there? Mount Jordan Middle School’s Student Success Night will lay out the steps students particularly first-generation college students and those for whom English is a second language can take to prepare now for college and careers. Student Success Night, scheduled for Thursday, […]
Hillcrest Senior Named Semifinalist in Intel Science Talent Search
A Hillcrest High School senior was one of 300 seniors from 175 schools across the country who earned a spot as a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search 2010. Albert Lingfeng Cui, a diploma candidate in the International Baccalaureate Program at Hillcrest, was selected based upon his research, “Demonstration of Planar Plasmonic Waveguides Using […]
Hillcrest Students Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
Six outstanding students at Hillcrest High School have been named finalists in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. They join 16,000 others nationwide who have met he requirements to advance past the semifinalist round. The selection of some 8,200 Merit Scholarship winners is now in progress. Winners of the scholarship will be notified in March. […]
State Board Spotlights Midvale Middle School Teacher
Shelley Allen, a Midvale Middle School National Board Certified P.E. teacher and International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme coordinator, was spotlighted by the State Board of Education on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, for her achievements and contributions to education. Shelley is an energetic and bright teacher as well an asset to Midvale Middle School and Canyons School […]
Dan Jones Poll Results
Dan Jones Poll Results: Feb. 1, 2010 Dan Jones & Associates survey Conducted: Jan. 30 Feb. 1, 2010 Sample Size: 378 completed interviews Error margin: +/-5% on total data {jumi [*7″ >Click here to view photos}
Higher Education Commissioner Endorses Diploma Proposal
Canyons School District’s proposal to offer advanced diplomas to prepare students for the rigors of college and the workforce has received the endorsement of the Commissioner of Higher Education and the Utah State Board of Regents, the governor-appointed panel that oversees the state’s public colleges and universities. At a meeting Tuesday with the Canyons Board […]
JHS Career Day
More than 1,700 students at Jordan High School on Wednesday went to school clad as if they were headed to the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies. The reason? They were participating in Career Day, the premiere communitywide event of Canyons District high school’s new Career Academies program. The aim of Jordan’s Career Day, which is […]
