Canyons Showcase Part of U.S. Education Department’s Bus Tour
The U.S. Department of Education’s 2012 Back-to-School Bus Tour is coming to Canyons School District. The day after the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, students from Brighton High School will participate in a demonstration of Face to Faith, an innovative global education program aimed at building understanding between different religions and addressing […]
Quail Hollow Named 2012 National Blue Ribbon School
Quail Hollow Elementary has been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in recognition of its high achievement. The Sandy school is among three Utah schools, and 269 nationwide, to receive the honor, announced by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. “Our nation has no […]
Canyons’ Class of 2012 Secures $19.5 Million in Scholarships
Canyons District’s Class of 2012 secured $19.5 million in scholarship offers, final numbers show. The tally is about $2.4 million higher than estimated in June 2012, and includes additional scholarships earned by Alta students. Here are the final tallies: $5.7 million Brighton $5.6 million Hillcrest $5.2 million Alta $2.94 million Jordan […]
College-Ready Day Comes to Kindergarten
A pilot, a veterinarian, or a reptile man? Canyons kindergartners have big dreams, not only about what they want to be when they grow up, but the education they’ll need to make those dreams come true. Kindergartners districtwide capped their first week of school with Canyons’ Kindergarten College-Ready Day, an event in which teachers and […]
Canyons District Counselors Honored As Utah’s Best
Several Canyons counselors last spring received top honors from the Guidance and Career Division of the Utah Association of Career and Technical Education. The award-winning professionals, honored for contributions to innovative guidance counseling programs, are: Counselor of the Year: Allyson Hanks, Brighton HighHigh School Counseling Team Award: Eric Murdock, Karen Brown, Paul Winkelman, Mackenzie Snow […]
ACT Perfection: Hillcrest Student Earns Perfect Score
Hillcrest High student Micah R. Johnston has risen to the top. The son of Paul and Connie Johnston last spring earned a perfect 36 composite score on the ACT college-entrance exam, placing him in the top one-tenth of one percent of the 1.6 million students nationwide who took the ACT last school year. The ACT […]
