CSD Foundation Awards $72,000 in Grants to Teachers
‘Tis the season of giving for the Canyons Education Foundation. The Foundation, the fund-raising arm of Canyons District, on Monday, Dec. 17 and Tuesday, Dec. 18 surprised 10 CSD teachers with the joyful news that they were receiving 2012 Innovation Grants, which ranged in size from $2,900 to $10,000. In all, the Foundation awarded more […]
Budget Honors for Canyons
For the third year in a row, Canyons School District has received the Government Finance Officers Association’s (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. The prestigious award, announced Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, recognizes the District’s 2012-13 Comprehensive Annual Budget Report. It is the association’s highest award in government budgeting, and indicates that Canyons’ budget has received proficient […]
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
Board to Participate in Draper Frontrunner CDAThe Canyons Board of Education voted to participate in the Draper Frontrunner Community Development Project Area (CDA) Plan. The Board’s participation is aimed at growing the tax base to better serve the students of Canyons School District. Under the CDA, Canyons will receive: 30 percent of tax revenue increments […]
SALTA Placement Letters are in the Mail
Canyons students who have been accepted to the District’s advanced-learner magnet program will get the good news in letters sent Friday, Dec. 7 to their homes. In all, about 570 students sought access to the program called SALTA, which stands for Supporting Advanced Learners Toward Achievement. The program is designed for students who require specialized […]
Board President Honors Colleagues’ Service
Canyons Board of Education President Tracy Scott Cowdell on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 honored outgoing Board Members Mont Millerberg, Paul McCarty, and Kevin Cromar. All three were elected in 2008 as inaugural members of the Canyons Board of Education, just months after voters created Utah’s first new school district in a century. Cowdell thanked the […]
Crews Cap Corner Canyon High With 13-Ton Dome
The wet and chilly weather could not dampen the electric charge-forward spirit of the crowd that gathered Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 to cheer the historic placement of a 13-ton dome atop the new Corner Canyon High School. The dome, built by the Tremonton, Utah-based Munns Manufacturing, was made a part of the school’s design to […]
Hillcrest’s Long is UHSAA 2012 Theater Teacher of the Year
Students in Josh Long’s stage productions are regularly honored with standing ovations. This time, the applause is for him. Long, the drama teacher at Hillcrest High School, has been selected as the recipient of the Utah High School Activities Association’s 2012 Distinguished Service Award for Theater Teacher of the Year. The UHSAA accepts nominations from […]
