Canyons Salutes Volunteers: Treasured Partners in Education
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNhMTEbjHrE Key to each child’s success is a caring adult, be it a parent, a coach, or community partner. According to our latest data, more than 10,000 volunteers signed up to lend a helping hand in Canyons schools last academic year, be it in reading to a child, or offering a helping hand at a […]
Eleven CSD Students Named National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists
Eleven Canyons District students are semi-finalists in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The students are among the 16,000 scholastically talented high school seniors who remain in the competition for 8,300 National Merit Scholarships. The awards, worth more than $32 million, will be announced this spring. Of the Canyons students, eight attend school at […]
Students Showcase Face to Faith for U.S. Ed Department
The day after the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and just hours after a U.S. ambassador to Libya and three members of his staff were reported killed by protestors of an American-made video denigrating the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, students gathered at Brighton High School to help build international bridges of understanding. About […]
Online Registration – We Want Your Feedback!
For the first time in Canyons District history, we conducted back-to-school registration online this year. In order to improve the process for years to come, we’d like to know how well your experience went. To give us your valuable feedback, please complete the survey which will open in a new browser window. Please note that this […]
Canyons Honors Community Members with Apex Awards
From a talented middle school math teacher to a visionary Utah State Senator, the Canyons Board of Education on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 honored the contributions of eight Canyons community members at its third-annual Apex Awards ceremony. The Board of Education’s Apex Awards are designed to express gratitude to community leaders and educators who have […]
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 […]
