Utah Indigenous Day Storytelling Festival Glimpse
Canyons was pleased to host the 2013 Utah Indigenous Day Storytelling Festival Nov. 26, 2013. The event featured renowned storyteller Dovie Thomason, a trainer and lecturer at Yale University, and graphic book illustrator Dimi Macheras. The pair conducted student and teacher workshops, which were streamed live to students in neighboring districts and rural Utah via […]
School Open Enrollment For 2014-2015 Starts Dec. 2
The open enrollment period for the 2014-2015 school year has started. Canyons District schools began accepting Standard Open Enrollment Applications on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Schools will continue to accept the applications through Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Students who want to attend a school other than the one assigned to them by geographic boundaries must submit […]
Canyons To Install Carbon Monoxide Detectors In All Buildings
In the wake of the recent recent near-tragedy in San Juan County in which students and teachers at an elementary school were sickened by an undetected gas leak, Canyons District is moving quickly to address the need for carbon monoxide detectors in its schools. Canyons Facilities Director Rick Conger and CSD Risk Management Coordinator Kevin Ray have arranged […]
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013
Superintendent Search: Public Input Report Coming In December The public input process in the search for the new superintendent is well underway, Superintendent Search Consultant Rickie McCandless told the Board. The consultants are taking input from School Community Councils, PTAs, business leaders, employee groups, elected officials, the Canyons Education Foundation, and the Student Advisory Council. […]
Education Support Professionals Celebrated In CSD
They safely transport students to and from school, answer the phones at the front offices, conduct health screenings and secure our buildings and grounds, among many other important tasks and duties. Canyons Education Support Professionals truly give students, teachers and academic leaders the support they need to ensure safe environments in which students can learn, says […]
Board Appoints Director of Civil Rights and Accommodations
The Canyons Board of Education and Administration are pleased to announce that Daniel R. Harper has been selected as the District’s new Director of the Office of Civil Rights and Accommodations. Harper, an attorney with the Burbidge and White law firm in Salt Lake, also will serve as Canyons District’s Interim General Counsel. The Board […]
CSD To Co-Host American Indian Storytelling Festival
Canyons is honored to celebrate the creativity, power, and longevity of the oral traditions of Utah’s native peoples as co-host of the 2013 Utah Indigenous Day Storytelling Festival. The festival, which falls amid American Indian Heritage Month, is sponsored by the Utah Division of Indian Affairs. The event gets underway Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 at Taylorsville […]
Counselor Honored With Human Rights Award
Time spent working with students who live in and around the Navajo Nation’s Monument Valley opened David Shirley’s eyes to the unique and special culture of American Indian students and their families. He draws on this understanding while working on Title VII programs and services in Canyons District, where he’s a counselor on special assignment in […]
State Education Chief Visits Union Middle
Students tend to sit a little straighter when visitors come to observe their class. When the visitor is the state’s public education chief, they walk a little taller afterward, too. Union Middle School students, educators and leaders, as well as Canyons District’s superintendency and academic leadership, last month hosted a tour of State Superintendent of […]
Hillcrest Forensics Chapter Earns Prestigious Designation
The National Forensics League announced this week that Hillcrest High School has earned the coveted 2012-2013 Leading Chapter Award in the Sundance District the highest recognition the league can give a chapter. Only one school in each district of the league attains this designation each year. Once a school achieves the award, it has to wait […]
