Teacher Wins $20,000 in Samsung ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ Contest
When Jordan High School teacher Karen Durfee applied to participate in Samsung’s Solve For Tomorrow education contest in September, she was hoping to win about $500, or enough to buy some tablets for her classroom, where she teaches engineering and robotics. She never imagined she’d win at least $20,000 in technology for her school, and […]
Nu Skin Gives CSD High Schools $30,000 for STEAM
Canyons School District’s high schools received an extra $30,000 worth of gifts under the tree this holiday season. Nu Skin gave funding for projects based on STEAM — science, technology, engineering, arts and math — to teachers at Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Hillcrest and Jordan high schools. Teachers submitted funding proposals to the Canyons School District […]
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013
Criteria Set for Superintendent Search Process Guided by input gathered in dozens of community meetings, the Board firmed up the professional qualifications, personal characteristics and leadership qualities they want to see in candidates for the Canyons superintendency. Superintendent Search Consultants Rickie McCandless and Claudia Seeley facilitated the Board’s discussion on the criteria, which will be […]
Hour of Code Events Spark Interest With Students
A two-day Hour of Code event at Hillcrest High this week was a big hit with students and not just because of the free pizza. If the popularity of teacher Ed Mondragon’s regular computer programming class is any indication, it’s the binary code that’s drawing them in, and it’s just in time. “Folks, it’s not outrageously […]
Midvalley Students Stretch and Spin In Ballet West Program
Fifth-graders at Midvalley Elementary have a new reason to be excited about coming to school especially on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Those are the days they leap, spin and jump with Ballet West’s educational outreach program I CAN DO. “Stand up. Feet together. Hands by your side,” Dana Rossi, Education Associate of the Ballet West Education […]
Join CSD In A Yuletide Donation Drive For Homeless Shelter
‘Tis the season of giving and goodwill. The Canyons Board of Education and Administration invite families and businesses in the community to join the District in a holiday donation drive for the Midvale overflow shelter of The Road Home. Following a yuletide tradition established in the first year of the District’s operations, Canyons District Office employees are […]
CSD Students Look To Future With ‘Hour of Code’ Events
Canyons District is building an army of “code talkers.” Canyons schools are participating this week, which is Computer Science Education Week, in the “Hour of Code,” a nationwide effort to increase the awareness of and interest in computer science. The goal of Hour of Code activites, says Janet Goble, CSD’s Director of Career and Technical […]
Make The Holidays Merry and Bright With CTEC Poinsettias
Looking for an inexpensive solution to holiday decorating? Try the holiday poinsettias now on sale at the Canyons Technical Education Center, 825 W. 9085 South. The sale lasts until all poinsettias are taken home for the holidays. Don’t delay there is a limited amount of plants, which come in colors with, well, colorful names. Buyers […]
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013
Update: Superintendent SearchThe Superintendent Search consultants are examining input gathered to date from School Community Councils, constituency groups, and 130 online responses regarding the characteristics they’d like to see in the new superintendent, reported Board Member Kim Horiuchi. The information will be compiled for review and discussion in the Board’s Dec. 17 study session. Board […]
Hillcrest Student Aces ACT
Hillcrest senior Michelle Simmons has scored among the nation’s top one-tenth of one percent of ACT test-takers. The daughter of Jay and Denai Simmons has earned a perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT. To give perspective, just 1,162 of more than 1.8 million students in the class of 2013 earned a composite score […]
