Fifth-Grade Students, Parents Invited To Maturation Programs
Your children are growing up. To help start conversations about health, wellness and the maturation process, Canyons District has developed an informational program for fifth-grade students and their parents. Fifth-grade boys and girls and their parents are invited to attend maturation presentations by professional presenters. The District encourages all parents and their children to attend […]
Check Mate! Middle School Students Prep for Chess Tourney
Canyons District sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders are preparing to square off at the CSD Middle School Chess Tournament Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. The fourth-annual tournament begins at 9:30 a.m. at Mount Jordan Middle School, 11150 S. 300 East in Sandy, and includes the top six competitors from each of Canyons’ eight middle schools. Sixth-graders are […]
Board Meeting Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014
Bond Counsel: Old Jordan Bond Refinance Would Save CSD Taxpayers $2.4 Million Canyons bond counsel Preston Kirk, Senior Vice President of George K. Baum & Associates, presented a proposal to refinance the Old Jordan Debt, resulting from the bond former Jordan School District voters passed in 2003, prior to Canyons’ creation. The proposed refinancing would […]
CSD Science Teachers Honored By State Association
Four years ago, Albion Middle science teacher Rick Krause was worried he was running out of time to make a difference in this world. Back then, he was rounding out 18 years of working in technical call support centers when he decided to quit the corporate world and go back to teaching. “When you work with […]
Partnership Leads to New, Innovative After-School Program
Thanks to the generous support of Salt Lake County, Sandy City and the Department of Workforce Services, 125 students from Edgemont and Bell View elementary schools in Canyons District are now enjoying a free after-school program that will be both fun and focused on bolstering student achievement. The new after-school program, the result of an unprecedented and […]
Bus Drivers, Dispatchers ‘Unsung Heroes’ During Winter Months
The Canyons District Transportation Department is akin to the U.S. Postal Service: Neither rain, snow, sleet nor hail will keep them from their appointed rounds. Despite the rough recent road conditions that correspond with Utah’s blustery winter months, the employees in the CSD Transportation Department have made sure that children arrive at school safe, secure and […]
Worldwide Robotics Competition Kicks Off at Hillcrest
Gentlemen and women start your engineering! Some 200 students from 20 teams throughout the Western United States gathered Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 at Hillcrest High for the 2014 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff one of several hundred similar events that took place all over the world that day. The Kickoff was an opportunity for […]
Union Assistant Principal Named Utah’s Best
Union Middle School Assistant Principal Doug Hallenbeck has been named the best in Utah, marking the second year in a row in which a leader from Canyons School District’s Union Middle has received a top state award for school leadership. Hallenbeck was named the 2014 Utah Assistant Principal of the Year during a Jan. 8, 2014 […]
Board Meeting Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2013
Afterschool Program Coming To Bell View, Edgemont Elementaries The Board approved an interlocal agreement with Sandy City and Salt Lake County to provide an afterschool program for students at Edgemont Elementary and Bell View Elementary, to start later this month. The program will be hosted at Edgemont, provide 125 students with organized afterschool activities, including […]
Middle School Dual Immersion Programs Topic of Meeting
Parents of fifth-graders enrolled in Canyons District Dual Immersion Language Programs have been invited to a meeting Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 to learn about the District’s plans to transition students from elementary school to middle school. At the 6 p.m. event at the Canyons Support Services Center, 9361 S. 300 East, parents will view sixth-grade dual-immersion […]
