Canyons District: Celebrating Educational Excellence
On a brisk, clear day on Nov. 6, 2007, residents in the southeast corner of the Salt Lake Valley headed to the polls to vote in an election unlike any other. On that day, their votes made history. For the first time in Utah in nearly 100 years, a new school district was on its […]
Counselor-Turned-Principal Earns Perkins Service Award
Sprucewood’s new principal has racked up her second major award of the year. Lori Jones, who since 2009 has served as the District’s Coordinator of Comprehensive Guidance Counseling, received the Carl Perkins Outstanding Service Award from the Guidance Division of the Utah Association of Career and Technical Education. The award came at the June 2014 […]
Celebrating Our First 5 Years
On a brisk, clear day on Nov. 6, 2007, residents in the southeast corner of the Salt Lake Valley headed to the polls to vote in an election unlike any other. On that day, their votes made history. For the first time in Utah in nearly 100 years, a new school district was on its […]
Entrada Graduates Cheered for Perseverence, Dedication
For the recent graduates of Entrada, Canyons District’s adult high school, the well-known words of Yoda are more than a memorable quote they’re a mantra to live by. In fact, “Do or do not; there is no try,” was the motto of the year for Canyons District’s adult high school and a recurring theme […]
Arts Honored, Expanded in CSD
Canyons School District is showing students that the arts aren’t just fun subjects to study they’re a vital part of a well-rounded education that enable students to develop skills that reach far beyond the classroom. CSD has been awarded seven additional Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts grants bringing the District total to nine […]
Draper Park Students Win State Essay, Video Awards
Five Draper Park Middle School students have earned state awards for their creativity in essay-writing and video creation. The seventh-grade students in Utah Studies teacher Rick Bowman’s class won top prizes in the seventh- through ninth-grade division of the Utah Water Conservancy Contest. The awards are as follows: Essay Division:– First Place and $250 cash […]
School Nurses Give ‘Above and Beyond Award’ to East Midvale Principal
In eight years as principal of East Midvale Elementary, there wasn’t much Principal Sally Sansom didn’t do to help her students succeed in their education. Aside from the usual duties working with parents, coordinating with teachers, and motivating students Sansom went out of her way to make sure her students’ medical needs were […]
Jordan’s Babinski Honored as 5A Wrestling Coach of the Year
Jordan High School wrestling Coach Christian Babinski is used to helping his students win matches and titles. But this year, as his team took fourth place at the 5A State Championships, Babinski’s peers decided the beloved coach should receive a title of his own: 5A Wrestling Coach of the Year. Babinski’s methods help his students […]
Peruvian Park Wins Creative Pursuits Bowl
A team of third-graders at Peruvian Park put their imaginations to the test at the recent 2014 Creative Pursuits Bowl, but it was no fantasy that the four-student team won first place at the competition it was real. The team of four students won by building an original model of a playground they designed […]
Five CSD Students Ace ACT in 2013-2014
Calvin Yu, a junior at Hillcrest High School and recipient of an invitation to compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, is the fifth CSD student — and the fourth from the Home of the Huskies — to ace the ACT college entrance test in the 2013-2014 school year. Yu earned a top […]
