Chargers Bring Light to Willow Springs Tutoring Effort
When Willow Springs Elementary Principal Marianne Yule first had the idea last year to recruit a group of students from Corner Canyon High to come tutor some of the children in her school, she had no idea what response she was going to get. In the first half of the year, 16 Corner Canyon students walked or […]
CSD Library Specialist Rises to Everest-Hike Challenge
She made it. Canyons District’s Barbara Hopkins reached her goal of hiking to the Base Camp of Mount Everest. The Library Media Coordinator in CSD’s Evidence-Based Learning Department started the 17,000-foot trek at the start of the month and she arrived at her destination last Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Hopkins’ journey up the world’s tallest […]
CSD Student-Artists Race the Clock at ArtStock
It’s been said that people are least creative when racing the clock. Don’t tell that to the aspiring Monets and Michelangelos from Alta, Jordan, Corner Canyon, and Hillcrest high schools who recently completed in ArtStock, a timed art-creation contest held annually at Jordan High. The event, which requires students to create an original piece of 2-D […]
Hillcrest High Students Unveil ‘Sacred Images’ Mural
A group of students have found a way to bring the heart of Nine Mile Canyon’s Native American rock art to Hillcrest High without moving a stone. Instead, they used their talents, imaginations and a little bit of paint to create their own images of identity and the power of the past, present and future […]
CSD Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-State Awards
Fourteen Canyons District students have received prestigious Academic All-State Honors in fall sports from the Utah High School Activities Association. The award goes to 10-15 students in each sport who are at the top of their game and the top of their class. The students are: Boys Golf: Jeremy Aguilon, Daniel Fang, and Jacob Ulrich, […]
Counselors Group Honors Jones With Human Rights Award
Sprucewood Principal Lori Jones will need a trophy case of her own pretty soon. Jones, who earlier this year received the Utah Technology Council’s 2014 Educator of the Year Award and Carl Perkins Outstanding Service Award from the Guidance Division of the Utah Association of Career and Technical Education, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 received […]
Hillcrest High Students Give Back Through Art
The Copperview Recreation Center in Midvale has received an artistic makeover, courtesy of a group of Hillcrest art students and a project aimed at fostering community cohesion. The students joined art teacher Michael Brzozowski to create a community-inspired mural at the Recreation Center during Fall Break Oct. 16-17, 2014. The mural incorporates the people of […]
Midvalley’s ‘Arts-Kids’ Inspired By Songs, Dances, Activities
Every Tuesday after school a group of about 20 students at Midvalley Elementary gather in a room and decompress their day. They chat, color and eat snacks for a bit and then it’s down to business. Circle time. As the kids make their way to the floor, assembling themselves in an oblong circle the size […]
Board Meeting Summary Nov. 11, 2014
Premier SAGE Results Outpace State Averages Assistant Superintendent Dr. Kathryn McCarrie presented results of the state’s first SAGE test, and teachers from several schools shared with the Board what they’re doing to boost student achievement in their classrooms. Elementary scores exceeded state averages in all tested subjects. Granite Elementary scored No. 1 in the state, […]
Midvale Middle to Relocate During Reconstruction
Midvale Middle School students will have temporary digs starting next school year. The Board of Education on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 voted to relocate the school community to the old Crescent View building for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years while the school is rebuilt with proceeds from the $250 million voter-approved bond. The District […]
