Board Meeting Summary March 31, 2015

Board Action The Board approved the Consent Agenda, which included the March Hire and Termination Reports and Purchasing Bids. The Purchasing Bids to General Contractors and MHTN architects were ratified for work related to the Brighton High School football turf replacement. Another purchasing bid was approved for Valcom to upgrade network switches at Alta and […]

Purchasing Chief Honored As Public Manager of the Year

Without Gary Hansen and the Purchasing Services Department, there would not be any crayons for coloring, computers in the classroom or toilet paper in the bathrooms. In fact, there wouldn’t be any school buildings at all. Those are just some of the things the Purchasing Services Department obtains for the District – but, really, there […]

Show Us Some Love! Foundation Raising Money for Scholarships

Show some deserving and low-income high school students some love – with scholarship money. The Canyons Education Foundation, which successfully generates and allocates resources to help Canyons District teachers and students, has launched a new campaign to raise money for student scholarships.    As part of that campaign, today, Thursday, March 26 the Canyons Education […]

Score! CSD Athletes, Football Game Up For State Of Sport Honors

Three phenomenal Canyons District athletes and one record-breaking football game have been nominated by the State Sports Commission for top honors in the Governor’s State of Sport Awards. Winners are determined by an online vote. The epic, triple-overtime Jordan ‘Diggers vs. Brighton Bengals football game, which resulted in a high-as-a-basketball-game score of 78-76, has been […]

Board Meeting Summary March 17, 2015

New Elementary Schedule Adopted Following recommendations from task force of elementary school teachers and months of discussion, the Board unanimously approved a new elementary school schedule that will restore early-out Fridays and provide teachers with the tools they need to help ensure success for every student. The schedule will be implemented in the 2015-2016 school […]

Canyons Announces New Administrative Appointments

Canyons District is pleased to announce new leadership appointments, which were approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. The following have accepted new administrative roles in Canyons District schools and District Offices: Greg Leavitt, Principal of Draper Park Middle, has been selected as the new Principal at Hillcrest High. He replaces […]

New Schedule to Improve Elementary Education in 2015-2016

Following recommendations from task force of elementary school teachers, the Canyons Board of Education has approved a new elementary school schedule that will restore early-out Fridays and provide teachers with the tools they need to help ensure success for every student. To the cheers and applause of teachers and parents, the Board voted unanimously Tuesday, […]

Hillcrest Filmmaker Aims to Repeat Big Win At CSD Film Festival

Hillcrest High filmmaking phenom David Skorut envisions a golden future on the silver screen. Armed with ideas, enthusiasm and a camera, Skorut, who has already garnered acclaim for his cinematic skills, is unabashed about his goals to become the next Steven Spielberg, James Cameron or Michael Moore. Asked what kind of films he wants to […]

12 CSD Students Earn Winter Sport Academic All-State Honors

Congratulations to the Canyons District students who earned Academic All-State Honors through the Utah High School Activities Association for winter sports: Boys Basketball Alta– Nicholas Beard Corner Canyon– Matthew Riley Ogden Girls Basketball Brighton– McCall Christensen, Alyssa Hirschi Drill Brighton – Alixandra Peterson Jordan – Katherine Ann Metcalf Girls Swimming Brighton – Mylei Hong, Hannah Potter Hillcrest – […]

Five Canyons District Students Earn Sterling Scholar Awards

Five outstanding students at Hillcrest, Alta, Brighton high schools were among the 14 stellar Utah students who captured  category awards in the 54th annual Sterling Scholar Awards Program.  The winners were announced during a Tuesday, March 10, 2015 ceremony at the LDS Conference Center, 60 W. North Temple.   Hillcrest led all Utah schools with […]