Safety First: CSD Expands Access to SafeUT app, website
Canyons Distict is expanding its high-tech arsenal in the fight to keep children safe. Elementary schools are rolling out information to their communities about access to the SafeUT app and website, which is an immediate, direct link to licensed counselors at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute. Starting Wednesday, Aug. 31, all CSD elementary school communities […]
Playworks: Using Play as a Force for Learning
Anywhere else, if someone cried, “rain storm,” all eyes would scan the horizon for foreboding clouds. But at Midvale Elementary, it’s a call-and-response technique to get chatty students to snap to attention. Upon hearing those words, students stop what they’re doing and vocalize a “whoosh” sound while motioning their hands to signify water coming downand […]
CSD Rolls out the Red Carpet for its Student Stars
It’s the first day school, and Butler Elementary teacher Nancy Bauman has good news for her fifth grade classroom. Because they have to wait longest for lunch, they’re given a special snack at recess. “But don’t lose track of your trash, and leave it on the playground,” Bauman warns, “or you’ll lose the sneak-a-snack privilege.” […]
Middle School Orientation Eases Back-to-School Jitters
Wide hallways, lockers that won’t open, multiple class periods and heavier homework loadsstarting middle school for the first time can be a little daunting. But it doesn’t have to be. For eights years, Canyons District’s middle schools have opened their doors to incoming sixth-graders a day early to allow them to orient themselves and ease […]
Butler Elementary Community Cheers Opening of New School
Hundreds witnessed history on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 as the doors to a brand new Butler Elementary opened and generations of students and former students, teachers, parents, and local dignitaries walked into the halls of the state-of-the-art building. They passed under a replica of the school’s original bell, which hearkens back to Butler’s beginnings in […]
Board Meeting Summary, Aug. 16 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Board Approves Proposal to Use ACT For 11th Grade Measure The Board of Education voted unanimously to take advantage of the provisions of HB200, which was passed in the 2016 Legislative session. The legislation allows school districts to request a […]
Brighton High Grad Lives Olympic Dream at Rio Games
This cat can swim. Former Bengal Long Gutierrez, who shattered more than 40 Utah High School Activity Association swimming records while competing for Brighton High, vied this week for Olympic gold at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio De Janeiro against such history-making swimmers as Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. Gutierrez, one of just three swimmers […]
Canyons Employees Deliver at Back-to-School Donation Drive
Educators work their hearts out every day to ensure children excel academically. But many of their students start the school year without the basic supplies they need to succeed. So, when the Canyons Education Foundation announced it was holding a donation drive to fill backpacks for homeless students teachers delivered. Hundreds of educators, administrators […]
Ribbon Cutting: Community to Celebrate the New Butler Elementary
A new year. A new home. A fresh look. There are a lot of changes in store for Butler Elementary. Not only will students be attending classes in a new school building this fall, but when they enter the lobby for the first time, they’ll be greeted by a modernized version of their Bobcat logo. […]
Summer Boot Camp Gives Entering Freshmen a Jump on High School
A new school year brings lots of changes and challenges for kids of all ages. But if there’s one year that’s especially critical and often the most unsettling for students, it’s the 9th grade. Ninth grade has become known as the “make or break” year of high school, because how students perform in […]
