Canyons District Honored Again for its Fiscal Responsibility

When it comes to matters of money, Canyons District is in good hands. For the eighth year running, the District has received a Meritorious Budget Award from the Association of School Business Officials International. The award recognizes CSD’s commitment to the highest standards of school budgeting. “School business officials are responsible for ensuring taxpayer dollars […]

Healthy Schools: How Does Classroom Lighting Affect Learning?

Can adding daylight to children’s daily diet of reading, writing and arithmetic boost student achievement? It may sound far-fetched, but “daylighting” – or the addition of windows, skylights and full spectrum lighting – is catching on as a powerful and relatively inexpensive way to improve the learning environment at schools. Motivated by research showing how light […]

CEA Endorses Canyons’ Bond Proposal For School Upgrades

The official organization of Canyons District educators has endorsed the District’s $283 million tax-rate-neutral bond proposal that is on the ballot in this fall’s General Election. The Canyons Education Association, which represents Canyons educators in salary and policy negotiations with the District, announced its support of the measure that would generate money to build and […]

Don’t Forget to Register to Vote!

In about a month, Canyons District voters will head to the polls where they’ll be asked to consider a $283 million, tax-rate-neutral bond that would be used to rebuild or remodel seven aging schools, build a new school to accommodate growth, and add security and accessibility upgrades and/or skylights and windows for more natural light […]

Free Expo Spotlights Career and Technical Education Opportunities

It’s no longer referred to as “vocational education” for a reason. Career and Technical Education has gone mainstream. Today it’s seen as the path to acquiring the kind of marketable skills needed to succeed in high-paying industries ranging from health care, science and engineering to early childhood education. What’s more, those skills are now often […]

CSD Board Empanels Advisory Council to Gather Student Input

The student voice can be heard loud and clear in the Canyons District. To the end of creating a direct avenue for student input, the Canyons Board of Education has empaneled a Student Advisory Council made up of representatives from all five of Canyons’ traditional high schools. This is the fifth year a council of […]

Board Meeting Summary, Oct. 3, 2017

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Alta High’s Step2theU Program Last summer, Alta High enrolled its first cohort of juniors in Step2theU, a program that allows students to earn two years of college credit at the University of Utah while still in high school. […]

Utah PIO Association Honors Canyons District Communicators

The Canyons District Office of Public Communications has received statewide honors for its efforts to communicate with parents, teachers, students and the community at large following a fatal shooting near a Sandy elementary in June. At the recent annual conference of the Utah Public Information Officers Association, the Canyons public-relations team of Jeff Haney and […]