Keep Busy with CSD’s Summer Camps and Online Learning
Canyons School District offers a rich variety of summer learning opportunities for students of all ages. From week-long camps that expose young children to the arts and sciences in a fun, relaxed atmosphere to online courses that allow high school students to get a head-start earning credits toward graduation, there’s something for practically everyone […]
April 16 Event Marks the Start of Midvalley Rebuild
There are a lot of reasons to rebuild Midvalley Elementary. Built in 1957, the school is Canyons District’s oldest campus. It opened the same year as the historic launch of the world’s first unmanned satellite Sputnik, a full decade before dot matrix printers were invented, and at a time when the latest teaching tool was […]
CSD Eliminates Fees for Courses Taken Via Virtual High School
Like most teenagers anxious to hit the road, sophomore Connor Perkins wants to be able to get his driver’s license as soon as he turns 16 in May. The challenge? Fitting a required Driver’s Education course into his already-packed class schedule at Hillcrest High. The answer for Connor was the Canyons Virtual High School, Canyons […]
CSD schools to participate in the Great Utah ShakeOut
The recent wave of temblors along the most active portion of the Wasatch Fault are a timely reminder of why our schools prepare for earthquakes. Scientists say we have a 57 percent chance of at least one 6.0 magnitude earthquake hitting the Wasatch Front region in the next 50 years, and a 43 percent chance […]
Hillcrest Students Star in Eccles “Dear Evan Hansen” Promotion
When Salt Lake City’s Eccles Theater revealed which shows would be staged in the coming year, the voices of Hillcrest High students belting “You Will Be Found” from the Tony Award-winning “Dear Evan Hansen” were a pitch-perfect part of the publicity blitz. Videographers were at Hillcrest on Monday to film students in the vaunted drama […]
Board Meeting Summary, March 19, 2019
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Board Approves Midvalley Elementary Reconstruction Budget The Board of Education voted to awarded the contract for the reconstruction of Midvalley Elementary to Bud Mahas Construction in an amount not to exceed $21,242,000. The rebuild of Midvalley was one […]
Hillcrest High’s Cheng Shines As Top Sterling Scholar
Is it in the DNA? Or is it just a lot of hard work? Perhaps it’s a mix of both for Canyons District’s Cheng family, who can now boast two General Scholar winners at the annual Sterling Scholar competition. On Friday, March 15, 2019, Alexander Cheng, a senior at Hillcrest who has been accepted to […]
Canyons District Praised for Fiscal Transparency
Canyons District continues to be recognized for its fiscal transparency. For the 10th year running, the District has received a Certificate in Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO). The award is given to districts that uphold the highest standards for financial reporting and accountability as exemplified by their […]
It’s Testing Season in Utah’s Schools: Here’s What Parents and Students Should Know
It never fails. Each spring, with the arrival of the first crocus blooms to emerge from the cool, rain-soaked ground, comes end-of-year testing season in Utah’s schools. Only this season, students will be taking a new set of Utah State Board of Education-required assessments to demonstrate how much they have learned over the course of the […]
We’re Hiring – CSD’s Special Education Teachers Qualify for $7K in Stipends
Most teachers go into education to make a difference. But nowhere is that difference as readily apparent than in special education, believes Stacey Nofsinger. “There is nothing better than seeing your student finally grasp a concept that maybe you were working on for six weeks or six months. …to finally see them say, ‘Oh my […]
