Your Small Change Can Make A Big Difference
Your small change can make a big difference. The Canyons Education Foundation has launched a donation drive called “Canyons Cans,” which will feature silver cans placed conveniently near the cash registers of some 100 businesses throughout the District. When you’re presented with pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters after a purchase, please consider dropping a few cents into […]
2 Students Named Prestigious Coca-Cola Scholars
Remember the names Akbar Khan and Valerie Sanchez. Today, the 17-year-old seniors at Hillcrest High School are prestigious Coca-Cola Scholars but don’t be surprised if tomorrow they are the country’s next Bill Gates and Hillary Clinton. Khan and Sanchez were chosen out of 90,000 applicants from across the nation to receive a $20,000 scholarship […]
Awards for CSD Bond Projects
Three Canyons schools, built with proceeds from a $250 million voter-approved bond, have received awards for quality design and workmanship. Butler Middle School, Draper Park Middle School and Corner Canyon High School received 2013 Excellence in Masonry Awards from the Utah Masonry Council. The awards were bestowed at a banquet Jan. 31, 2014 at the […]
Board Meeting Feb. 18, 2014
United Way Proposes Partnership United Way of Salt Lake executives proposed a partnership in Midvale elementary schools to help students succeed. Presenting were: Deborah Bayle, President and CEO of United Way Salt Lake; Bill Crim, Senior Vice President of Collective Impact and Public Policy; and Board of Directors Chairman Allen Alexander, who also is Chairman […]
Mount Jordan Takes AVID Schoolwide
Mount Jordan Middle will be moving into a new, state-of-the-art building in fall 2015, but Principal Molly Hart is making sure her students are getting ready now with education technology and innovative teaching strategies. “We’re preparing to go into a new building, and we needed to make sure we were prepared for a 21st century […]
School Breakfast, Lunch Are Key To A Successful Day
These days, with options like 100 percent beef hamburger, fresh kiwi, barbecue pork sandwiches with whole grain bread, and whole muscle chicken nuggets breaded in a whole grain crust, you might think royalty is eating school lunch at Canyons District because it’s certainly fit for a king. Thankfully, the French fries that are baked, delicious […]
Hillcrest Senior Already Part of U. Cancer Research Team
A University of Utah’s cancer research team includes a teenager from Hillcrest High School. Hillcrest senior Naveen Rathi is studying ovarian cancer treatments at a U. lab with Dr. Bruce Gale, Director of the State of Utah Center of Excellence for Biomedical Microfluids and Executive Director of the U. College of Engineering Nanofabrication Facility. He is working on […]
CSD’s Tie to the Sochi Games: A Snowboarding Bengal
Former Brighton High Bengal and current Westminster College student Faye Gulini is carrying an Olympic torch of her own. She’s among the international athletes vying for a medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. After a strong finish at the recent Winter X Games in Colorado, Gulini was named to the U.S. Snowboard cross Olympic Team. This […]
Third Hillcrest Student Aces ACT
It’s a big deal for a school to boast one ACT ace. But three in a single school year? That’s what’s happening at Hillcrest High School. There, three students have earned perfect scores on the ACT in the 2013-2014 school year. In January 2014, Junior Joseph Morrell learned he had earned a perfect 36 composite […]
Coming Soon: Virtual Driver’s Ed
Can’t fit driver’s ed into a busy high school schedule? The Canyons Virtual High School can help. Beginning Feb. 21, 2014, students can sign up to take driver’s ed online through the Canyons Virtual High School. The online high school offers an array of classes, including Advanced Placement, P.E., and Chinese. To sign up for the […]
