Yes, Even For School Lunch, There’s An App For That
Busy parents and students now have an even easier way to find out what’s on the menu in Canyons District cafeterias: They can simply look on their smart phones. To provide a greater level of customer service to families, Canyons District has launched a mobile app for lunch and breakfast menus. The free app shows […]
Construction Officially Starts At New Mount Jordan Middle
With a resounding crash of brick and glass, Canyons District celebrated the start of work on the new Mount Jordan Middle by tearing down one of the school’s old walls. More than 200 parents, teachers, students and members of the community attended the Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 event. Dignitaries included Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan, members […]
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013
Interim Business Administrator Appointed The Board unanimously voted to appoint Leon Wilcox, Canyons District’s Director of Accounting since 2009, as Canyons’ Interim Business Administrator. Wilcox is a seasoned professional with 20 years of governmental accounting experience, with an emphasis on financial reporting, budgeting, and auditing. As Canyons District’ Director of Accounting from 2009-2013, Wilcox was […]
Wilcox Appointed Interim Business Administrator
Leon Wilcox, Canyons School District’s Director of Accounting since 2009, has been named Canyons’ Interim Business Administrator. Wilcox was appointed to the position Sept. 17, 2013 by a unanimous vote of the Board of Education. Wilcox is a seasoned professional with 20 years of governmental accounting experience, with an emphasis on financial reporting, budgeting, and auditing. […]
Canyons Nets AAA Bond Ratings
Canyons School District has earned the highest possible AAA bond ratings and Stable Rating Outlooks from Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service. Fitch on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 assigned an underlying rating of AAA to the $60 million general obligation (GO) bonds, series 2013. The bonds are to be sold by competitive bid this month. Proceeds […]
‘Ideas Worth Spreading’: TEDxCSDTeachers
TED Talks have featured “ideas worth spreading” from the world’s most notable innovators and speakers on technology, entertainment and design. Now, Canyons School District is hosting Utah’s first TEDx event for teachers. TEDxCSDTeachers is part of the TEDx program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience, which includes live […]
Thank You, Volunteers
If it takes a village to educate a child, then Canyons has one bustling village. Last school year, Canyons School District enlisted 12,000 volunteers to help children learn to read, cross the street, or build stage sets for the school play. That’s a 20 percent increase in volunteers from the prior year and an […]
Renowned Historian to Address Alta, Community
Renowned historian John P. Kaminski, known as one of the great storytellers of American History, is speaking at Alta High School Friday and Saturday, Sept. 13-14, 2013 as part of the School’s Constitution Week kick-off activities. The community is welcome to attend. Kaminski’s Friday presentation, “Adams and Jefferson: The Troubled Friendship,” starts at 6:30 p.m. […]
Groundbreaking Event For The New Mount Jordan Is Sept. 18
Mark your calendars: The groundbreaking and start-of-demolition ceremony at Mount Jordan Middle School will be Wednesday, Sept. 18. Students, teachers, parents and members of the community are invited to the event, which will start at 5:30 p.m. with a social and reception. The ceremony will be at 9360 S. 300 East the site of the […]
CSD Youth Symphony Orchestra Auditions Sept. 17-19
Have a young musician in your home? Expand his or her horizons in the Canyons Youth Symphony Orchestra. Auditions for the districtwide, extracurricular orchestra for fifth- through ninth-graders will be held Sept. 17-19 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.. in the Jordan High School band room. Auditioning students will be asked to: Play a short, prepared […]
