Canyons Celebrates National School Counseling Week
Canyons District joins others nationwide in celebrating Feb. 7-11 as National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association and the Utah School Counselor Association. The aim of the week is to highlight the impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve success at school and plan for college and careers. School […]
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011
Options for Career and Technical Education Presented As the District prepares to design classrooms for the new high school and reconstructed middle schools, Superintendent David Doty proposed examining career and technical education (CTE) to ensure courses adequately prepare students for high-skill, high-wage jobs. Dr. Doty cited research showing two-thirds of the up-and-coming jobs require post-secondary […]
Canyons CTE Coordinator Given Lifetime Achievement Award
Career and Technology Education Coordinator Trish Thomas, a specialist in work-based learning, is this year’s recipient of the Utah Association for Career and Technical Education’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which was given to Thomas at the association’s annual conference at Westlake High School, recognizes the contributions and accomplishments of the people who make up […]
CTEC Open House
Bienvenue, Les Etudiants Francais!
Canyons District this week is hosting 12 students and two teachers from Grenoble, France. The French delegation arrived late Saturday, Jan. 22, and will return early Saturday, Jan. 29. The schedule for the students and their advisers, who are being housed by gracious volunteer host families who live in Canyons District, is quite robust and […]
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011
Bond Project Site Plans Approved The Board unanimously approved site plans for the following schools being remodeled and rebuilt under the $250 million voter-approved bond: Midvale Elementary: The Board approved rebuilding Midvale Elementary adjacent to Midvale Middle School , allowing students to stay put during construction and creating a school campus that could better address […]
Join the Superintendent’s Reading Challenge 2011
Superintendent Dave Doty invites faculty, students, staff and other folks in the Canyons community to join him in the Superintendent’s Reading Challenge 2011. The challenge is really quite simple: read at least one book a month or 12 total for the year. Dr. Doty plans to share anecdotes of his reading adventures on […]
Mount Jordan Wins Chess Tournament
Mount Jordan Middle School has been crowned champion of the inaugural Canyons Middle School Intramurals Chess Tournament. The Mountaineers edged competitors from seven other middle schools in the districtwide tournament, the latest addition to the Canyons Middle School Intramurals Program. Midvale Middle School finished in second place, and Butler and Crescent View middle schools tied […]
Hillcrest’s Paul Kirby is Named Utah’s Assistant Principal Of The Year
Hillcrest High School Assistant Principal Paul S. Kirby on Wednesday, Jan. 19 was named Assistant Principal of the Year by the Utah Association of Secondary Principals. “It’s been said that a teacher affects eternity,” Kirby said at the ceremony in Salt Lake City during which he received his award. “Well, the same could be said […]
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011
New, Returning Board Members Take Oath of Office The seven-member Canyons Board of Education began anew Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, with one newly elected member Steve Wrigley and re-elected members Tracy Cowdell, Sherril Taylor and Kim Horiuchi taking the oath of office. Board members also re-elected Cowdell to serve as Board President and […]
