Score! Attend School Regularly and You Could Win ‘VIP’ Tickets to RSL
Professional soccer players with Real Salt Lake have a message for Canyons District students: Show up for school and work hard, because no matter your personal goals, education is your ticket to the game of life. RSL, which is headquartered in CSD’s boundaries, is offering a special incentive this year in support of Canyons District’s […]
Draper Park Middle’s Kathy Bitner Named Utah Counselor of the Year
Kathy Bitner is a force for good at Draper Park Middle on two fronts. As head counselor, she knows how to help students, teachers and families overcome problems and find solutions to succeed, and as a member of the community, she hears and knows what issues they are facing. “She has the ear of the […]
Boo! CSD to Mark Halloween with Safe Revelry, Parades, Parties
Double, double, toil and trouble, it’s Halloween in Canyons that falling-leaves-in-rolling-fog time of year when child-sized ghosts, witches and zombies haunt the District’s hallways and classrooms. The tradition of celebrating All Hallow’s Eve will be followed in schools, which have planned parties and parades. None are bigger in Canyons than Sandy Elementary’s annual Halloween […]
Snow Guidelines: Winter is Coming and CSD Schools are Prepared
Bundle up! With the arrival of the season’s first major snow, and more in the forecast for the Salt Lake valley, there will be days in the coming weeks when traveling to and from school is challenging for families. Please give yourself extra time to walk and drive to school or arrive at the bus […]
New: CSD Families Can Now Receive Late-Bus Notifications by Text Message
We work hard to keep our buses on time. Under normal circumstances, students can expect the bus to arrive within one to two minutes of its scheduled time. But with 167 daily bus routes to manage and the inevitability of our drivers encountering inclement weather or construction-related detours and slowdowns delays can happen. […]
CSD Foundation Gives $10,000 to Help Cover College-Application Fees During UCAW
Quite literally, every drive down the fairways at the recent 10th annual golf tournament of the Canyons Education Foundation was done for a great cause: supporting Canyons District’s mission of ensuring the college-readiness of every student enrolled in a Canyons school. The some $80,000 in donations earned at the Sept. 18, 2019 fundraiser at Wasatch […]
Exceptional Teachers Recognized for Enriching the Lives of Exceptional Children
In special education, small successes lead to big successes, and they happen every single day with an exceptional group of teachers celebrating along the way. In October, Canyons District takes a moment to recognize those who give so much of themselves to ensure all children reach their potential. Over the past few weeks, CSD’s Special […]
Board Meeting Summary, Oct. 15, 2019
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Utah College Application Week The Canyons Education Foundation continues to support Canyons’ 7th annual Utah College Application Week, a time set aside to encourage every high school senior to complete and submit at least one viable college […]
CTEC Criminal Justice Students Get Real-Life Look at Working With Inmates
What would you do if you had to break up a fight between inmates? Or if an inmate was threatening self-harm? Or asking you to bend rules of the in exchange for a favor? These are all situations that a corrections officer could face upon arriving for the first day of work at a jail. […]
26 CSD Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-State Awards in Fall Sports
Canyons District student-athletes from all five of Canyons’ comprehensive traditional high schools are acing serves and exams, scoring points both on the playing field and in the classroom, and persevering through tough quizzes and race courses. Twenty-four students who are vying for athletic victories in volleyball, football, cross country, girls tennis, girls soccer, and […]