Educators, Administrators, Supporters Honored with 2019 Apex Awards
The 2019 Apex Awards, the highest awards given by the Canyons Board of Education and Administration, were presented to 17 educators, administrators, community supporters, leaders, and public education advocates on Tuesday, Sept, 10, 2019. The honorees, accompanied by friends and family, as well as District officials, mayors, state legislators, and other dignitaries, were feted […]
Fifteen CSD Students Advance in National Merit Scholarship Program
When it comes to academic contests, there are few as rigorous or prestigious as the National Merit Scholarship Program. Of the more than 1.5 million high school students who entered the competition this year, only 7,600 will prevail to win an estimated $31 million in scholarshipsand among those in the running are 15 Canyons District […]
SALTA Testing: Apply Now to Test for Placement in Canyons’ Advanced Learning Program
Does your child thrive on complexity, master concepts with ease and show strong feelings and opinions or even tend to be self-critical? It can be difficult to know if your child is a high achiever or exhibiting signs of being a gifted learner. Every child is unique and no two gifted children are alike. […]
A New School Year and Fresh Chance to ‘Be Great, Miss Less Than Eight’
For many students, the beginning of the school year is a time for putting your best foot forward and recommitting with renewed enthusiasm to go-getter goals and good habits. Behavioral scientists call this the fresh-start effect, the tendency for people to resume healthy routineshitting the books or the gymaround temporal landmarks, such as the beginning […]
Board Meeting Summary, Sept. 3, 2019
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Update on Canyons Transition Academy The aim of the Canyons Transition Academy, which was started in 2009 for 18- to 22-year-old special education students, is to help the men and women in the program gain the skills necessary […]
A Student’s Award-Winning Reflection on Heroism
Josephine Garrett knows what it’s like to meet a hero in real life. Last year, as a student at Draper Park Middle, she decided to enter the National PTA Reflections program to tell her story. The program encourages students from all grades and abilities to explore the arts and express themselves through a variety of […]
Jordan High Science Teacher Named Presidential Award Finalist
David Morrill was well on his way to becoming a physicist and working for the government, right up until his senior year of college, when he was asked to step in and teach a freshman physics lab and found his true calling: teaching. Now, after teaching at Jordan High for 30 years, Morrill has been […]
Innovation Grants – Turning Teachers’ Big Ideas into Reality
Teachers are constantly generating ideas for improving instruction and putting them into practice in their classrooms. They are the secret sauce for innovation, a wellspring of ideas for advancing educationwhich is why the Canyons Education Foundation each year offers grants to help teachers bring their big ideas to fruition. Applications are open now for the […]
CSD, Real Salt Lake Team Up For Back-to-School Game Discounts
Set and make goals! That’s the message Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals FC players sent on Monday, Aug. 19 when they visited elementary and middle schools to welcome students back to school after a long summer break. For three years, the professional soccer players who take to the pitch at Rio […]
Here’s How Parents Can Support Schools in Building Stronger Readers
There are a few names for what parents and teachers fear will happen to their students over the long stretch of summer. The summer slide, brain drain, and learning loss are just a few the terms referring to the tendency of students to lose ground academically over long school breaks. But not on Allyn Kau’s […]