Board Meeting Summary, June 13, 2017
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Budget Hearing Following a public hearing, the Board of Education approved a final budget for the 2016-2017 school year. The Board also voted to adopt the proposed budget for the 2017-2018 school year, which contains no tax rate increase. […]
Administrative Appointments Approved by Board of Education
Canyons District is pleased to announce new administrative appointments, which were approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Kenna Sorensen, currently the Principal of East Sandy Elementary, will become an administrator in the Instructional Supports Department. This position was created when Dr. Darren Draper, the Director of Education Technology, resigned […]
Venue Change: Jordan High Graduation Rites Move to Maverik Center
Due to unseasonably high temperatures, Jordan High School’s Tuesday, June 6 commencement ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Maverik Center (3200 Decker Lake Dr., West Valley City, UT 84119). Previously, the event was scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. at the Beetdigger’s outdoor stadium. But evening temperatures are forecast to approach […]
Students Earn Major EPA Award for Project Targeting Bird Strikes
Two students at Midvale Middle are part of a group that has received the regional President’s Environmental Youth Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Trojans Abigail Slama-Catron and and Eric Snaufer, along with two others from the Beehive Science and Technology Academy, earned the prestigious award for their “Bionic Scarecrow” device, which was created […]
Spring Sports: Eight CSD Athletes Earn Academic All-State Honors
Do athletes make better students? If these sporting students are any example, there may be something to studies suggesting the traits of perseverance and commitment exhibited by successful athletes also translate to high performance in the classroom and the workplace. Eleven Canyons District athletes were presented Academic All-State Awards this spring for excelling in sports […]
CSD Still Taking Applications for Augmented Kindergarten Program
There’s still time to apply for a spot in Canyons District’s innovative program for kindergarten-age students. The District continues to take applications for the Supplemental Hours of Instruction classes for the 2017-2018 school year a groundbreaking early-childhood academic initiative that was recently spotlighted by KSL-TV Channel 5. Students in the classes receive nearly four […]
Hillcrest Students Shine at International Science Fair
Two Hillcrest High students claimed top awards at the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Los Angeles. Alexander Sun won 2nd place is his category, and a $1,500 prize, for a paper titled, “Compassion Fade and the Limitations of Student Subjects in Social Science Research,” and Alexander Cheng won 3rd place in his category, […]
Alta High’s Band Chosen to March in Memorial Day Parade in D.C.
The first-ever members to join Alta High’s marching band will be graduating this year and they’ll be celebrating in a big way. After four years of high-stepping, twirling and drumming, Canyons District’s only marching band will be taking their talent across the country to represent Utah in the 13th annual National Memorial Day Parade, […]
Energy Conservation Specialist Named ‘Energy Pioneer’
His waterwise approach to maintaining the turf on Canyons School District fields has conserved millions of gallons of water. His push to place mechanical systems in “unoccupied mode” when school buildings are vacant, along with heating, cooling and lighting upgrades, has helped reduce the District’s carbon footprint by 45 percenteven with the addition of 1 […]
Board Meeting Summary, May 16, 2017
Approval of Negotiated Agreement with Canyons Education Association The Board of Education unanimously voted to approve a negotiated agreement with the Canyons Education Association for 2017-2018 school year. The agreement contains a small adjustment to the Conversion Placement Table approved at a prior Board meeting. The new, single-lane salary schedule represents the largest pay hike in the District’s history, […]
