Canyons School District Student Athletes Bring Their ‘A’ Games
Eleven Canyons students have been chosen by the Utah High School Activities Association to receive Academic All-State Awards for excelling in athletics and the classroom. Winners of the prestigious award were selected from a pool of 85,000 athletes statewide and have an average GPA of 3.993. Each of the District’s high schools are represented. These […]
Board Meeting Summary, Feb. 16, 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Hillcrest Feeder The Board of Education gave approval to an innovative $461,000 program that will launch a targeted effort to bolster the achievement of the schools in the Hillcrest High feeder system. The pilot initiative will put into […]
Deadline is Friday for School-Choice Permit Applications
Canyons District schools will accept Standard Open Enrollment Applications for the 2016-2017 school year until Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. The application window has been open since the first week of December. Students who want to attend a school other than the one assigned to them by geographic boundaries must submit these applications, which can be […]
LHM Charities, Key Bank donate to Education Foundation
The Canyons Education Foundation has received thousands of dollars of donations from Larry H. Miller Charities and Key Bank to help provide enriching opportunities for students and teachers in Canyons District. Students at Jordan Valley will be receiving new exercise equipment and adaptive bicycles, thanks to a $15,000 donation received by the Canyons Education Foundation […]
Lone Peak celebrates Confucius Classroom recurring $10K grant
Students in the Mandarin Chinese-English dual-language immersion program at Lone Peak Elementary will now be studying in a Confucius Classroom, thanks to a grant from the Confucius Institute at the University of Utah. The school received the designation and a recurring $10,000 grant at a school-wide ceremony celebrating Chinese New Year last week. […]
Event Planned For Parents of Middle School DLI Students
An information night for parents of students in middle school dual-language immersion programs will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24 at Mount Jordan Middle, 9351 S. Mountaineer Lane. Parents will be walked through all the opportunities of dual-language programs in middle school and beyond. Data gathered from a recent survey and focus group also will […]
PTA Wins Vote To Remain Silver Mesa’s Parent Group
The Board of Education has unanimously ratified the parent vote recognizing the PTA as the official parent organization of Silver Mesa Elementary. The ballots were tallied by Canyons Superintendent Jim Briscoe and his staff on Friday, Jan. 22, in the presence of representatives from the petitioning Parent Teacher Organization and the Silver Mesa PTA. The […]
Fifth-Graders, Parents Invited to Attend Maturation Programs
Yes, it’s almost time for “the talk.” To help start discussions about health and wellness, Canyons District has developed an informational maturation-process program for fifth-grade students and their parents. Fifth-grade boys and girls and their parents are invited to attend maturation presentations by professional speakers. We encourage parents and their fifth-grade children to attend these […]
Cottonwood Heights declares Feb. 9, 2016 Simi Fehoko Day
To some, Feb. 9, 2016 was National Pizza Day. To others, it was Pancake Day but for Canyons District, Cottonwood Heights and Brighton High School, it was Simi Fehoko day. Cottonwood Heights City Council passed a resolution at a recent meeting in honor of the Bengal’s accomplishments on and off the field. “Not many […]
Board Meeting Summary, Feb. 2, 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. University of Utah Partnership The Board of Education told the Administration to begin work on a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Utah that would allow Alta High to launch an early-college high school program in 2017. […]
