Board Meeting Summary Sept. 15, 2015

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs and by clicking the corresponding agenda items.Secondary Standards-Based Grading Discussed The Board received a report and held an extensive discussion about the idea of standards-based grading in middle and high schools. The Board in future meetings would determine whether the District should move forward on the […]

Sold-out CSD Golf Tourney Raises Cash for Innovation Grants

Sold out! All 33 foursomes in the Canyons Education Foundation’s sixth-annual golf tournament have been filled with golfers excited to hit the links for a good cause.   Scott Harper, the Foundation’s Development Officer, said that all proceeds from the Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 event will go straight back to Canyons District students and teachers. The tourney, […]

Board of Education’s Student Advisory Council Empaneled

A group of students has been empaneled to provide their perspectives on issues that come before the Board of Education. Assistant Superintendent Dr. Robert Dowdle introduced the 10-member Student Advisory Council during the Board’s Sept. 15, 2015 Business Meeting. The Council is comprised of two students from each high school – at least one of whom […]

35 CSD Schools Earn A, B Grades on State Accountability Reports

35 CSD Schools Earn A, B Grades on State Report CSD schools’ performance is holding steady, with some improvement, on the State’s accountability reports for student achievement, according to data issued Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 by the Utah State Office of Education. The Utah School Grading reports show that 35 CSD schools, up from 34 schools […]

Twelve CSD Students Are National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists

The sky is the limit for the Canyons District high school students who are rocketing toward their scholastic goals. Twelve CSD students have been named as semi-finalists in the 2015-2016 National Merit Scholar competition. The semi-finalists from Canyons in this year’s scholarship competition are: From Brighton: Pyper Atkins From Corner Canyon: Mitchell Hilbig, Jacob Perry, […]

Students Win International Woodworking Awards

Three Corner Canyon student guitar-makers this summer won international awards and cash prizes at the Freshwood Student Competition at the Association of Woodworking and Furnishing Suppliers (AWFS) convention. The winners are: –          Sadie Chidester, first place and $1,000, “Featherprint” –          Jacob Rubisch, second place and $500, “Mahogany Gem” –          Porter Thorkelson, honorable mention and $250, […]

CSD Lauded for Excellence in Financial Reporting

Canyons School District has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting – the highest form of recognition in governmental accounting and financial reporting – from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). The award “represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management,” Stephen J. Gauthier, Director of the GFOA Technical Services […]

Architects Present Concepts for New Alta View Elementary

Architects working to design the new Alta View Elementary have presented their concepts to the Canyons Board of Education. Representatives of Naylor Wentworth Lund Architects presented their concepts in a Board of Education meeting Sept. 1, 2015. The full presentation can be found on BoardDocs. Alta View Elementary will be rebuilt on the school’s current […]

Board Meeting Summary Sept. 1, 2015

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Alta View Elementary Rebuilding Concepts Shown Canyons CEO Leon Wilcox and Naylor Wentworth Lund Architects representatives presented the Board with an update on the new Alta View Elementary School concepts. The school remains in the design process, and concepts […]

2015 SAGE: CSD Schools Ranked in Utah’s Top 25

Two Canyons District elementary schools – Granite and Sunrise elementaries – were ranked in Utah’s top 25 highest-performing schools in all three subject areas of the 2015 statewide SAGE exam, with Granite Elementary ranked among Utah’s top five highest-performing schools. Overall,  CSD schools appear 16 times in Utah’s Top 25 rankings of elementary, middle and high […]