CSD theater, music programs capture major honors at national Shakespeare competition
To paraphrase the Bard’s “Merchant of Venice,” Canyons District theater and music students glistered like gold at the 49th annual national Shakespeare competition. Hillcrest, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Jordan and Alta high schools won top awards at the Oct. 1-3 competition, which drew nearly 3,000 students from Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California, Colorado and Wisconsin. More than […]
Board Summary, Oct. 6, 2026
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via Diligent by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Long-Range Planning Proposed residential housing at The Point —the former site of the Utah State Prison that is slated to be the next hub of Utah’s tech-industry — would be inside the current boundaries of Alta High, Draper […]
Brookwood Students Venture Beyond the Page to Create Their Own ‘Jumanji’ Opera
At Brookwood Elementary, “Jumanji” isn’t just a story about venturing into the unknown. It’s an invitation to do exactly that. Before the curtain rises on Brookwood’s student-created adaptation of the beloved children’s story, students will have done something many of them probably never imagined themselves capable of doing: They will have written an opera. Not […]
Working ‘Nine to Five’ for Early Literacy: Partnership Brings Dolly Parton’s ‘Imagination Library’ to Canyons District Families
On Sept. 25 at precisely 9:25 a.m., Canyons School District and the Canyons Education Foundation celebrated “Dolly Day” by announcing a new partnership that will put books into the hands — and mailboxes — of Canyons District’s youngest learners. Through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, children living within Canyons District’s boundaries can sign up to receive […]
Dual Language Immersion: Learn More
Board Summary, Sept. 15, 2026
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via Diligent by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Board Summary DLI Guidelines The Board of Education approved an enrollment-based rubric that will guide decisions on participation availability levels in dual-language immersion programs. The predictive guidelines, to start in the 2027-2028 school year, were created to show […]
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All Rise! Court is Now in Session for CSD’s Nationally Recognized Peer Court
All rise. Court is in session. Canyons District’s nationally recognized Peer Court has empaneled this year’s student judges, who have already started their year as the fair-minded arbiters of justice for school-rule infractions committed by their fellow students. Before the first case of the 2026-2027 school year was heard, however, the 28 high school student-judges, […]
Board Summary, Sept. 1, 2026
Board Summary Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via Diligent by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Dual Language Immersion Parents have until Friday, Sept. 4 to respond to a survey about issues related to the dual-language immersion program. During the discussion on the agenda item titled “Dual Language Immersion Update,” the Board […]
Canyons Appoints Grant Taylor as Director of Technology Supports
Grant Taylor, a longtime member of Canyons District’s Information Technology Department, has been appointed Director of Technology Supports. In this role, Taylor will oversee the team of Field Technicians who provide day-to-day technology support to CSD’s 48 schools and programs, helping to ensure devices, classroom technology, communication systems, and other tools relied upon by employees […]