Canyons Teachers Surprised with $100,000 in Innovation Grants
Canyons District teachers demonstrate their passion and dedication in their classrooms every day. What we don’t see is the work they do behind the scenes to help their students grow. Every year, teachers across the District apply to the Canyons Education Foundation to be selected to receive an Innovation Grant. Innovation Grants can be awarded […]
42 CSD Student Athletes Named to Fall Academic All-State Teams
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Abraham Lincoln Dozens of Canyons School District Seniors are embodying Abraham Lincoln’s idea: proving all students can achieve great success. Forty-Two seniors hailing from all of CSD’s five traditional high schools — Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Hillcrest, and […]
Safety Drill of the Month: Bomb Threats and School Evacuations
Bomb threats are something Alta High Principal Ken Rowley is all too familiar with. On the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2023, a former student approached a teacher at Alta, handed her a backpack, and left with little explanation. Unsure of the contents of the backpack, the teacher took it to the school’s Student Resource Officer […]
CSD Celebrates Excellence at 14th Annual Apex Awards Ceremony
The Canyons Board of Education and Administration on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, honored 13 teachers, administrators, support staff, community leaders, and volunteers with the most prestigious recognition in the District — Apex Awards. For 14 years, Canyons leaders have given Apex Awards to those who go above and beyond the call of duty in public education […]
Board Summary, Oct. 17, 2023
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Long-Range Planning A possible relocation of the Canyons Technical Education Center to the southern edge of the current Mount Jordan Middle playing fields and a list of proposed improvement and renovation projects at Eastmont Middle and Jordan […]
Be Bully Free: How to Recognize and Respond to Bullying
The nation’s public schools are remarkably safe, and rates of bullying are on the decline. But maintaining safe, bully-free learning environments remains a priority in Canyons District — and families can help by understanding the signs of bullying and what to do if they suspect or spot it. With October being National Bullying Prevention Month, the […]
Utah College Application Week: Ensuring Canyons Students Are College- and Career-Ready
For 15 years, Canyons has embraced an overarching mission of ensuring that every student is college- and career-ready at the time of high school graduation. But the District doesn’t stop there in preparing students for life after their senior years. All high schools in Canyons — Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Hillcrest, Jordan, and Diamond Ridge […]
CSD Teacher Named Runner-Up in Utah Teacher of the Year Competition
Midvale Middle mathematics teacher Maxwell Eddington has an exponentially positive effect on his students. This much was clear to a blue-ribbon panel that has chosen Eddington, now in his ninth year as an educator, as a runner-up to the Utah Teacher of the Year. The selection of Eddington as one of the Beehive State’s premier […]
Board Summary, Oct. 3, 2023
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Jordan High’s Naval Cadet Program Jordan High is starting Canyons District’s first Naval Cadet Program, which could begin training future sailors as soon as the fall of 2024. The U.S. Navy-authorized National Defense Cadet Corps was approved by […]
Jordan High to Launch Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
Anchors aweigh! Jordan High School is launching Canyons District’s first Naval Cadet Program, which could begin training future sailors as soon as the fall of 2024. The U.S. Navy-authorized National Defense Cadet Corps (NNDCC) was approved Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 by the Canyons Board of Education and will begin enrolling students this winter for the […]
