Canyons Tops ‘Best District’ Rankings Three Straight Years
Looking for top-ranked schools? Look no further than Canyons School District, which for the third consecutive year ranks No. 1 for Best School Districts in the Greater Salt Lake Area. That’s according to the 2025 rankings by Niche.com, a platform for connecting families with schools and colleges. According to Niche’s grading system, CSD earned an […]
Take a Bow: Celebrating Canyons District’s 2025 Retirees
We’re turning the spotlight on our retiring Canyons District colleagues. Join us as we invite them to take a bow while we shower them with appreciation for their years of dedicated service to students, families, and colleagues. The District will honor these remarkable professionals on Thursday, May 15 at a by-invitation Retirees Banquet. Schools and […]
New iPads, Communication Software Enhances Learning for 36 CSD Students
In the late 1980s, a robotic voice become synonymous with the brilliant mind of Stephen Hawking. At the time, the technology used to help Hawking communicate was groundbreaking. Since then, tech companies have continued to develop such software and programs, making them more readily accessible to the general population. This year, 36 students within the […]
CTE Month: Aligning Schools With Workforce Needs
Imagine if schools prepared students for college and the world of work. Imagine if students graduated from high school with more than a diploma but also college credit and the credentials needed to immediately land high-paying high-tech jobs. You might be imagining what’s known as Career and Technical Education (CTE), an educational model already firmly […]
New Administrative Appointments Announced for 2025-2026
Retirements, an educational center being created to innovate in the space of career-focused learning, and a push to give elementary schools more administrative support have given rise to seven new administrative appointments approved by the Canyons Board of Education. Canyons District has hired Reid Newey, a seasoned administrator with expertise in Career and Technical Education […]
Canyons Schools Pilot Test Telehealth as One Solution to Student Absenteeism
All across the nation, schools are struggling with what is called chronic absenteeism. Last year, 32 percent of Canyon School District students were chronically absent — meaning they missed more than 10 percent of the school year. The problem became prevalent following the pandemic, and Canyons is working to help keep our students learning, interacting […]
Fifth-Grade Students, Parents Invited to Maturation Programs
Canyons District’s popular maturation program proves that, while growing up can be hard, talking about it needn’t be. Each year, CSD sponsors an informational program for fifth-grade students and their parents with the aim of providing consistent, sensitive and approved health and maturation instruction districtwide. All girls and boys presentations are conducted by Carrie Ann […]
The Winners of CSD’s 2025 Science Fair are Positively Electric
What happens to plants in microgravity? What’s the formula for the perfect boiled egg? How is industrial activity affecting the CO2 levels in Salt Lake County? Do rabbits really prefer burrows to backyards in the winter? These are some of the hypotheses tested by the brilliant young scientists who competed in the 2025 Canyons District […]
CSD’s Gridiron Experts Make Super Bowl Predictions, Talk about Importance of Extracurriculars in a Student’s Education
Student-athletes and their coaches take away so much more from a season than the memories of scored touchdowns or buzzer-beating wins. Among the life lessons are the opportunities to boost confidence levels, develop a sense of resiliency, and make friendships that will last long after the Friday Night Lights dim at the stadium for another […]
Class of 2025: Dates Set for Canyons District Graduations
For those students who have their sights set on graduation day, the calendar has been set for Canyons District’s 2025 commencement rites. Per tradition, there will be plenty of pomp and circumstance as the hard work of thousands of students, parents, faculty and staff is marked by the distribution of diplomas and certificates of completion. […]
