Focus on STEM, STEAM is Conduit to Help Canyons Students Learn, Grow
Oh, how life has changed since Y2K. While it’s been just two decades since the start of the new millennium, advancements in technology seem to have taken society light years into the future. To ensure Canyons students remain at the forefront of understanding the world around them, STEM-related lessons have been built into the school […]
Job Training: How Salt Lake Businesses Can Help Prepare Special Education Students for Careers
The vision of success for Canyons School District is that every student will graduate college- and career-ready. That extends through the average grade levels and beyond with the Canyons Transition Academy (CTA). In this week’s episode of Connect Canyons, we sit down with Linda Hall, the Administrator over CTA as well as Brian McGill, the […]
Paging All Thespians: The Curtain is Set to Go Up On Fall High School Musicals
It’ll be “Almost Like Being in Love” when the lights go down and the curtain goes up on “Brigadoon,” one of this year’s lineup of fall high school musical productions. We know our Canyons thespians pull out all the stops when it comes to their theatrical productions and this year they’re treating the community with […]
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 […]
Chat GPT and the AI Craze: How to Manage Artificial Intelligence in Education
Many people are enthralled with the likes of ChatGPT, pondering artificial intelligence’s sci-fi possibilities and playing around with its uses, but the reality is — AI has already infiltrated society. That doesn’t mean Sarah Conner needs to hide from a Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 Terminator. Rather, one need only ask Siri or Alexa for directions, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Safety Drill of the Month: Here’s What Happens During a ‘Secure’ Protocol in CSD Schools
On a Wednesday morning in January 2017, Unified Police asked Midvale Elementary to activate what’s now known as a “secure” protocol while they responded to reports of a bank robbery near the school. All students were already safe inside their classrooms, busy learning as usual and largely oblivious to the safety protocol, which lasted all […]
Absenteeism Awareness: How Canyons School District Works With Parents to Keep Students in the Classroom
Sitting next to a good friend during class, or catching up with old friends and making new ones at lunch is all part of the education process. Getting an education is more than just making good grades, it’s also about the experiences in the classroom, building positive connections, and growing with fellow classmates. During the […]
