Sign Up Now to be a Classroom Volunteer
Be a classroom helper, tutor students, collect school supplies, or contribute to fundraising activities: The volunteer opportunities in CSD schools are only as limited as your imagination. Even the most time-pinched parents can find ways to support their neighborhood school — and many do. Over the past 10 years, more than 126,000 parents and patrons […]
Priming the Teacher Pipeline: Canyons Launches Employee Giving Campaign, Scholarship Program for Aspiring Educators
Here’s a little secret about the teacher shortage. To recruit top teachers, you need to invest in them. With support from the community, Canyons District has led the state in growing teacher salaries. Now, the District is taking the added step of investing in its non-teaching staff who aspire to become teachers with a college […]
CSD To Start Taking Space-Available Bus Permit Forms on Aug. 7
As the sun rises on Monday, Aug. 21 — the first day of school for the 2023-2024 school year — Canyons District neighborhoods will be dotted with scores of students walking with friends, riding bikes or scooters — or waiting with their new backpacks at the school-bus stop. Nearly one-third of Canyon students rely on […]
New Indian Hills Middle Principal Hitting the Ground Running
Shelly Karren recalls the day she was offered a chance to return to Alta High after she’d spent time in New England earning a master’s degree in English literature and teaching on the east coast. Karren was volunteering at the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2013, when she answered a call from then-Principal Fidel […]
Help Lone Peak Hospital Secure School Supplies for CSD Students in Need
No student should worry about starting school without basic school supplies. But a growing number do, which is why Lone Peak Hospital is partnering with the Canyons Education Foundation to stock Canyons District’s Resource Closet in time for the 2023-2024 school year. The Resource Closet is a central storehouse of food and hygiene items and […]
New Principals, Assistant Principals Chosen for Corner Canyon, Alta, Hillcrest, and Indian Hills Middle
The new Charger in charge is a familiar face to the Corner Canyon High community Dina Kohler, who was among the corps of school counselors who helped open the doors of the Draper school a little more than a decade ago, is the new Principal at Corner Canyon High. Her appointment was approved Tuesday by […]
The Great Library Update: Canyons to Refresh School Library Collections
Can an investment in school libraries pay dividends in student achievement? The answer to that question, according to Canyons District library specialist Gretchen Zaitzeff, is an emphatic, yes. With funding approved by the Canyons Board of Education, Zaitzeff and her team of librarians are spending much of their summer refreshing the library collections at each […]
Eastmont Middle English Teacher-Turned-Author Lands Dream Book Deal
In the near future, Eastmont Middle teacher Marc Gregson will be in a unique position. His English Language Arts students could do book reports on novels written by him. The first book of Gregson’s upcoming “Above the Black” trilogy is set to be published in January 2024, with the next two books of the young-adult […]
Drought Report: Here’s What Canyons is Doing to Conserve Water
Utah’s wet winter may have eased drought conditions, but state officials are still encouraging Utahns to take steps to conserve water. Despite record-breaking snow and precipitation this spring, a good portion of the state remains in at least a moderate drought, with some areas still in the severe drought category. “Utah is a semi-arid state […]
Alta Senior’s Artwork Up for National ‘Doodle for Google’ Honors
An Alta High student could soon have her art on the Google homepage for hundreds of millions to see. Senior Makenna Jolley has been selected as a winner in the search-engine’s annual student art contest with her doodle, “I’m Snow Grateful,” which follows this year’s contest theme, “I’m so grateful ….” As the Utah winner, she joins 55 other […]
