Canyons District Launches National Search for New Superintendent
A national search for the next superintendent of the Canyons School District launched today, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. The application to become Canyons’ fourth-ever chief executive was made available to prospective candidates at 8 a.m. Advertisements promoting the search will be appearing in national publications and on education-related websites until the end of the five-week […]
Canyons Confirms Make-Up Day for Weather-Related Cancellation
To make up for the instructional time lost due to the weather-related cancellation of school on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, a make-up day will be held on Presidents Day. All Canyons District schools will now hold school on Feb. 17 on their usual Monday schedules. Buses also will be operating that day. The Presidents Day […]
Board OK’s Administrative Appointments for 2020-2021
Canyons District is pleased to announce new leadership appointments, which were approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020. The appointments, effective for the 2020-2021 school year, are: Ryan Durrant, currently the Assistant Principal at Jordan High, transferred to be Assistant Principal at Brighton High. Dina Kohler, now an Intern Assistant Principal […]
CSD Cheers Brighton Grads Playing, Coaching for Chiefs in Super Bowl
Pizza ordered? Check. Dip made? Check? Beverages chilling in the fridge? Check, check, and check. Across America, folks are ticking off their to-do lists to be ready for the Sunday, Feb. 2 Super Bowl battle between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. But few Utah families are more excited to catch the […]
New Year Brings Renewed Commitment to Dual Language Immersion in CSD Schools
The Draper Elementary Dragons sure know a thing or two about celebrating the Lunar New Year. In what has become a proud tradition, students this week performed Chinese songs and dances in the school’s brightly decorated gym while beaming parents looked on the culmination of weeks of rehearsal and preparation and years of instruction […]
Butler Middle’s Logan Wins Utah Middle School Principal of the Year Award
As a former English teacher, perhaps it’s natural for Butler Middle Principal Paula Logan to want to use the power of the principal’s office to launch a schoolwide focus on literacy. It’s the skill that touches all parts of a child’s education, says Logan, who has been an educator for nearly three decades. Logan credits […]
Here’s What School Choice Looks Like in Canyons District
For Hillcrest High senior Laura Wan, the question of which school she would choose to attend began as early as kindergarten, when her parents steered her to an advanced learner’s program at Canyons District’s Peruvian Park Elementary. After completing the SALTA program in elementary school, she chose Midvale Middle for its Middle Years Program, and […]
Every Brilliant Thing’ Performance to Visit CSD Schools
The Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival will be visiting two CSD schools to share performances of “Every Brilliant Thing” with the Canyons community. The international play draws on warmth, hope and gentle humor to illuminate the effects of suicide, and is being featured by the Festival as the first non-Shakespearean production its cast will perform, […]
CSD Superintendent Announces Intention to Retire at End of School Year
Canyons Superintendent Dr. Jim Briscoe has announced his intention to retire at the end of the school year. In a message sent to Canyons District administrators and principals late Monday afternoon, Dr. Briscoe said it’s been “a very difficult decision” to retire from his post as the leader of the 34,000-student District. He has been […]
Canyons Joins Draper City in Launching Clean Air Challenge
When it comes to big problems, such as, air pollution and Utah’s inversion season, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and defeated. But we’re all a part of the solution and if we pull together, each of us doing our small part, we can make a big difference. Such was the theme of an […]
