Educating Hearts and Minds: An Inside-Out Approach to Building Safe Schools
On Monday, Aug. 19, tens-of-thousands of students will file into Canyons District classrooms with fresh hopes for a successful school year. They’ll accept new challenges and celebrate new triumphsand they’ll do it together, secure in the knowledge that school is a place where all learners are welcome, respected, supported and safe. Such is the commitment […]
Board of Education Funds Double-Digit Pay Raise for Teachers
Following a three-month public comment period culminating with Tuesday’s Truth-in-Taxation hearing, the Canyons District Board of Education made official its previously proposed plan to give all CSD teachers a $7,665 salary increase. Representing a double-digit increase for every teacher, this puts the starting annual teacher pay in Canyons District at $50,000. The Board unanimously voted […]
Canyons Works with University of Utah to Solve Teacher Shortage
Zeke Michel found his calling long before he could verbalize it as a career goal while working as a peer tutor mentoring fellow Hillcrest High students with intellectual disabilities. That nascent interest steered him to seek a job as an after-school custodian at Jordan Valley, Canyons District’s school for students with severe disabilities. In 2015, […]
Sign up Now to Volunteer in CSD Schools
Be a classroom helper, mentor and tutor students, collect school supplies, or contribute to fundraising activities: The volunteer opportunities in Canyons District schools are only as limited as your imagination. Even the most time-pinched parents can find ways to support their child’s teacher and neighborhood schooland many do. Over the past 10 years, more than […]
Canyons Announces Date, Time of Truth-and-Taxation Hearing
Of all the variables in education, one thing is certain: Teachers matter. A quality teacher influences student performance more than any other aspect of schooling. But Utah, one of the fastest growing states in the country, is in the throes of a teacher shortage. Faced with this reality, and the need to fill an annual […]
Tools for Schools: Donate Your Extra School Supplies to Children in Need
Who among us doesn’t like a good back-to-school sale? But if you stumble across a great discount somewhere and find that you’ve purchased more than your family can use, consider donating to Canyons District’s 4th annual school-supplies drive. Canyons’ annual summer Gathering for Good donation drive is joining forces with one of Utah’s most popular radio […]
Brighton High Celebrates Five Decades of Learning, Growing
In 1969, a new high school was built to accommodate rapid growth in the southeast suburbs of Salt Lake County, an area now known as Cottonwood Heights. Perched atop a sloping sandpit with peerless views of the Wasatch Mountains and Salt Lake Valley, Brighton High has been an area landmark ever since. Distinguished by its […]
Canyons To Start Taking Space-Available Bus Permit Forms On Aug. 5
For now, summer is in full swing, with barbeques, popsicles, and sunny afternoons by the pool. Before we know it, however, Canyons District schools will hum with a back-to-school buzz and yellow school buses will be a familiar sight in neighborhoods. Parents are encouraged to be prepared for the Monday, Aug. 19 first day […]
Nearly 700 Students, Parents, Volunteers Attend CSD’s 10th Birthday Party
As one of the first employees of Canyons School District, Susan Edwards has had a front-row seat for many of the District’s defining moments. Even before the vote on Nov. 6, 2007, Edwards was deeply involved in community discussions that led to the creation of the first school district in Utah in 100 years. From building a vital bridge […]
Canyons’ High School Graduates Connect through Online Alumni Directory
There’s no looking back now. You’ve crossed the finish line, donned your cap and gown and received your diploma. But graduating doesn’t have to be the end of your relationship with Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Diamond Ridge, Hillcrest or Jordan high. Canyons, the first school district to be created in Utah in 100 years, turns […]
