Seven Student Artists Among First in Utah to Receive Academic All-State Honors
Seven of Canyons District’s high school seniors are among the first Utah students to receive Academic All-State Awards in theatre and music, an honor previously reserved for athletes who excel academically. The Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) has now broadened the list of eligible activities to include sports and the disciplines of debate, theatre […]
CSD to Bridge Digital Divide with Technology Check-Out Program
Educators today are preoccupied with how to keep pace with their tech-savvy students, a generation of digital natives who were born into an era of instant connectivity and raised with technology-centered learning styles and expectations. But there still exist a good number of students whose only exposure to technology is at school, which presents a […]
Escape the Winter Blues with CSD’s Spring Plays
From satires and fantasies to romantic comedies and epic dramas, there’s a little something for everyone in this year’s spring play lineup. You don’t have to travel all the way to New York City to experience the magic of the theater, just head down the street to your closest Canyons District high school to see […]
Administrative Appointments Approved for the 2019-2020 School Year
Canyons District is pleased to announce new leadership appointments, which were approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. The appointments are for the coming school year. The appointments are: Kelli Miller, currently Assistant Principal at Brighton High, will become an Assistant Principal at Alta High. Marielle Rawle, an Intern Administrator at […]
Hillcrest Huskies Roaring for Final Time in Art Hughes Gymnasium
If these walls could talk, they would tell stories of edge-of-your-seat wins and losses, drenched-with-sweat practices, the thump-and-blare of the pep band, and the heard-for-miles cheers of generations of Huskies. While history has been kind to Hillcrest’s Art Hughes Gymnasium, the time has come to build new memories in a facility that’s being constructed for […]
What it Takes to Keep Schools Warm and Welcoming in Winter
Think it’s challenging to dig out of your driveway on a snowy winter morning in a mad rush to get your kids to school on time? Try readying 45 schools to receive them. When the wind bites and ice hits, Canyons District custodians and ground crews report to work while it’s still dark, often as […]
Bundle Up: School is in Session Today
It’s a cold morning so bundle up and give yourself plenty of time to get to school today. The snow-plow drivers have been working hard to get the roads ready for the morning drive. Please, give yourself extra time to walk and drive to school or arrive at the bus stop safelyand be careful out […]
Canyons District Announces Make-Up Day for Weather-Related Cancellation
To make up for the instructional time lost due to Wednesday’s snow day, a make-up school day has been scheduled for Friday, Feb. 15. The date was chosen as a more prudent and less disruptive alternative to holding the make-up day on Presidents Day or during Spring Recess, the two options that are stipulated by […]
Schools in the Canyons District Are Back in Session After Snow Day
Bundle up! It’s a snowy and cold morning, but Canyons District schools will be operating on a regular schedule today, Feb. 7, 2019. Canyons transportation employees who have been driving the roads since 4 a.m. say they are able to safely navigate the roads. As a result, buses and schools will be running in their […]
Partners in Safety – What Happens When a School Goes on Shelter-In-Place?
On a Wednesday morning in January, 2017, Unified Police recommended that Midvale Elementary go on “shelter in place” 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 of 20 minutes. […]
