Here’s How Parents Can Support Schools in Building Stronger Readers
There are a few names for what parents and teachers fear will happen to their students over the long stretch of summer. The summer slide, brain drain, and learning loss are just a few the terms referring to the tendency of students to lose ground academically over long school breaks. But not on Allyn Kau’s […]
It’s Back-to-School Time! CSD Rolls Out Red Carpet for Students on 1st Day
The robust cheers heard throughout the Salt Lake Valley on Monday, Aug. 19 were likely from the back-to-school celebrations held at Canyons District schools. Per an 11-year tradition, principals rolled out red carpets to welcome students to the 2019-2020 school year. Teachers, principals, and parents, as well as Superintendent Dr. Jim Briscoe and members […]
Hello, Middle School! Sixth-Graders Learn the Ropes at Orientation Events
New sixth-grade students descended on middle schools across Canyons District for orientation on Friday morning with excitement, some trepidationand a million questions. For the last 11 years, Canyons’ middle schools have opened their doors a day early to help newcomers navigate the hallways, learn new schedules, explore the cafeteria, open their lockers, and generally get […]
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 […]
