Eleven CSD Students Named National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists
Eleven students from four of Canyons District’s traditional comprehensive high schools have been named semi-finalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship program. They join about 16,000 others who this week advanced in the prestigious competition to vie for 7,500 scholarships worth $33 million. Finalists are chosen from 1.6 million students at more than 22,000 high […]
School Grades: CSD Celebrates Academic Gains
A majority of Canyons District schools, 71 percent, received an A or B this year under Utah’s school grading system, even with last-minute changes to the way the grades were calculated. Had the grading scale not been redrawn, 81 percent of Canyons’ schools would have received a B or higherand the number of schools to […]
Peruvian Park’s Gretchen Murray a Top Utah Teacher
Within the Canyons School District community, Gretchen Murray needs no introduction. Her name is already associated with excellence in education, which is why she was nominated for Teacher of the Year by her peers and the parents of her Peruvian Park Elementary students. Now the rest of Utah is getting to know the devoted fourth […]
I’ll Be Ready! Kindergarten College-Ready Day
At Canyons District, it’s never too early to start thinking about college. Capping the first week of kindergarten at CSD’s 29 elementary schools is a special celebration called, “College-Ready Day” where students receive cobalt wristbands bearing the message, “I will be college-ready … Class of 2029,” sign pledges and talk about dreams for their future. […]
Safety First: CSD Expands Access to SafeUT app, website
Canyons Distict is expanding its high-tech arsenal in the fight to keep children safe. Elementary schools are rolling out information to their communities about access to the SafeUT app and website, which is an immediate, direct link to licensed counselors at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute. Starting Wednesday, Aug. 31, all CSD elementary school communities […]
Playworks: Using Play as a Force for Learning
Anywhere else, if someone cried, “rain storm,” all eyes would scan the horizon for foreboding clouds. But at Midvale Elementary, it’s a call-and-response technique to get chatty students to snap to attention. Upon hearing those words, students stop what they’re doing and vocalize a “whoosh” sound while motioning their hands to signify water coming downand […]
CSD Rolls out the Red Carpet for its Student Stars
It’s the first day school, and Butler Elementary teacher Nancy Bauman has good news for her fifth grade classroom. Because they have to wait longest for lunch, they’re given a special snack at recess. “But don’t lose track of your trash, and leave it on the playground,” Bauman warns, “or you’ll lose the sneak-a-snack privilege.” […]
Middle School Orientation Eases Back-to-School Jitters
Wide hallways, lockers that won’t open, multiple class periods and heavier homework loadsstarting middle school for the first time can be a little daunting. But it doesn’t have to be. For eights years, Canyons District’s middle schools have opened their doors to incoming sixth-graders a day early to allow them to orient themselves and ease […]
Butler Elementary Community Cheers Opening of New School
Hundreds witnessed history on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 as the doors to a brand new Butler Elementary opened and generations of students and former students, teachers, parents, and local dignitaries walked into the halls of the state-of-the-art building. They passed under a replica of the school’s original bell, which hearkens back to Butler’s beginnings in […]
Brighton High Grad Lives Olympic Dream at Rio Games
This cat can swim. Former Bengal Long Gutierrez, who shattered more than 40 Utah High School Activity Association swimming records while competing for Brighton High, vied this week for Olympic gold at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio De Janeiro against such history-making swimmers as Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. Gutierrez, one of just three swimmers […]
