The Power of Play: Apply to CSD’s Preschool Program

Canyons District is accepting new-student applications for available spots in the preschool programs at Altara, Butler, Jordan Valley, Quail Hollow and Willow Springs elementary schools.    In addition to serving students needing special education services free of cost, schools with space for tuition-paying students have morning and afternoon sessions. Morning sessions are 8:20-10:50 a.m. Afternoon […]

Canyons hosts FIRST LEGO League at Albion Middle School

From a Wookie to a band of mini-pirates, teams of all shapes and sizes filled the halls of Albion Middle School Saturday, Jan. 16, for a FIRST LEGO League regional competition hosted by Canyons School District. Students from Salt Lake and Utah counties brought robots, posters, costumes and candy to the school as they nervously […]

Canyons Family Center helps families cope with challenges

Parenting doesn’t come with a book of instructions on how to help families deal with challenging issues like autism, ADHD, and divorce – but the Canyons Family Center can help. The Canyons Family Center, 8449 S. 150 West, provides help to parents and families in Canyons District by offering counseling, support groups and education classes. […]

Canyons Named to Prestigious 6th Annual AP District Honor Roll

Canyons District is being honored on a national level for its efforts to make Advanced Placement classes available to a greater number of students while maintaining or boosting the percentage of students earning passing scores on the college-credit-earning exams. Canyons is one of just five districts in Utah and 425 districts across the country and […]

Middle School Dual Immersion Topic of Jan. 20 Meeting

Parents of fifth-graders enrolled in Canyons District’s Dual-Language Immersion Programs have been invited to a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 20 to learn about the transition from elementary school to middle school. At the 6 p.m. event at Mount Jordan Middle, 9351 S. Mountaineer Lane (300 East), the Canyons curriculum team that oversees the dual-language immersion programs […]

Canyons Board of Education OKs School-Year Calendars

Have kids in elementary, middle and high schools?  Next year’s school calendar will make it a little easier to plan school breaks.  The Board of Education has approved revisions to the 2016-2017 school calendar, as recommended by the District’s Calendar Committee of parents and CSD employees.  The calendar has common breaks, except for students at Brighton High […]

Corner Canyon’s Bailey Is Named Utah’s Top High School Principal

The charismatic first-ever leader of Corner Canyon High has been named the state’s top high school principal. Mary Bailey, who has guided the successful growth of Canyons District’s newest high school since its inception, was named the Utah High School Principal of the Year by the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals. The prestigious honor […]

HHS Cheers IB Grads, Invites 8th Graders to Join Program

Hillcrest’s alumni International Baccalaureate students laughed and joked with each other Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 as they took a break from college to receive their diplomas and certificates for participating in the prestigious high school program. “The importance of IB wasn’t the score on our tests, it was interacting with my fellow students that made […]

Canyons Announces Delayed School Start for Tuesday, Dec. 15

As a result of extreme weather, and out of concern for the safety of students, parents and employees, Canyons District is announcing that its schools will have a delayed start tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 15. All schools will start two hours later than the usual bell schedule. This means that bus routes will be two hours […]

Bienvenue! French Ambassador Araud Visits Oak Hollow

What’s the toughest part of an ambassador’s job? Staying in shape when offered so much delicious food. That’s what French Ambassador Gérard Araud told giggling students in Oak Hollow Elementary’s French-English Dual-Language Immersion students during his visit to the school Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. The visit offered the students the opportunity to showcase their language […]