Alta High closes Friday due to power outage
A power outage has forced the cancellation of school today at Alta High. The decision was made after careful consideration of alternatives, and is largely due to the absence of natural light in the building and inability to effectively conduct classes. Alta High lost power today at about 8:30 a.m., and the utility company will […]
Canyons Home to First Official STEM Middle Schools
Canyons District is home to the first middle schools ever to receive STEM designations a reflection of their strong focus in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Nineteen schools in Utah received the designation and Draper Park, Mount Jordan and Union were the only middle schools. Sponsored by the Utah State Office of Education […]
Board OKs Contracts with Teachers, ESP, Administrators
The Board of Education on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 voted to approve tentative negotiated agreements for 2016-2017 with the Canyons Education Association, the Canyons Association of Education Support Professionals, and District Administrators. The Board voted unanimously for the tentative negotiated agreements during a Tuesday, May 10 meeting of the Canyons Board of Education. The tentative […]
Better Health. Better Learning. Celebrating School Nurses Day, May 11
Is attendance high at your child’s school? Do students arrive on time and ready to learn? Are they attentive in class? If so, consider thanking a nurse. School nurses aren’t just temperature takers, headache soothers, and dispensers of bandages and medicine. When a student’s health is affecting their academic performance, it’s school nurses who intervene. […]
Hillcrest’s Cheng is National Merit Scholar, Presidential Scholar
Anthony Cheng has been making headlines for his academic exploits since 2010, when he took sixth place in the National Geography Bee. The Sandy resident schooled at Peruvian Park Elementary, Midvale Middle and now Hillcrest High went on to become the first student in the geography contest’s 25-year history to make it to […]
Take Time Today to Thank a Teacher Here’s How
Teachers are real life superheroes who mentor, motivate and inspire. They bring magic to the mundane and simplify the complex. They help children reveal their own super powers, slipping notes of encouragement into backpacks and phoning parents to celebrate success. They make a difference in the lives of millions of children, every single day, and for […]
Peruvian Park’s Gretchen Murray Is CSD’s Teacher of the Year
Gretchen Murray jokes that she was an explosives expert before deciding to become a teacher. Murray grew up in a family of educators but fell into a marketing career at a commercial explosives company a job that fed her wallet, but not her soul. Seeing her dissatisfaction, Murray’s aunt invited her to drop by […]
Canyons Becomes First Utah School District to go Idle Free
Never doubt that small changes can make a big difference. What started as a suggestion by a concerned Canyons School District parent has grown into a Board of Education-approved campaign to reduce schoolyard idling during morning drop-offs and pickups. On Earth Day, Canyons became the first school district in Utah to go idle free at […]
Brighton High Civics Teacher Wins Coveted Huntsman Award
Students in Aaron Hadfield’s “American problems” class don’t just learn about the country’s governing bodies, politics and history. They experience it firsthand in simulations that challenge them to apply their knowledge of such concepts as freedom, democracy and justice. And in the process whether they’ve spent two weeks under totalitarian rule or jockeying for […]
Canyons Seniors Rock Utah College Application Week
An across-the-district effort to encourage high school seniors to submit viable college applications is paying off. This year, 91 percent of Canyons District seniors participated in Utah College Application Week, completing at least one application, a substantial increase over the 82 percent application rate of 2015. Many students completed multiple applications. Also, for the first […]
