Canyons Celebrates Kindergarten College-Ready Day
What do Bell View Elementary kindergartners want to be when they grow up? College ready! “I will be college ready!” was the resounding cheer at the Sandy school as the Class of 2028 celebrated Kindergarten College-Ready Day on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. Now in its seventh year in Canyons School District, Kindergarten College-Ready Day gives […]
Brighton High Bengals Roar Into Season On New Artificial Turf
Brighton High on Friday, Aug. 21, 2015 roared into the 2015 gridiron season with a home-game 23-14 win against Herriman on the school’s new artificial turf. The Canyons Board of Education and Administration, along with dozens of students, parents and dignitaries in the community, cheered the completion of the new state-of-the-art football field and […]
Former Colorado Rockie Pitcher Picked to Lead Alta Sluggers
A former player for the Colorado Rockies baseball organization is sliding into the head baseball coach position at Alta High. Jentry Beckstead, a 1998 Alta graduate who has been an assistant coach for the Hawks, recently accepted the top job. Although the season doesn’t start until spring, Beckstead already is mulling his goals for the program […]
Let’s Play! CSD Sets Middle School Intramurals Schedule
On your mark, get set, go! Canyons School District is preparing to launch its Middle School Intramurals Program, now in its seventh season. Activities planned for the 2015-2016 academic year include cross country, chess, 3-on-3 basketball, and soccer. Activities are open to all students in sixth- through eighth-grades, and culminate with districtwide tournaments. The 2015-2016 […]
Corner Canyon Student Sparkles at National Teen Video Awards
A star is born in the home of the Chargers. Anna Richey, a student at Corner Canyon High School, in August 2015 received the Best Director Award at the 2015 NO BULL Teen Video Awards for her video, “Broken.” The awards, held Saturday, Aug. 8, at YouTube Space in Los Angeles, sparkled with stars from […]
Building Momentum: New Butler Elementary on the Rise
Butler Elementary is on the rise. Reconstruction on the Canyons District school is well underway adjacent to the current building, with steel beams and brick-and-mortar rising to greet students for the first day of the 2015-2016 school year. In April 2015, the Board of Education hosted a community celebration and open house to break ground […]
CSD Middle Schools Hold Successful 6th Grade Orientations
Teachers cheered, principals gave high-fives, and friendly eighth-graders gave fist-bumps to sixth-grade students in Canyons District who arrived at their schools early Tuesday, Aug. 18 for Canyons District’s seventh-annual orientation day for secondary-school first-timers. Canyons District principals plan the day each year to help ease the jitters for the students who are attending middle school […]
CSD Launches Soccer League for Freshmen, Sophomores
Canyons School District is launching a soccer league for ninth- and 10th-graders in efforts to give students more opportunities to get involved in athletics. The league includes teams from every CSD high school Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Hillcrest and Jordan and teams from Granite District’s Granger, Kearns and Hunter high schools. League play […]
Midvalley Students Treated to Tacos, Learn Lesson in Kindness
As Canyons District students prepare to return to school on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, there’s one lesson Midvalley Elementary Principal Jeff Nalwalker hopes his students haven’t forgotten this summer: the importance of being kind. Midvalley students received a first-hand lesson in the power of kindness during the last week of school before summer break when […]
Snip! CSD Cuts Ribbon At Newly Rebuilt Mount Jordan Middle
The Mountaineers have come home. With the snip of a red ribbon twisting in the summer afternoon wind, officials at Canyons District and Mount Jordan Middle officially opened the school for business. The celebratory ribbon-cutting event, held Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, attracted more than 500 students, parents, teachers, staff, former students and members of the […]
