Coming in 2015-2016: Security Vestibules for Elementaries
CSD is launching the 2015-2016 school year with a focus on academic success and student safety. Security-door vestibules will be installed in 14 elementary schools beginning this fall. The project, scheduled for a December 2016 completion, will channel visitors into each school’s main office, where they will need to sign in and receive a […]
What’s That on my Tax Notice? State Tax Implemented
The 2015 Legislature raised property taxes to help meet the capital needs of struggling school districts. These higher rates will generate $75 million statewide for districts meeting the criteria established in the legislation, SB97. Residents and business owners in Canyons will be required to pay the tax, but the District will not qualify to receive funds generated by […]
Attendance Incentive Calculated for Employees 2014-15
Canyons School District is pleased to announce the 2014-2015 attendance incentive payouts per employee. The incentive amounts are calculated based on the number of eligible full-time employees and the number of sick, personal and no-pay days taken. The incentive will be included in your paycheck on July 23. The 2014-2015 payout amounts are as follows: […]
Old Midvale Middle Coming Down to Make Way For New School
Folks living near Midvale Middle are hearing the cracks and groans of a 60-year-old brick building coming down to make way for the future. Demolition at the school at 7852 S. Pioneer Street started this week and workers will be on the site for the next two years while they construct a new campus […]
New Alternative School Given Sparkling Name: Diamond Ridge High
Canyons District’s new high school has a sparkling new name. The Canyons Board of Education voted Tuesday, July 14, 2015 to name the campus Diamond Ridge High. The alternative high school will open Aug. 19, 2015, the first day of school in CSD from the coming academic year. On the first day, up to 80 […]
Conservation Effort Aims to Curb Water Usage, Save Money
Canyons District is doing its part to curb its water usage, thanks to forward thinking, a team of high school students, and a grant from the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. As a limited resource, like electricity and natural gas, it’s always important to save water, says Canyons’ Energy Specialist Christopher Eppler. But Utah’s recent […]
Congrats! Canyons Wishes Good Luck to the Class of 2015
Commencement rites for Canyons District high schools and special schools have been celebrated in the past several weeks. The Canyons Board of Education and Administration, along with proud parents, friends and supporters, wish the graduates good luck and prosperity as they leave our schools to make their marks on the world. We offer to them […]
Canyons Launches New Way to Deliver E-Flyers to Parents
While Peachjar may sound like something you would pull out of your grandmother’s pantry, it’s really the name of an e-flyer company that has recently partnered with Canyons District.  Parents this week received notification that Canyons District is launching this new method of sending electronic flyers. They also received an e-mail, which included a username […]
Community Celebrates Start of Work at New Midvale Middle
The doors are shuttering for good at the old Midvale Middle, which has welcomed students into its corridors and classrooms for six decades. While the end has come for the two-story, red-bricked building on Pioneer Street, a recent groundbreaking party celebrated the start of work on a new 203,000-square-foot school that is scheduled to open […]
SAGE State Test Results Now Available in Skyward
CSD parents now can access their students’ state-mandated test results in their private, secure Skyward Family Access accounts. This allows parents to view their child’s spring SAGE results in a secure, accessible format after school lets out for the summer. Individual SAGE results were posted Wednesday, June 17, 2015 in the same secure Skyward Family […]
