CSD Foundation Gives $90,000 to Teachers for Innovative Projects
The holidays have arrived early for some Canyons District teachers. The Canyons Education Foundation spent two days last week criss-crossing the District to surprise teachers in their classrooms with the news that they had been chosen to receive a 2014 Foundation Innovation Grant. The Foundation distributed 17 grants made possible by generous community donations […]
CSD Students Do ‘Hour of Code’ Dec. 8-12, 2014
The Hour of Code is here and CSD students are ready. Hour of Code is a global movement supported by teachers, school districts, celebrities, President Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates even Young Pakistani activist Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai aimed at exposing students to computer coding and brighter futures. During the […]
Canyons CFO Leon Wilcox Earns National Budget Award
When it comes to matters of money, Canyons School District is in good hands. Canyons District, under the leadership of CFO Leon Wilcox, has earned the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association. The award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting, and represents a significant achievement in following nationally […]
Permit Moratorium Approved for Draper Park Middle School
The Canyons Board of Education has placed Draper Park Middle School on moratorium status due to high enrollments, meaning that the school cannot accept Standard Open Enrollment Applications for the 2015-2016 school year. Draper Park enrolls more than 1,500 students, slightly exceeding its capacity. The school’s boundary student enrollments are expected to slightly rise in […]
Crescent Elementary Earns CSD’s First Energy Star Award
A few stars in Canyons School District are helping to make CSD’s dream for energy-efficient buildings come true. Crescent Elementary School in November 2014 received the first Energy Star rating in Canyons District with a 92 percent efficiency score meaning the school has cut back on energy usage to a level that translates into […]
Board Honors Contributions of Horiuchi, Cowdell
The Board of Education paid tribute to the accomplishments of two inaugural Board Members, Kim Horiuchi and Tracy Scott Cowdell, at their final Board meeting on Dec. 2, 2014. Cowdell, who has represented the patrons of District 4 in Sandy, and Horiuchi, who has represented the patrons of District 2 in Cottonwood Heights, were elected […]
Chargers Bring Light to Willow Springs Tutoring Effort
When Willow Springs Elementary Principal Marianne Yule first had the idea last year to recruit a group of students from Corner Canyon High to come tutor some of the children in her school, she had no idea what response she was going to get. In the first half of the year, 16 Corner Canyon students walked or […]
CSD Library Specialist Rises to Everest-Hike Challenge
She made it. Canyons District’s Barbara Hopkins reached her goal of hiking to the Base Camp of Mount Everest. The Library Media Coordinator in CSD’s Evidence-Based Learning Department started the 17,000-foot trek at the start of the month and she arrived at her destination last Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Hopkins’ journey up the world’s tallest […]
CSD Student-Artists Race the Clock at ArtStock
It’s been said that people are least creative when racing the clock. Don’t tell that to the aspiring Monets and Michelangelos from Alta, Jordan, Corner Canyon, and Hillcrest high schools who recently completed in ArtStock, a timed art-creation contest held annually at Jordan High. The event, which requires students to create an original piece of 2-D […]
Hillcrest High Students Unveil ‘Sacred Images’ Mural
A group of students have found a way to bring the heart of Nine Mile Canyon’s Native American rock art to Hillcrest High without moving a stone. Instead, they used their talents, imaginations and a little bit of paint to create their own images of identity and the power of the past, present and future […]
