CSD Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-State Awards
Fourteen Canyons District students have received prestigious Academic All-State Honors in fall sports from the Utah High School Activities Association. The award goes to 10-15 students in each sport who are at the top of their game and the top of their class. The students are: Boys Golf: Jeremy Aguilon, Daniel Fang, and Jacob Ulrich, […]
Counselors Group Honors Jones With Human Rights Award
Sprucewood Principal Lori Jones will need a trophy case of her own pretty soon. Jones, who earlier this year received the Utah Technology Council’s 2014 Educator of the Year Award and Carl Perkins Outstanding Service Award from the Guidance Division of the Utah Association of Career and Technical Education, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 received […]
Hillcrest High Students Give Back Through Art
The Copperview Recreation Center in Midvale has received an artistic makeover, courtesy of a group of Hillcrest art students and a project aimed at fostering community cohesion. The students joined art teacher Michael Brzozowski to create a community-inspired mural at the Recreation Center during Fall Break Oct. 16-17, 2014. The mural incorporates the people of […]
Midvalley’s ‘Arts-Kids’ Inspired By Songs, Dances, Activities
Every Tuesday after school a group of about 20 students at Midvalley Elementary gather in a room and decompress their day. They chat, color and eat snacks for a bit and then it’s down to business. Circle time. As the kids make their way to the floor, assembling themselves in an oblong circle the size […]
Midvale Middle to Relocate During Reconstruction
Midvale Middle School students will have temporary digs starting next school year. The Board of Education on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 voted to relocate the school community to the old Crescent View building for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years while the school is rebuilt with proceeds from the $250 million voter-approved bond. The District […]
Butler Middle’s Wall of Honor Pays Tribute to Country’s Veterans
There’s a special wall in Butler Middle School that holds a place in the hearts of many of its students and their families. The school’s Wall of Honor is made of bricks of paper, each one detailing the sacrifice made by a loved one in the U.S. Armed Forces. The decade-long tradition is a way for […]
Let it Snow! Alta Snowboarding Champ Roars Downhill
For Alta High’s Hailee Mattingley, snowboarding isn’t just a hobby it’s a dream come true. Last spring, Mattingley’s dream reached new heights as she became the women’s Junior World Champion in slopestyle snowboarding at the Junior Worlds event hosted by the International Ski Federation. The competition took place in Italy last April. “It means a […]
The Shows Are Going On: CSD Schools Present Fall Musicals
The refrains of such famous songs as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “I Dreamed a Dream” are being heard in auditoriums throughout the District as high school casts rehearse for upcoming musical-theater productions. This week, curtains will open on the first of the ambitious, award-winning, and much-loved Broadway blockbusters that are being produced by Canyons […]
Board of Education Empanels Student Advisory Group
The Canyons Board of Education is interested in hearing from those who are directly affected by the policies and procedures of the District the students. To that end, for the second year, 10 students from Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Jordan and Hillcrest high schools have been selected to serve on a CSD Student Advisory Board. The group’s main […]
Get Ready! College Application Week Coming to CSD
High school seniors: Get ready! College Application Week is Nov. 17-21. During that time, all CSD high school seniors will complete a college application during the regular school day with the help of counselors, faculty, support professionals and parent volunteers. Utah College Application Week, sponsored by the Utah System of Higher Education’s StepUp to Higher Education […]
