Hillcrest Principal Named to National Merit Scholar Advisory Panel
Canyons District will have a voice at the table when the National Merit Scholarship Corp. starts talking with on-the-front-line educators about how it can increase the program’s reach, improve its processes and ensure the integrity of the academic competition well into the future. Hillcrest High Principal Sue Malone has accepted an invitation to join the national […]
CSD Library Specialist to Hike Everest to Boost Literacy
When Barbara Hopkins sets her sights on reaching the Base Camp of Mount Everest, she’ll be taking the hopes and dreams of countless children with her. Hopkins, a library media coordinator in the Evidence-Based Learning Department, has decided to make her daunting 17-day trek a fund-raising effort for an organization dedicated to increasing literacy rates […]
Eighteen CSD Students Named National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists
Canyons District appears to be the launching pad for teen scholars who are skyrocketing toward their academic goals. Eighteen Canyons students have been named as semi-finalists in the 2014-2015 National Merit Scholar competition. The semi-finalists from Canyons District in this school year’s scholarship competition are: – Alta: Sarah Farnsworth, Lauren Hansen – Brighton: Lauren Beckstrang, Carson Crandell, Jessica Parker, […]
Thank You, Volunteers
Hats off to Canyons’ volunteers. In the 2013-2014 school year, the District welcomed 12,284 registered volunteers or more than one volunteer for every three students districtwide. These men and women generously donated 284,800 hours of service an average of 23 service hours per person to the students of Canyons district, be it […]
Volunteers Support CSD Schools For United Way Day of Caring
In recognition of the heroes of Sept. 11, 2001 both those who gave their lives and those who survived a group of everyday heroes in our own community reached out to help several Canyons District schools as part of the United Way’s Day of Caring and September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance. […]
Canyons District Announces 2014 Apex Award Honorees
“The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered public school.” Mary Antin, author The Canyons Board of Education and Administration are pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Apex Awards, the highest honors given in Canyons District. This year’s recipients are: Teacher […]
Alta High Grad Receives Presidential Volunteer Service Award
By the time recent graduate Braxton Beers finished his senior year at Alta High School, he had acquired more volunteer hours over the course of his life than he could count. In his senior year alone, Beers offered thousands of hours of service to the community and his fellow students by fundraising money for the […]
Kindergartners: ‘I Will Be College-Ready’
What will students in the Class of 2027 be when they grow up? Doctors, zoo keepers, pilots, judges even Iron Man. Canyons School District kindergartners capped their first week of school Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 with a special day dedicated to getting ready for the future. Canyons’ Kindergarten College-Ready Day, now in its sixth […]
CSD Gives ALS ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ a Warm Embrace
We’re all wet in Canyons District for a good cause. Many principals, students, teachers and parents and, yes, even Canyons’ new Superintendent, Dr. Jim Briscoe have joined such celebrities as Justin Timberlake, Tim McGraw and Lady Gaga in the ALS Association’s “Ice Bucket Challenge.” On Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, Dr. Briscoe joined […]
CSD Employees Named Utah’s Best
The Utah Parent Center has named CSD Special Education Director Robin Collett the Utah Administrator of the Year, and Eastmont Middle School’s Laurie Hofstetter the Paraeducator of the Year, for their advocacy of students with disabilities. Collett, who has worked 26 years in special education, is recognized for balancing a “masterful understanding of Special Education […]
