You’re Invited! Come meet Canyons District’s New Superintendent
Canyons District’s new Superintendent is hitting the ground running. The Canyons Board of Education is pleased to welcome Dr. Jim Briscoe to the Canyons community. Starting next week, members of the Board will host public meetings to give students, parents, employees and community partners a chance to meet and get to know Dr. Briscoe. Members of […]
Dr. Rhode Honored During her Final Meeting as Interim Superintendent
In her final meeting as Canyons District’s Interim Superintendent and the last public meeting of her stellar 35-year career Dr. Ginger Rhode gave a “huge thanks” to students, teachers, staff, parents, and volunteers for their hard work in launching the first new school district to be created in Utah in nearly a century. “What […]
Canyons Announces Summer Nutrition Services
Nutritious meals will be served to children and their families throughout the summer. Over the summer months, free meals will be made available at several locations to children 18 years or younger. Meals will be available from June 9-Aug. 8, 2014 at Bell View, Copperview, Midvale, Midvalley, Sandy, East Midvale elementary schools and Union Park. The […]
Congratulations, Class of 2014! CSD high schools hold commencement exercises
For the first time, Canyons District celebrated graduation rites of five traditional high schools. The first-ever graduating class from Corner Canyon, which opened last fall for its inaugural year, joined seniors from Alta, Brighton, Hillcrest and Jordan high schools as members the CSD graduating class. Commencement exercises for the five schools were held Tuesday, June […]
Hillcrest Student Wins New Fiat 500 in Keys to Success Program
Fiat’s TV ads feature the Pharrell song “Happy” and that’s exactly the feeling that Hillcrest junior Naomi Jimenez had when she recently won a new Fiat 500 in the Ken Garff “Keys to Success” program. The win, which was captured on live TV, began with her academic achievement. Her successes in the classroom qualified […]
Corner Canyon Caps Time Capsule Holding Items From Inaugural Year
In the final days of Corner Canyon High’s first year of operations, a few pieces of history were sealed up in a time capsule so that future students, parents, teachers and supporters can catch a glimpse of what it was like to be an inaugural Charger. On Friday, May 30, 2014 Principal Mary Bailey, the school’s […]
Jordan High – Keagan Sanchez
By the time Keagan Sanchez reached the middle of his sophomore year at Jordan High, he wasn’t old enough to drive a car, but he became a father. He didn’t have a home and he hardly had a family his mother left when he was 14, his father was never really in the picture […]
Hillcrest High – Valerie Sanchez
Valerie Sanchez this week is graduating from high school but she already has a resume that would knock your socks off. All in the same year, the Hillcrest senior worked as an intern for the Utah Attorney General’s Office, and served as the District Governor for the Utah-Idaho Key Club, as a Midvale Youth […]
Corner Canyon High – Christine Armas
It’s hard to imagine that less than a year ago, there was a good chance that Christine Armas wasn’t going to walk across the stage on her own high school graduation day. In fact, there was a good chance she wouldn’t walk anywhere on her own again. At first glance, you wouldn’t know that the […]
Brighton High – Carl Holm
Brighton senior Carl Holm knows exactly what it takes to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds: courage, dedication and a complete unwillingness to blame others or feel sorry for yourself. Ever. That’s how this Bengal with a 3.9 grade point average left his FLDS family and started high school at Brighton with a third-grade education. And that’s […]
