Alta to Host Premiere Womens Leadership Conference
Utah has had Congresswomen, a female Utah Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor and Governor, and now, a female House Speaker. Yet women remain underrepresented in state and federal offices, according to Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics. Does it matter? A group of Alta High students and faculty is answering the question as a […]
Brighton Rolls Out Red Carpet For Bulgarian Diplomat
Brighton High recently rolled out the diplomatic red carpet for the Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States. Her Excellency Elena Borislavova Poptodorova visited the school on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 as part of a Town Hall sponsored by the Brigham Young University’s Center of the Study of Europe. Hundreds of Brighton High students in Advance Placement and Model United Nations classes […]
Students Get Look At Careers During Job Shadow Day
About 100 Canyons District students attended a luncheon to celebrate getting a taste of the professional world during the recent Job Shadow Day. Thanks to dozens of willing professionals involved in careers ranging from human resources and architecture to retail and running a city, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 started with students attending work and observing […]
Canyons Idol Shines On “GMA,” “The Queen Latifah Show”
Even the coldest heart could have been warmed by the dulcet tones of Lexi Walker, who appeared Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 on “Good Morning America” to participate in a national sing-a-long of “Let It Go” from the Disney smash “Frozen.” Clad in a shimmering white dress, Walker, who gained local notoriety as the 2013 Canyons Idol, knocked out […]
Your Small Change Can Make A Big Difference
Your small change can make a big difference. The Canyons Education Foundation has launched a donation drive called “Canyons Cans,” which will feature silver cans placed conveniently near the cash registers of some 100 businesses throughout the District. When you’re presented with pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters after a purchase, please consider dropping a few cents into […]
2 Students Named Prestigious Coca-Cola Scholars
Remember the names Akbar Khan and Valerie Sanchez. Today, the 17-year-old seniors at Hillcrest High School are prestigious Coca-Cola Scholars but don’t be surprised if tomorrow they are the country’s next Bill Gates and Hillary Clinton. Khan and Sanchez were chosen out of 90,000 applicants from across the nation to receive a $20,000 scholarship […]
Awards for CSD Bond Projects
Three Canyons schools, built with proceeds from a $250 million voter-approved bond, have received awards for quality design and workmanship. Butler Middle School, Draper Park Middle School and Corner Canyon High School received 2013 Excellence in Masonry Awards from the Utah Masonry Council. The awards were bestowed at a banquet Jan. 31, 2014 at the […]
Mount Jordan Takes AVID Schoolwide
Mount Jordan Middle will be moving into a new, state-of-the-art building in fall 2015, but Principal Molly Hart is making sure her students are getting ready now with education technology and innovative teaching strategies. “We’re preparing to go into a new building, and we needed to make sure we were prepared for a 21st century […]
School Breakfast, Lunch Are Key To A Successful Day
These days, with options like 100 percent beef hamburger, fresh kiwi, barbecue pork sandwiches with whole grain bread, and whole muscle chicken nuggets breaded in a whole grain crust, you might think royalty is eating school lunch at Canyons District because it’s certainly fit for a king. Thankfully, the French fries that are baked, delicious […]
Hillcrest Senior Already Part of U. Cancer Research Team
A University of Utah’s cancer research team includes a teenager from Hillcrest High School. Hillcrest senior Naveen Rathi is studying ovarian cancer treatments at a U. lab with Dr. Bruce Gale, Director of the State of Utah Center of Excellence for Biomedical Microfluids and Executive Director of the U. College of Engineering Nanofabrication Facility. He is working on […]
