Join CSD In A Yuletide Donation Drive For Homeless Shelter
‘Tis the season of giving and goodwill. The Canyons Board of Education and Administration invite families and businesses in the community to join the District in a holiday donation drive for the Midvale overflow shelter of The Road Home. Following a yuletide tradition established in the first year of the District’s operations, Canyons District Office employees are […]
CSD Students Look To Future With ‘Hour of Code’ Events
Canyons District is building an army of “code talkers.” Canyons schools are participating this week, which is Computer Science Education Week, in the “Hour of Code,” a nationwide effort to increase the awareness of and interest in computer science. The goal of Hour of Code activites, says Janet Goble, CSD’s Director of Career and Technical […]
Make The Holidays Merry and Bright With CTEC Poinsettias
Looking for an inexpensive solution to holiday decorating? Try the holiday poinsettias now on sale at the Canyons Technical Education Center, 825 W. 9085 South. The sale lasts until all poinsettias are taken home for the holidays. Don’t delay there is a limited amount of plants, which come in colors with, well, colorful names. Buyers […]
Hillcrest Student Aces ACT
Hillcrest senior Michelle Simmons has scored among the nation’s top one-tenth of one percent of ACT test-takers. The daughter of Jay and Denai Simmons has earned a perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT. To give perspective, just 1,162 of more than 1.8 million students in the class of 2013 earned a composite score […]
CSD Foundation Extends ‘Wicked’ Ticket Sale
You have a few more days to get a little “Wicked” for the holidays. The Canyons Education Foundation is extending its pre-sale of tickets to the Broadway smash. Tickets will go on sale again through the Foundation on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013 and will be offered until 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Prices […]
CSD Teachers Surprised With 2013 Innovation Grants
The holidays are coming early for a handful of Canyons District teachers. The Canyons Education Foundation, the fund-raising arm of the District, has surprised 14 teachers with the joyful news that they had received 2013 Innovation Grants. In all, the Foundation this year is awarding nearly $90,000 to pay for creative classroom projects. The recipients […]
Utah Indigenous Day Storytelling Festival Glimpse
Canyons was pleased to host the 2013 Utah Indigenous Day Storytelling Festival Nov. 26, 2013. The event featured renowned storyteller Dovie Thomason, a trainer and lecturer at Yale University, and graphic book illustrator Dimi Macheras. The pair conducted student and teacher workshops, which were streamed live to students in neighboring districts and rural Utah via […]
School Open Enrollment For 2014-2015 Starts Dec. 2
The open enrollment period for the 2014-2015 school year has started. Canyons District schools began accepting Standard Open Enrollment Applications on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Schools will continue to accept the applications through Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Students who want to attend a school other than the one assigned to them by geographic boundaries must submit […]
Canyons To Install Carbon Monoxide Detectors In All Buildings
In the wake of the recent recent near-tragedy in San Juan County in which students and teachers at an elementary school were sickened by an undetected gas leak, Canyons District is moving quickly to address the need for carbon monoxide detectors in its schools. Canyons Facilities Director Rick Conger and CSD Risk Management Coordinator Kevin Ray have arranged […]
Education Support Professionals Celebrated In CSD
They safely transport students to and from school, answer the phones at the front offices, conduct health screenings and secure our buildings and grounds, among many other important tasks and duties. Canyons Education Support Professionals truly give students, teachers and academic leaders the support they need to ensure safe environments in which students can learn, says […]
