Brookwood Voices Ring Out After State of the State Address

Song rang out after Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s State of the State Address on Wednesday night.  And the music came from Canyons District students.  Brookwood’s fourth-grade choir was invited to perform at the State Capitol following Gov.Herbert’s State of the State address. At a reception after Gov. Herbert’s remarks, the choir of 85 students performed […]

Oakdale Thrilled To Host 6 Korean Teachers-in-Training

When this experience is over, Oakdale students will know far more about Korean culture than just the “Gangnam Style” song and dance. For the past week, Oakdale students and teachers have been playing host to six teachers-in-training from South Korea’s Busan National University of Education who are in Utah to watch and take notes on […]

Sunshine Review: Canyons Earns A+ for Transparency

Canyons School District has received an A+ grade in the Sunshine Review’s 2013 Transparency Report Card. The Report Card, issued Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, assigns grades to every state, as well as each state’s largest counties, cities and school districts, based on information made available on each entity’s Web site. Of Utah’s 10 largest school […]

Seeking Science Fair Judges

Do you work in a science-related field? Did you select science as your college major? Canyons District needs your help! Canyons community members are needed to serve as volunteer judges in the 2013 District Science Fair. Volunteer judges will have the opportunity not only to view the excellent work and innovations of students, but impact […]

Brighton to Induct 5 Into Coaches Hall of Fame

Five former Bengal coaches will be inducted into Brighton’s Coaches Hall of Fame on Feb. 8. The ceremony will be during half time of the boys basketball game. Honorees also will be feted earlier that evening during a reception in the school’s media center. Inductees are: Steve Dangerfield – Football        The late Duke Reid – […]

New Lighting System Shines In Union’s ‘High School Musical Jr.’

What time is it? It’s almost time for Union Middle, which later this month will produce Disney’s “High School Musical Jr.,” to cast a spotlight on dancing and singing students with a new stage-lighting system that was funded by a $20,000 grant. Union’s theater club, also known as the Union Theater Group, in December received […]

Butler Elementary Advances to State Lego League Championship

A team from Butler Elementary School has aced the robot games and secured a spot at the State Utah First Lego League State Championship. The Butler Lego Team rose to the top of the robotics field at the Utah State Regional Qualifying Event, hosted at Albion Middle School on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Competing teams […]

Board Elects New Leadership

In its first order of business following a January swearing-in ceremony, the Canyons Board of Education elected three new leaders, including Sherril Taylor of Sandy as its new President. The Board elected Steve Wrigley to serve as its new Vice President. It also voted to create a new Second Vice President position, to which it elected Nancy Tingey. The new Board […]

The Magic of Music At Jordan Valley

Under difference circumstances, the singers on the stage at this year’s Canyons District holiday social might have been unsettled at the prospect of meeting a group of strangers. But in the spirit of the season, while singing “Feliz Navidad” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” these Jordan Valley students couldn’t have looked happier. As Jordan Valley […]

Having An (Inaugural) Ball

Teacher Danny Drew this week is swapping his classroom at the Utah State Prison for a ballroom in Washington D.C. There, he will join members of the White House staff and the President’s re-election campaign as they celebrate the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. Drew, a teacher at South Park Academy’s Timpanogos facility for female […]