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 […]
Union’s Anderson Named Utah’s Top Middle School Principal
Union Middle School Principal Mary Anderson has been named Utah’s top middle school leader. Anderson is the 2013 Utah Middle School Principal of the Year. The prestigious honor was announced on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, by the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals, and awarded to Anderson by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Martell Menlove. […]
New Board, New Chapter for Canyons
A new chapter in Canyons’ history has commenced. Three new members of the Canyons Board of Education took the Oath of Office in a public ceremony Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Board Member Robert J. Green will represent District 1, which encompasses the Midvale area. Board Member Nancy Tingey will represent District 3, which includes part […]
4 CSD Elementary Schools Lauded By USDA
Awards will be presented in January to four Canyons elementary schools receiving special commendations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for improving school lunch and physical activity on their campuses. HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) Bronze-level designation has been approved for Brookwood, Granite, Oakdale and Peruvian Park elementary schools. The designation comes with a banner, plaque, $500 […]
CSD Foundation Awards $72,000 in Grants to Teachers
‘Tis the season of giving for the Canyons Education Foundation. The Foundation, the fund-raising arm of Canyons District, on Monday, Dec. 17 and Tuesday, Dec. 18 surprised 10 CSD teachers with the joyful news that they were receiving 2012 Innovation Grants, which ranged in size from $2,900 to $10,000. In all, the Foundation awarded more […]
Budget Honors for Canyons
For the third year in a row, Canyons School District has received the Government Finance Officers Association’s (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. The prestigious award, announced Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, recognizes the District’s 2012-13 Comprehensive Annual Budget Report. It is the association’s highest award in government budgeting, and indicates that Canyons’ budget has received proficient […]
