Open Letter to the Alta Community
March 29, 2011 Dear Parents of Students within the Alta Feeder System, As we are sure you are all aware, Canyons District has launched an investigation into incidents at Alta High that should be of great concern to all those who seek to create and maintain school environments that are conducive to learning and free […]
Indian Hills Nets Most Wins at Basketball Tourney
About 300 Canyons middle school students starred in a March Madness-styled basketball tournament, with Indian Hills athletes netting half the competition’s first-place trophies. The 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, held March 15-17, 2011 at Jordan High School, is part of Canyons School District’s Middle School Intramural Athletics Program. The program, which premiered in 2009 with a 2-mile […]
Questions About Medicare? Employees Can Attend Seminar
A Medicare seminar has been planned to help Canyons District employees sort through the complexities of Medicare, either for themselves, their parents or another family member. Date: April 6, 2011Time: 5:30 p.m.Location: Media Center at Alta High School, 11055 S. 1000 East, Sandy Questions? Contact CSD Retirement Specialist Janet Ekenstam at 826-5368
CSD Announces Summer Schedule For District Offices, Schools
Canyons District will adopt a four-day work week during the summer. Starting June 13, the Canyons Administration Building, Canyons Support Services Center, and all schools will be open Monday through Thursday of every week, except on the weeks when employees have days off for the Independence Day and Pioneer Day holidays. The schedule is as […]
CSD Employees Invited To Participate In Healthy Sandy Program
Sandy City invites all Canyons District employees and students in Sandy schools to participate in Healthy Sandy’s 4th annual Slim Down/Shape Up health, fitness and weight-loss program. The aim of the initiative is to help families get in shape and learn more about nutrition and fitness. Event organizers say that for every pound lost by […]
Brighton’s Verdoia Named Gatorade Utah Girls Soccer Player Of The Year
Brighton soccer star Stephanie Verdoia is this year’s Gatorade Utah Girls Soccer Player of the Year. With the designation, Verdoia becomes a finalist for the Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year Award, which will be announced in May. The 5-foot 6 senior forward led the Bengals to a 17-0-3 record and the 5A […]
Hillcrest Student Earns Perfect Score on ACT
Samuel B. Watson, a senior at Hillcrest High School, recently received some fantastic news: He earned a perfect composite score of 36 on a recent ACT exam. Nationally, while the actual number of students earning a composite score of 36 varies from year to year, roughly one-tenth of one percent receive a top score. Among […]
Science Fair Finalists 2011
Thank you for your participation in the Canyons District Science Fair! A public open house to view all projects will be from 4 pm- 6 pm tonight (2/17/11) at Jordan High School in the Tech Atrium. Students can pick up and take home their projects from 6 pm -7 pm. The following students will advance […]
14 CSD Students Are Finalists in National Merit Scholar Competition
Fourteen students in Canyons District schools have advanced to finalist status in the 56th annual competition to become National Merit Scholars. The students from Alta, Brighton and Hillcrest high schools are among 15,000 students nationwide to earn the designation. The high-achieving students have made it through two rounds of judging: the first […]
CSD Homeless Liaison Wins Human Rights Award
From a tiny-yet-tidy office at a homeless shelter, Connie Crosby does the kind of work that requires a soft heart and backbone of steel. Yet it’s here, in the trenches of the war against poverty, that Crosby has helped countless homeless children feel that, while they may not have a home, in her they will […]
