Canyons Board President Named Elected Official of the Year
Canyons Board of Education President Tracy Scott Cowdell has been named Elected Official of the Year by Sandy City for his leadership, community service, and vision for Utah’s first new school district in a century. Cowdell received the award Feb. 1, 2011 at the Sandy City Appreciation Awards Banquet at the South Towne Expo Center. […]
Canyons Celebrates National School Counseling Week
Canyons District joins others nationwide in celebrating Feb. 7-11 as National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association and the Utah School Counselor Association. The aim of the week is to highlight the impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve success at school and plan for college and careers. School […]
Canyons CTE Coordinator Given Lifetime Achievement Award
Career and Technology Education Coordinator Trish Thomas, a specialist in work-based learning, is this year’s recipient of the Utah Association for Career and Technical Education’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which was given to Thomas at the association’s annual conference at Westlake High School, recognizes the contributions and accomplishments of the people who make up […]
CTEC Open House
Bienvenue, Les Etudiants Francais!
Canyons District this week is hosting 12 students and two teachers from Grenoble, France. The French delegation arrived late Saturday, Jan. 22, and will return early Saturday, Jan. 29. The schedule for the students and their advisers, who are being housed by gracious volunteer host families who live in Canyons District, is quite robust and […]
Join the Superintendent’s Reading Challenge 2011
Superintendent Dave Doty invites faculty, students, staff and other folks in the Canyons community to join him in the Superintendent’s Reading Challenge 2011. The challenge is really quite simple: read at least one book a month or 12 total for the year. Dr. Doty plans to share anecdotes of his reading adventures on […]
Mount Jordan Wins Chess Tournament
Mount Jordan Middle School has been crowned champion of the inaugural Canyons Middle School Intramurals Chess Tournament. The Mountaineers edged competitors from seven other middle schools in the districtwide tournament, the latest addition to the Canyons Middle School Intramurals Program. Midvale Middle School finished in second place, and Butler and Crescent View middle schools tied […]
Hillcrest’s Paul Kirby is Named Utah’s Assistant Principal Of The Year
Hillcrest High School Assistant Principal Paul S. Kirby on Wednesday, Jan. 19 was named Assistant Principal of the Year by the Utah Association of Secondary Principals. “It’s been said that a teacher affects eternity,” Kirby said at the ceremony in Salt Lake City during which he received his award. “Well, the same could be said […]
New Canyons Board Sworn In
The seven-member Canyons Board of Education began anew Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, with one newly elected member and three re-elected members taking the oath of office. Steve Wrigley is the new representative of District 5, which includes Sandy and the White City area. Elected to the seat in November 2010, Wrigley replaces Ellen Wallace, a […]
Rising Star: Indian Hills Student Performs on ‘Ellen’
An Indian Hills eighth-grader’s star is on the rise. Savannah Keyes, a 13-year-old singer, was plucked from obscurity to perform last week on the talk show “Ellen.” The producers of Ellen DeGeneres’ Emmy-winning daytime talk show spotted Savannah’s performances on YouTube, were impressed by her vocal ability and decided to book her as a musical […]
