Canyons District To Pilot ‘Face To Faith’ Program
Canyons District is among the first in the United States to pilot the “Face to Faith” program, founded and overseen by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. Participants in the optional program will learn about the world’s faiths, traditions and beliefs in part by interacting with students around the globe. Face to Faith aims to promote […]
Midvalley Elementary’s Space Station Contact Profiled in National Magazine
Midvalley Elementary students’ contact with the International Space Station is featured in the October 2010 edition of QST magazine, the official journal of the American Radio Relay League, the national association for Amateur Radio. Midvalley’s contact with the International Space Station was made through ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station), a program sponsored […]
Boundary Steering Committee Gets Underway
The Canyons Board of Education has approved a Boundary Steering Committee to examine school boundaries districtwide and address issues outlined by the 2009 Enrollment and Facilities Task Force. The steering committee will recommend potential boundary changes to the Board for implementation in the 2013-2014 school year. It will meet on Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 22, 2010. […]
15 Canyons Students Named Semi-Finalists For National Merit Scholarships
Fifteen Canyons District students were announced today as semi-finalists in the 56th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The students are among the 16,000 scholastically talented high school seniors who remain in the competition for 8,400 National Merit Scholarships. The money awards, worth more than $36 million, will be announced this spring. Of the Canyons students, […]
President’s Back-To-School speech set for 11 a.m. Sept. 14
President Obama will deliver his Back-To-School speech at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14, the White House has announced. The President will deliver the speech from Philadelphia’s Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, a 2010 National Blue Ribbon School. The speech will be live-streamed at www.whitehouse.gov/live. The White House calls the speech an opportunity for the President […]
Middle, High School Students to Take ACT Tests
Canyons School District has embraced a new academic plan to ensure all students have the skills they need to be successful in college and careers. In fall 2010, Canyons is putting in place several measures to give students, parents and teachers regular feedback about students’ progress toward that goal. In September, all eighth-graders will take […]
Comcast Newsmakers’ Features New Education Foundation
The new Canyons School District Education Foundation is featured this month on “Comcast Newsmakers.” The five-minute interview program, which will air throughout September on Headline News, highlights the Foundation, its goals, and its Sept. 30 Inaugural Golf Tournament fundraiser. “Comcast Newsmakers” provides news and information about community organizations, issues, and events, and will be seen […]
Two-thirds of Canyons Schools Make AYP
About two-thirds of Canyons District schools made Adequate Yearly Progress in 2010 under No Child Left Behind. Twenty-eight schools, or 65 percent of those in Canyons District, made AYP, as did Canyons District as a whole. Additionally, Canyons’ three Title I schools that had been targeted as in need of improvement made AYP for the […]
CSD Seeks 2 AmeriCorps Literacy Volunteer Coordinators
Know of a retiree or college student who would be interested in helping children learn to read? Canyons School District seeks two people to serve as AmeriCorps Literacy Volunteer Coordinators at Sunrise and Midvale elementary schools. These positions need to be filled by Monday as part of an AmeriCorp grant. The position requires 900 hours […]
Canyons ‘Rolls Out The Red Carpet’ On First Day Of School
Canyons District “rolled out the red carpet” for students as they returned to classes on Monday, the first day of the 2010-2011 school year. At four CSD elementary schools Copperview, East Midvale, Midvale and Sandy students walked to the front doors on red carpets. They were greeted by cheering teachers and administrators. Many […]
