ESP Development Committee Applicants Sought

Canyons School District is assembling an Education Support Professionals Development Committee. The committee will review all ESP requests for in-service classes and make recommendations about which should be approved. The committee will strive to maximize limited resources to ensure employees are up to date in their fields and that the classes they take will most […]

Canyons’ Phone Numbers To Change This Summer

Canyons’ Information Technology department this summer will make changes to the telecommunications structure to make it easier to make phone-to-phone connections throughout the District while also saving nearly $40,000 annually in utility fees and maintenance.   The project, which will result in new numbers for every landline telephone in Canyons District, starts June 7. Departments […]

Canyons District’s 2010-2011 School Year Reduced By Five Days

Canyons District’s school year will be reduced five days in 2010-2011 to help address a $13 million shortfall that is largely the result of the economic downturn. The move, which includes accompanying unpaid furlough days, is one of several cost-cutting strategies made by the Board of Education in its tentative $198 million budget. Although far […]

CTEC’s Project House Ready for Visitors

An open house for the 2010 Project House built by students in the Canyons Technical Education Center’s On-Site Construction Program is Thursday and Friday, June 3-4, from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Project House is at 1354 W. Nectarine Circle (11200), South Jordan. 

Nalwalker Appointed Principal of Midvalley Elementary

The Canyons District Board of Education approved Tuesday the appointment of Jeff Nalwalker as the new principal of Midvalley Elementary School. Nalwalker, who currently serves as Assistant Principal at Copperview Elementary School, replaces Carla Burningham, who is retiring after a 30-year career in education. 

Hillcrest Senior Earns Early Entrance To Medical School

David Evans has wanted to be a doctor since he was learning to read, write and do basic mathematics. Now he’s 18 and has mastered a foreign language, has crafted pending medical patents and excelled in such subjects as physics and chemistry, his dream of entering the field of medicine is within reach.   Evans, […]

Canyons Announces Summer Food Services

Canyons School District is offering the Summer Food Service Program at six sites beginning June 7, 2010. Free meals will be made available to attending children (18 years old and younger) June 7 – Aug. 13 at all sites except Midvale Elementary, which will end the service August 11. Breakfast will be served from 8:30 […]

Peruvian Park Student Wins 6th At National Geographic Bee

Anthony Cheng, a student at Peruvian Park Elementary in Canyons School District, finished in sixth place in the championship round of the National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C. He won $500 for placing in the top 10. Alex Trebek, host of the TV show “Jeopardy,” hosted the final match on Wednesday, which was broadcast on […]

CSD Summer Schedule

In an effort to save money in a tight budget year, Canyons School District has scheduled several four‐day work weeks during the summer months. On the fifth day of the week ‐ Fridays‐ the Canyons Administrative Building and the Canyons Support Services Center, as well as all CSD schools, will be closed and utility systems […]

Canyons Superintendent on Cover of Education Week

Canyons Superintendent David S. Doty is on the cover of the May 19, 2010 edition of Education Week, recognized as “American education’s newspaper of record.” The article about Canyons School District, “New Utah School District a Test of Leadership Skill,” examines the ways in which Canyons has seized unique opportunities to innovate as it starts […]