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 […]
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 […]
