‘All the World’s a Stage’ for this 2024 Jordan High Grad

While performing on the stage is where Jordan High’s Parker Bettinson feels most at home, he says owning your role and nailing your lines doesn’t happen by accident. “The true magic happens behind the scenes when you put in the hard work,” says Bettinson who will now apply that work ethic to his studies at […]

Sophia Mun Celebrates Music, Giving Back As She Steps Into Her Future

Sophia Mun is the kind of person who is driven to excel, but improves herself by doing better for others. In fact, if you ask the Hillcrest High senior to reflect on her goals and accomplishments, she’ll start by mentioning the $22,000 she and her fellow Student Body Officers raised for the Husky’s food pantry […]

Goal!  Celebrate School-Year Achievements at Canyons District Night with Real Salt Lake on June 1

Celebrate the start of summer fun at Canyons District Night with Real Salt Lake. On Saturday, June 1, just days after diplomas have been handed to the Class of 2024 for Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Diamond Ridge, Hillcrest and Jordan high schools, the hometown Major League Soccer team is hosting a end-of-the-school-year celebration for CSD […]

Dance Keeps Bengal Grad Balanced In Pursuit of American Dream

The high school years are challenging enough without the added difficulty of adjusting to a new home, culture, and language. But for Brighton Bengal graduate Danny Arroyo, the sacrifice was worth it, and made all the more enjoyable through the universal language of dance.    Arroyo moved as a teenager to Utah from Costa Rica […]

Corner Canyon Graduate Takes Rooke in Game of Life

Theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate Richard Fynman once compared discovering the laws of physics to learning the rules of chess merely by observing a chess game. “You don’t know the rules of the game, but you’re allowed to look at the board from time to time, in a little corner, perhaps. And from these observations, […]

CSD Alumnus Credits Teachers, Hard Work for Achieving Goal of Working for NASA

Think bigger, fail smarter, work harder. That’s the motto Canyons alumnus TJ Neyman lives by. Years ago, when he was a student at Draper Park Middle, the career aptitude tests he took all pointed to him being an engineer. At the time, Neyman thought the tests were wrong. A high school field trip to an […]

Not His First Rodeo: This Alta High Graduate Takes Life By The Horns

Years of practice, bumps and bruises, and a load of nervous jitters culminate in eight short seconds the moment you climb atop a thousand-pound bull and nod to set him loose in an arena of cheering fans. That’s assuming you manage to stay atop the bull for eight seconds, the time limit for a qualifying […]

Canyons District Begins Taking Nominations for 2024 Apex Awards

It takes a village to run a school. Canyons District rises because of its first-rate administrators, exemplary educators, amazing aides, and busy bus drivers. CSD succeeds due to the work of top-tier cafeteria and custodial staff, technology experts, and financial wizards — not to mention scores of tradesmen, secretaries, donors, business partners, and volunteers.  Only […]

Five Canyons Students Announced as National Merit Scholars

Bengals, Beetdiggers, Chargers, and Huskies are counted among the nation’s top students in the Class of 2024. Of the 31 Utah students who were recently announced as 2024 National Merit Scholars, five are from Canyons District high schools. The CSD tally, which includes students from Brighton, Corner Canyon, Hillcrest and Jordan high schools, is the […]

High School Students Construct Affordable Starter Home

With the snip of a red ribbon, cheers and applause, a group of Canyons District high school students celebrated the completion of a home built for hometown heroes. The house, located on land donated by Sandy City and constructed almost entirely by students, is part of an ongoing partnership to bring housing within financial reach […]