Safety Drill of the Month: Bomb Threats and School Evacuations

Bomb threats are something Alta High Principal Ken Rowley is all too familiar with. On the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2023, a former student approached a teacher at Alta, handed her a backpack, and left with little explanation. Unsure of the contents of the backpack, the teacher took it to the school’s Student Resource Officer […]

CSD Celebrates Excellence at 14th Annual Apex Awards Ceremony

The Canyons Board of Education and Administration on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, honored 13 teachers, administrators, support staff, community leaders, and volunteers with the most prestigious recognition in the District — Apex Awards. For 14 years, Canyons leaders have given Apex Awards to those who go above and beyond the call of duty in public education […]

Double, Double Toil and Trouble: Unmasking Halloween Safety

From zombies and vampires to Wonder Women, Barbies, and Kens, Canyons District students are looking forward to Halloween. With that excitement, however, comes a word of caution as in the past three years there have been 3,200 Halloween-related injuries across the country.  But fear not. In the latest episode of the Connect Canyons podcast, Sandy […]

Taking Control in 1, 2, 3: How to Keep Your Family Safe in the Event of an Emergency

Utah is no stranger to natural disasters, from the major wind storm three years ago, to the 5.7 magnitude earthquake in 2020. In the aftermath of the Magna earthquake, a number of buildings across the Salt Lake valley were damaged and Canyons District’s facilities team immediately jumped into action, making sure the buildings within the […]

Chat GPT and the AI Craze: How to Manage Artificial Intelligence in Education

Many people are enthralled with the likes of ChatGPT, pondering artificial intelligence’s sci-fi possibilities and playing around with its uses, but the reality is — AI has already infiltrated society. That doesn’t mean Sarah Conner needs to hide from a Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 Terminator. Rather, one need only ask Siri or Alexa for directions, […]

Be Bully Free: How to Recognize and Respond to Bullying

The nation’s public schools are remarkably safe, and rates of bullying are on the decline. But maintaining safe, bully-free learning environments remains a priority in Canyons District — and families can help by understanding the signs of bullying and what to do if they suspect or spot it. With October being National Bullying Prevention Month, the […]

Utah College Application Week: Ensuring Canyons Students Are College- and Career-Ready

For 15 years, Canyons has embraced an overarching mission of ensuring that every student is college- and career-ready at the time of high school graduation. But the District doesn’t stop there in preparing students for life after their senior years.  All high schools in Canyons — Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Hillcrest, Jordan, and Diamond Ridge […]

CSD Teacher Named Runner-Up in Utah Teacher of the Year Competition

Midvale Middle mathematics teacher Maxwell Eddington has an exponentially positive effect on his students. This much was clear to a blue-ribbon panel that has chosen Eddington, now in his ninth year as an educator, as a runner-up to the Utah Teacher of the Year. The selection of Eddington as one of the Beehive State’s premier […]

FREADom to Read: Celebrating Students’ Right to Read

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller Whether you’re onboard a pirate ship sailing across the Caribbean, flying over the treetops of England, or discovering a love of poetry, books can be mirrors, windows, or sliding glass doors. We see ourselves in their pages, and they give us a glimpse into the lives of […]

Jordan High to Launch Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps

Anchors aweigh! Jordan High School is launching Canyons District’s first Naval Cadet Program, which could begin training future sailors as soon as the fall of 2024. The U.S. Navy-authorized National Defense Cadet Corps (NNDCC) was approved Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 by the Canyons Board of Education and will begin enrolling students this winter for the […]