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 […]
Safety Drill of the Month: Here’s What Happens During a ‘Secure’ Protocol in CSD Schools
On a Wednesday morning in January 2017, Unified Police asked Midvale Elementary to activate what’s now known as a “secure” protocol while they responded to reports of a bank robbery near the school. All students were already safe inside their classrooms, busy learning as usual and largely oblivious to the safety protocol, which lasted all […]
Absenteeism Awareness: How Canyons School District Works With Parents to Keep Students in the Classroom
Sitting next to a good friend during class, or catching up with old friends and making new ones at lunch is all part of the education process. Getting an education is more than just making good grades, it’s also about the experiences in the classroom, building positive connections, and growing with fellow classmates. During the […]
