Lecture Series: A Busy Parent’s Guide to Staying Involved in Your Child’s Education

Busy parents can’t always do it all: help with homework, attend school events, and volunteer in the classroom. So, when it comes to getting involved in their child’s education, where should they start? What questions should they be asking? How can they make the most of parent-teacher conferences? These topics, and more, are the focus of a […]

Why has Canyons Moved to Early-Out Fridays? Two Words: Student Achievement

If the quality of schools is a measure of the greatness of its teachers, imagine what can be accomplished when really great teachers work together, pooling their knowledge, resources and ideas to help all students succeed. The Canyons Board of Education recently approved a uniform early-out Friday schedule to provide time and space for teachers […]

CSD Rolls Out Red Carpet for Stars of the First Day of School — Canyons’ Students

Anybody hear a loud sound around Canyons School District on Monday morning? If so, it wasn’t from a meteor. Rather, you might’ve heard the collective cheers, enthusiastic greetings, and energetic back-to-school bustling from students, teachers, staff members, and administrators. School is back in session for most CSD students, and excitement is in the Canyons air […]

Glacier Hills Elementary Cheers Opening for Inaugural Year

Shortly after hugging the fuzzy Blizzard the Yeti mascot after his debut, watching her staff enthusiastically sing their new school song, delivering a speech in an unplanned rainstorm, getting covered in white fake snow, and greeting hundreds of young students, community members and local dignitaries, Julie Winfree took a deep breath while soaking it all […]

Give Input on Utah Core Standards Through Annual Survey

As part of the Utah State Board of Education’s annual review of the state’s core educational standards — essentials of learning identified for all students, from kindergarten through high school — Canyons District parents, students, and employees are invited to participate in a survey. Your feedback will help inform future standards revisions. The survey can […]

‘Fired up’ new employees welcomed to District at Canyons’ traditional BBQ event

“Fired up!” wasn’t the official theme of the 2022 “Team CSD” New Employee BBQ on Wednesday, Aug. 3 at Alta High, but it could have been. Grills were fired up to cook hot dogs for the large gathering of new employees and their families. Principals, District administrators and Board members were fired up to meet […]

Same Great Taste. Same Price. A New Way to Pay. Here’s What’s Cooking with School Lunch

Canyons District is taking steps to ease the transition for families as America’s free school meal program ends. When families replenish their meal accounts this year, they’ll do so exclusively online  —  a convenience that will reduce costs and make it possible for Canyons to keep meal prices low. “There will be no price increase […]

Kick Off the School Year at CSD’s Back-to-School Bash with Real Salt Lake on Aug. 6

Real Salt Lake is helping Canyons District kick off the school year. The Saturday, Aug. 6 soccer game at Rio Tinto Stadium, which is located in the heart of CSD boundaries, is Canyons District’s Back-to-School Celebration Night. Discount tickets are available for the Canyons District community. Click here to access an easy-to-use online tool to […]

CSD Thinks Safe: Summer Months Spent Conducting Districtwide Security Review

In response to heightened worries about school safety following the last-week-of-school tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, Canyons has undertaken a review of the safety and security measures at the District’s campuses and central offices. The Canyons Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Rick Robins tasked the District’s Emergency Management Team — made up of members of […]

Check Your Bus Eligibility Before Aug. 1 Window to Submit Space-Available Permits

The wheels of the Canyons District school buses will soon go ‘round and ‘round — all over town. Before classes start for the 2022-2023 school year on Monday, Aug. 15, families are urged to check their bus eligibility and find out whether their bus-stop places and times are different from previous years. Parents of secondary […]