Thank You: Let’s Hear it for Canyons’ Hard-Working Custodians!

Canyons District’s Custodial and Grounds Coordinator Kevin Kelson humorously mentioned a light-hearted saying about the work accomplished by custodians. Noted during an interview for this week’s Connect Canyons podcast, the saying goes like this: “No one knows what we do until we don’t do it.” Thankfully, we don’t have to experience that with the amazing […]

Apply Online for CSD’s Popular Dual-Language Immersion Programs

Did you know that Canyons District has some of the most extensive language immersion offerings in Utah? Twenty-one elementary and secondary schools offer dual immersion programs in Spanish, French, or Chinese — and it’s nearly time to apply to enroll for the 2023-2024 school year.  Applications for these popular programs are accepted online from Monday, Oct. […]

Corner Canyon’s ‘Magnificent 7’ Marvel at School’s Decade of Growth, Excellence

Before all of the academic excellence, athletic achievements, and artistic masterpieces ever happened at Corner Canyon High, a small tight-knit group of administrators, educators and and Education Support Professionals spent a year working behind the scenes at the District Office to prepare the way. The group, which jokingly refers to itself as “The Magnificent Seven,” […]

Curtain Call: CSD High Schools Announce Fall Musical Times, Dates

What do you get when you combine an optimistic and chipper sponge with an odd, wealthy and ghoulish family, an orphan in Victorian England who’s hungry for love and anything but gruel, an unrefined princess from a swamp, and a spunky woman from a gold mining town who’s in love with two men who happen […]

The ‘IT’ Factor: Canyons District Celebrates IT Professionals On Their National Day

If you’re reading this story instead of gazing at a spinning wheel of death or staring at the numbers 404, you can thank the IT Department. Go ahead and give ‘em a virtual high-five — they might prefer that, honestly — for the many times they’ve helped resolve the aforementioned issues and myriad other technical glitches. […]

What Happens when Dual Immersion Students Transition to Middle and High School?

In Canyons, here’s what fluency in another language looks like. Eighty-five percent of all high school seniors who applied for a Seal of Biliteracy last year earned the honor of having the seal attached to their transcripts, and 16 percent of those were fluent in more than two languages. Meanwhile, about 400 CSD students are […]

20 Canyons District seniors named National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists

Twenty seniors from Canyons School District high schools have been named as 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists and are in the running for nearly $28 million scholarships that will be awarded next spring. Hillcrest High boasts 13 National Merit semifinalists, placing it in the top three statewide for fielding the most National Merit semifinalists. […]

Free WiFi: Canyons Connects Families with Internet Access

We’re zooming, live-streaming, and relying on technology like never before. Digital technologies were a lifeline during the pandemic, and kept workers working, families connected, and students learning. They’ve become so integral to our lives that it can be easy to take these tools for granted. Yet a surprising number of Canyons District students — 10 […]

Canyons District Students Rank No. 1 in Utah for Overall Testing Scores

Canyons School District is the highest-ranked district in Utah for overall testing scores, according to Public School Review. The ranking is based on the percentage of schools within a District to have placed in the top 5 percent of all schools statewide for math and reading test scores. Canyons has the highest concentration of top-ranked schools […]

Lone Peak Custodian Reflects on Rushing Toward 9/11 Mayhem as NYC Firefighter

As students around Canyons District join the country in reflecting over 9/11 this weekend, one CSD employee would rather think about almost anything else — and understandably so. Lone Peak Elementary assistant facilities manager Mark Ward is reluctant to speak or think about what happened on Sept. 11, 2001 and his harrowing involvement in the […]