Game on! Jordan High Esports Club is Off to a Great Start its First Season
Room G-101 at Jordan High has undergone an impressive transformation. There are screens and high-tech equipment around, but it’s no longer a computer lab. The old monitors have been replaced by large TVs with modified hookups to video game systems, including the popular Nintendo Switch. Traditional classroom chairs have been replaced by sleek black-and-white gamer […]
Persevering Tortoise Kindergartners Beat the Speedy Hare in Annual Foot Race
Before Tuesday morning, Peruvian Park first-grade teacher Calbert Beck, a former track and football star whose nickname once upon a time was “The Rocket,” had lost an end-of-the-school-year foot race to kindergarten students for 11 years in a row. Make it 12. That scenario played out again — similar race, similar results — when Beck […]
CSD To Follow New Health Order, Lift Mask Rule on Last Week of School
Canyons District’s COVID-19 action plan has been a thoughtful approach to ensuring the safety of the community while also preparing children for college and careers by providing both in-person and online learning opportunities. The Canyons Board of Education and Administration thank the community for following the health protocols, including the wearing of masks, that have […]
School Nurses: A Special Brand of Healthcare Hero
What does a day in the life of a school nurse look like? It’s more than boo-boos and bandages, though, they see their fair share of those, too. Canyons School District’s 17 nurses help students manage complex, chronic conditions. They administer flu shots, conduct vision screenings, promote wellness, and link families with health care services […]
Apply today! Registration Continues for Canyons Online
Log on to register. Log on to learn. Registration continues for Canyons Online, Canyons District’s powerful new online learning program. Starting in fall 2021, Canyons Online will be the program through which high-quality online classes will be provided to kindergarten through 12th-grade CSD students. Licensed teachers with advanced training in the best digital teaching and […]
Final musical at Hillcrest High’s auditorium will be an act of sheer ‘Follies’
Older generation cast: May 13, 14, 15 (7 p.m.)Younger generation cast: May 12 (7 p.m.), May 15 matinee (2 p.m.)Tickets: $10 (reserve seats at https://www.hillcresttheatre.com/shows) Life is imitating art at Hillcrest High. From May 12-15, former performers will return to their old theater just before it’s demolished to perform in the classic “Follies” musical, which is […]
Spotlight Shines on Alta High Dance Teacher Traci Raymond, CSD’s 2021 Teacher of the Year
As the curtain falls on her 30-year career as a performing-arts teacher, Alta High’s Traci Raymond has received a standing ovation for a literal and metaphorical grand finale. This time, though, it was not for the twists and turns of her talented dancers. It was for Raymond’s skill as an artful educator who has inspired […]
CSD Cheers its ‘Educational Rock Stars’ at Top Teacher Announcement
The world calls them “Teachers.” We prefer the term “Educational Rock Stars.” Regardless of the monikers that may be applied, Canyons is amped for the District Teacher of the Year selection process, which culminates tonight, Tuesday, May 4, with announcement of CSD’s top teacher for 2021. Coinciding with Teacher Appreciation Week, the announcement will be […]
Canyons District’s Jeff Haney Earns Utah PIO Association’s Media Relations Award
Schools cannot function without effectively communicating with parents, employees and the communities they serve — especially in a health crisis — and journalists and media outlets are vital partners in that endeavor. Such is the guiding philosophy of Canyons School District’s Communications Director Jeff Haney who explains it this way: “Media professionals need reliable information to […]
Three Canyons Alumni Selected by NFL Teams
Zach Wilson, whose football career took off while playing for Corner Canyon High and skyrocketed at Brigham Young University, has a new home. From Draper to Provo to — hit it, Frank — New York, New York! And he’s not the only former Canyons School District star who’s getting a new NFL address. As had been […]
