Regroup, Refresh, Reconnect: How to Get Back in the Back to School Groove
Believe it or not, we’re nearly halfway through the school year. Students are transitioning from playing games with their families over Winter Recess to resetting their alarms and getting back in the habit of classes and homework. At the beginning of the year, we discussed how to get in that back-to-school groove. For the latest […]
Regroup, Refresh, Reconnect: How to Get Back in the Back to School Groove
New CTEC Programs Preview the Future of Profession-Based Learning
In August 2027, the Canyons Technical Education Center will move to the former regional headquarters of eBay. A symbol of the dot-com boom and digital age, this iconic glass-and-steel campus in Draper, Utah, is being reborn as the Canyons Innovation Center — a launchpad for future builders, thinkers, and entrepreneurs. But for students, that future […]
Inside the Canyons Innovation Center
Inside the Canyons Innovation Center: Priming America’s School-to-Work Pipeline
Walk into a classroom almost anywhere in America and — but for some exceptions — you will see a familiar scene: desks in rows and students sitting face-forward, learning largely the way their grandparents did. Outside those classroom walls, however, the world those students are preparing to enter has fundamentally changed. America is re-onshoring industries […]
Connect Canyons: More Than Music: Jordan High Madrigals Gain Renown on Regional, National Stages
More Than Music: Jordan High Madrigals Gain Renown on Regional, National Stages
Long before Jordan High Choir Director Jaron Putnam ever stood in front of a choir, music was already shaping who he would become. “One of my first memories of being a human being was singing “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” with my family,” Putnam says. “My dad sang in a barbershop quartet growing up and so my siblings were […]
Brighton High Color Guard Captain Chosen to Perform in Rose Parade
For decades, families have gathered around their televisions on New Year’s morning — or camped out along Colorado Boulevard — to watch the Rose Parade, a spectacle of towering floral floats and precision marching bands enjoyed by a worldwide audience of millions. For many children, it’s the stuff of dreams: What would it be like […]
Board of Education Approves Appointment of new Alta High Assistant Principal
The Canyons Board of Education has approved the appointment of Braxton Thornley as a new Assistant Principal at Alta High. With the appointment, Thornley, who was honored in 2022 by the Jordan Education Foundation as the JSD Outstanding Educator of the Year, will join Principal Ken Rowley’s team at the home of the Hawks. Thornley […]
Eastmont Middle Student Draws on Love of Skiing for CSD Holiday Card Inspiration
For Bryntee Melchior, the holiday season means breathing in the crisp mountain air and listening to the whisper of her skis as they glide through glittering snow. What adds a dash of warmth to the scene is the thought of her family alongside her on the slopes. “Skiing is family,” says Melchior, an Eastmont Middle […]
