35 Spring Athletes Cap their Prep Careers with Academic All-State Finish
To achieve Academic All-State status is no small feat. But this year’s awardees in spring sports deserve special applause. Senior prep athletes hoping to clinch a record or cap their careers with a final score, play, or push to the finish line were denied that chance this spring as Utah schools and communities united to […]
Twenty-two 22 Canyons District Athletes Earn Academic All-State Status in Winter Sports
Whether in the classroom, or on the starting block, court or mat, these sporting scholars bring everything they’ve got. For persevering through years of tough quizzes, meets, matches and performances, 22 students representing all five of Canyons District’s traditional high schools have earned Academic All-State status in winter sports. Among their ranks is Corner Canyon […]
Score! Attend School Regularly and You Could Win ‘VIP’ Tickets to RSL
Professional soccer players with Real Salt Lake have a message for Canyons District students: Show up for school and work hard, because no matter your personal goals, education is your ticket to the game of life. RSL, which is headquartered in CSD’s boundaries, is offering a special incentive this year in support of Canyons District’s […]
SALTA Testing: Apply Now to Test for Placement in Canyons’ Advanced Learning Program
Does your child thrive on complexity, master concepts with ease and show strong feelings and opinions or even tend to be self-critical? It can be difficult to know if your child is a high achiever or exhibiting signs of being a gifted learner. Every child is unique and no two gifted children are alike. […]
Jordan High Science Teacher Named Presidential Award Finalist
David Morrill was well on his way to becoming a physicist and working for the government, right up until his senior year of college, when he was asked to step in and teach a freshman physics lab and found his true calling: teaching. Now, after teaching at Jordan High for 30 years, Morrill has been […]
Here’s How Parents Can Support Schools in Building Stronger Readers
There are a few names for what parents and teachers fear will happen to their students over the long stretch of summer. The summer slide, brain drain, and learning loss are just a few the terms referring to the tendency of students to lose ground academically over long school breaks. But not on Allyn Kau’s […]
33 CSD Students Earn Academic All-State Honors in Spring Sports
Canyons District’s sporting students are logging big wins academically and athletically. In a year during which students have, thus far, claimed 12 state team and individual championship titles in Utah High School Activities Association-sanctioned activities, 80 students representing all five of CSD’s comprehensive high schools have also earned Academic All-State Honors. This includes the most […]
Twenty-six Sporting Scholars Earn Academic All-State Awards
Twenty-six more Canyons District athletes have been presented Academic All-State Awards this year for excelling in sports and in the classroom. The awards are announced each sports season by the Utah High School Activities Association with this latest round going to students involved in track and field, boys soccer, baseball, softball, girls golf and boys tennis. This […]
It’s Testing Season – Why Should Students and Parents Care?
In a few weeks, students throughout Utah will begin taking SAGE tests, those end-of-year exams that show how much students have learned over the course of the year. Why do schools test? What do the results mean, and why should students and parents care? Answers to these questions and more can be found on a new […]
Fourteen CSD Students Receive Academic All-State Awards
Fourteen more Canyons District athletes have been presented Academic All-State Awards this year for excelling in sports while maintaining high grade point averages. The awards are announced each sports season by the Utah High School Activities Association with this latest round going to students involved in basketball, drill team, swimming and wrestling. To date, this […]
