Butler Elementary Community Cheers Opening of New School

Hundreds witnessed history on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016  as the doors to a brand new Butler Elementary opened and generations of students and former students, teachers, parents, and local dignitaries walked into the halls of the state-of-the-art building. They passed under a replica of the school’s original bell, which hearkens back to Butler’s beginnings in […]

Ribbon Cutting: Community to Celebrate the New Butler Elementary

A new year. A new home. A fresh look. There are a lot of changes in store for Butler Elementary. Not only will students be attending classes in a new school building this fall, but when they enter the lobby for the first time, they’ll be greeted by a modernized version of their Bobcat logo. […]

Crowd Cheers Start of Construction on New Alta View Elementary

More than 200 teachers, parents and dignitaries attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Alta View Elementary under a stellar blue sky Tuesday, April 19 – but the real VIPs of the event were Alta View’s many students who came to celebrate the start of work on their new building. “This is an incredibly exciting […]

Butler Elementary on Time, Under Budget for Fall Opening

With reconstruction of Butler Elementary at the halfway mark, teachers were recently given a sneak preview of the building – and their enthusiasm was palpable. “Look at that view!” exclaimed 5th grade dual immersion teacher Kim Cope, catching a first glimpse out the window of her spacious new classroom.  Of the building’s remarkable features, most […]

Architects Present Concepts for New Alta View Elementary

Architects working to design the new Alta View Elementary have presented their concepts to the Canyons Board of Education. Representatives of Naylor Wentworth Lund Architects presented their concepts in a Board of Education meeting Sept. 1, 2015. The full presentation can be found on BoardDocs. Alta View Elementary will be rebuilt on the school’s current […]

Building Momentum: New Butler Elementary on the Rise

Butler Elementary is on the rise. Reconstruction on the Canyons District school is well underway adjacent to the current building, with steel beams and brick-and-mortar rising to greet students for the first day of the 2015-2016 school year.  In April 2015, the Board of Education hosted a community celebration and open house to break ground […]

Snip! CSD Cuts Ribbon At Newly Rebuilt Mount Jordan Middle

The Mountaineers have come home. With the snip of a red ribbon twisting in the summer afternoon wind, officials at Canyons District and Mount Jordan Middle officially opened the school for business. The celebratory ribbon-cutting event, held Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, attracted more than 500 students, parents, teachers, staff, former students and members of the […]

Community Invited to Ribbon-Cutting For Rebuilt Mount Jordan

Help us welcome the Mountaineers back home.  The community is invited to a ribbon-cutting event to celebrate the opening of the newly rebuilt Mount Jordan Middle School.  The Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 event starts with a reception at 5:30 p.m.  A 6 p.m. ceremony will be at 9351 Mountaineer Lane – the traditional site of […]

Old Midvale Middle Coming Down to Make Way For New School

Folks living near Midvale Middle are hearing the cracks and groans of a 60-year-old brick building coming down to make way for the future. Demolition at the school at 7852 S. Pioneer Street started this week – and workers will be on the site for the next two years while they construct a new campus […]

Community Celebrates Start of Work at New Midvale Middle

The doors are shuttering for good at the old Midvale Middle, which has welcomed students into its corridors and classrooms for six decades. While the end has come for the two-story, red-bricked building on Pioneer Street, a recent groundbreaking party celebrated the start of work on a new 203,000-square-foot school that is scheduled to open […]