Come Meet New Head Husky! Join Us At Two Open Houses
Canyons District is hosting two Open Houses in Hillcrest’s cafeteria to introduce the new head Husky to the community. Greg Leavitt, the current Draper Park Middle Principal who is taking the Hillcrest reins next year, also wants to hear from students, parents, teachers and community supporters about their ideas to continue Hillcrest’s tradition of excellence. […]
School Choice Application Window Has Closed
The statewide open enrollment window closed on Friday, Feb. 20. Canyons District started taking out-of-boundary applications for the 2015-2016 school year on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Parents were welcome to seek open-enrollment permits to any CSD school with the exception of Corner Canyon High and Willow Springs Elementary, which the Canyons Board of Education have […]
Board of Education Lifts Moratorium at Draper Park Middle
The Canyons Board of Education on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 voted unanimously to lift the moratorium at Draper Park Middle School, where enrollments are expected to be around 1,450, or 100 students less than originally thought, in the 2015-2016 school year. The action allows for out-of-boundary permits for parents seeking to enroll their children at […]
Permit Moratorium Approved for Draper Park Middle School
The Canyons Board of Education has placed Draper Park Middle School on moratorium status due to high enrollments, meaning that the school cannot accept Standard Open Enrollment Applications for the 2015-2016 school year. Draper Park enrolls more than 1,500 students, slightly exceeding its capacity. The school’s boundary student enrollments are expected to slightly rise in […]
2014 SAGE Results: 2 Canyons Schools Rank No. 1 in Utah
Draper Park Middle School Ranked No. 1 – Language Arts Granite Elementary School Ranked No. 1 – Science Canyons School District students on average outperformed their Utah peers on most of the SAGE tests, in some areas by as many as 13 percentage points. “This is an encouraging beginning for the District on these more […]
Vikings Sweep Middle School Intramurals Cross Country Meet
Draper Park swept the sixth-annual CSD Middle School Intramural Cross Country Championship, with first place team and individual wins in both the boys and girls categories. The Vikings defeated competitors from all eight CSD middle schools at the Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 competition at Eastmont Middle School. Teams consisted of the top three male runners […]
Orientations Aim to Ease First-Day Jitters for First-Timers at Middle, High Schools
Canyons District wants to ease the first-day-of-school jitters for students who are entering middle and high school this year. To the end of helping students acclimate to their new, bigger surroundings, all CSD middle and high schools are hosting orientations for secondary-school first-timers on Aug. 19 the day before the official first day of the […]
Draper Park Teachers Hit the Road at Ragnar
Summer is for relaxing with a cold drink in one hand and a good book in the other, right? Not for seven teachers at Draper Park Middle School. . This group of energetic Canyons teachers hit the pavement in the relay-style, 200-mile Ragnar Relay Series in northern Utah. The Draper Park group, which adopted the […]
Draper Park Students Win State Essay, Video Awards
Five Draper Park Middle School students have earned state awards for their creativity in essay-writing and video creation. The seventh-grade students in Utah Studies teacher Rick Bowman’s class won top prizes in the seventh- through ninth-grade division of the Utah Water Conservancy Contest. The awards are as follows: Essay Division:– First Place and $250 cash […]
Check Mate! Midvale Dominates at Chess Championships
No royal decree necessary: Midvale Middle School is the chess king. Midvale’s team dominated the competition at the Canyons Middle School Intramurals Chess Tournament on Jan. 25, 2014, where the students scored 40.5 of 42 points. Second-place went to Mount Jordan, with 27.5 points. Draper Park came in third with 25.5 points. Additionally, Midvale students […]
