With a Snip of the Ribbon, Indian Hills Cheers Renovation
Enthusiastic Indian Hills Middle students cut short their summers to take part in the grand opening of their newly remodeled campus at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held two days before the start of school. “This newly renovated school is for our students. It’s all for the students,” Principal Doug Graham told the crowd of parents, alumni, […]
Building Momentum: CSD Breaks Ground on Final Bond Project
The wind howled and shook the balloons at Indian Hills Middle Thursday as community members gathered to celebrate the beginning of a remodel and addition to the school. But nothing could sweep away students’ excitement to get the project going. Whoops and cheers accompanied school leaders, administrators, local representatives and members of Canyons’ Board of […]
Indian Hills concert band to perform at state festival
If BJ Cox were to affix a moral to his music teaching skills, it would be that hard work pays off. For two years, the Indian Hills music leader and his students have tried out for the State Junior High Band Festival. Two years in a row, the band didn’t make it but Cox […]
The Blinded Me With Science! CSD Shines at Regional Science Fair
Canyons School District students captured 41 awards at the regional science fair, including Grand Champion winner Alexander Cheng who now advances to the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix. Cheng, a ninth grader at Hillcrest High, also took first place in the Engineering & Computer Science division and earned a special, sponsored award for […]
Event Planned For Parents of Middle School DLI Students
An information night for parents of students in middle school dual-language immersion programs will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24 at Mount Jordan Middle, 9351 S. Mountaineer Lane. Parents will be walked through all the opportunities of dual-language programs in middle school and beyond. Data gathered from a recent survey and focus group also will […]
Middle School Dual Immersion Topic of Jan. 20 Meeting
Parents of fifth-graders enrolled in Canyons District’s Dual-Language Immersion Programs have been invited to a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 20 to learn about the transition from elementary school to middle school. At the 6 p.m. event at Mount Jordan Middle, 9351 S. Mountaineer Lane (300 East), the Canyons curriculum team that oversees the dual-language immersion programs […]
Draper Park, Indian Hills Win Intramural Cross Country Race
Draper Park boys and Indian Hills girls teams run like the wind. The two teams were crowned champions of the 2015 Canyons School District Middle School Intramurals Cross Country Race, held Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 at Eastmont Middle School. Second place trophies went to the Union boys and Butler girls teams. Albion boys and Draper […]
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 […]
CSD Plans Middle School Orientations For 6th, 7th Grades
Perhaps you remember what it was like: The wide hallways, lockers that wouldn’t open, trying to wend your way from class to class. The first day of middle school is, for most people, an experience they wouldn’t want to repeat. Canyons wants to change that by hosting half-day orientations for CSD’s middle-school first-timers on Aug. 15 […]
Union, Indian Hills Net Most 1st Place Wins At Hoops Tourney
At the same time NCAA athletes were hustling for a national hoops championship, aspiring Sweet 16ers from Canyons District middle schools were hitting the court in their own version of March Madness. Union and Indian Hills both ran away with two first-place trophies in the District’s Middle School 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Boys and girls teams […]
