Board of Education Approves New Canyons Administrative Appointments
The Canyons Board of Education and Administration are pleased announce the following administrative appointments: Deidre Walbeck, currently serving as the Assistant Principal at Copperview Elementary, will become Principal at Oakdale Elementary. She will replace Lori Jones, who is retiring. Carolee Mackay, an Achievement Coach at Sandy Elementary, will become Assistant Principal at Copperview Elementary. Eric […]
Trio of CSD Students Rise to Top in 2020 Sterling Scholar Contest
Three Canyons students two from Hillcrest and one from Jordan high schools captured first-place category honors in the 2020 Sterling Scholars competition. The CSD winners are: Rishab Balakrishnan, Hillcrest, in the Business and Marketing category Sanjana Kargi, Hillcrest, in the Computer Technology category Nathan Holley, Jordan, in the Speech/Theater Arts/Forensics category Ten […]
Chase the Winter Doldrums with these Spring Plays
From the second star to the right to an enchanted florist with a horrific plant. From a campy roller skate crew to a cursed castle haunted by a doomed prince, Canyons District’s middle schools and high schools are bringing plenty of excitement your way this spring to shake you out of the winter doldrums. Check […]
Here’s What School Choice Looks Like in Canyons District
For Hillcrest High senior Laura Wan, the question of which school she would choose to attend began as early as kindergarten, when her parents steered her to an advanced learner’s program at Canyons District’s Peruvian Park Elementary. After completing the SALTA program in elementary school, she chose Midvale Middle for its Middle Years Program, and […]
Every Brilliant Thing’ Performance to Visit CSD Schools
The Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival will be visiting two CSD schools to share performances of “Every Brilliant Thing” with the Canyons community. The international play draws on warmth, hope and gentle humor to illuminate the effects of suicide, and is being featured by the Festival as the first non-Shakespearean production its cast will perform, […]
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 […]
‘Yule’ Get Mail: CSD Holiday Card Features Photo by ‘Digger
A shutterbug at Jordan High is helping Canyons District send wishes of a picture-perfect yuletide. A photograph taken by 17-year-old Shellby Carvalho shines bright on the cover of the District’s 10th annual holiday card, which is sent to local legislators, Utah’s members of Congress, and Canyons’ major supporters. The star of Carvalho’s photo is her […]
26 CSD Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-State in Fall Sports
Canyons District student-athletes are acing tests, quizzes and homework while also scoring big on the playing field. In addition to the four state championship trophies won already this year in Utah High School Activities Association-sanctioned sports, 26 students from all five of Canyons District’s traditional, comprehensive high schools have earned Academic All-State Honors in fall […]
Canyons District High Schools Announce Fall Musical Lineup
Swashbuckling pirates, a jukebox legend, childhood classic, spookily familiar family, and timeless civil rights story: Canyons District’s fall musical lineup has something to please theater goers of all ages and interests. Tickets can be purchased at each school’s box office. Here is a list of show dates and times (including matinee performances): Alta: “James and the […]
MythBusters’ Jamie Hyneman Serves Up Explosive Career Advice
The job market faced by today’s high school graduates looks nothing like the market of five years ago, and with the pace of change in technology, there’s no telling what tomorrow will bring. Auto makers are already testing automated driving systems that will reduce the need to hire truck drivers, and computer algorithms are being […]
