Connect Canyons Podcast Episode 2: A Conversation About Reopening Schools with Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr. Brandon Webb
The COVID-19 health crisis has tested us all, and as the school year approaches, many of us are feeling uneasy about what the future holds. But over the past five months, scientists and medical professionals have learned a great deal about this disease and how to combat it — professionals like Dr. Brandon Webb. A […]
Connect Canyons Podcast, Episode 1: A Conversation with New Superintendent Dr. Rick Robins
Joining Canyons School District in the midst of a pandemic that has strained the systems we rely on to keep us healthy, learning and economically stable isn’t how Dr. Rick Robins imagined his first few weeks as Superintendent. But with every challenge, come fresh opportunities, believes Robins — opportunities to restore connections with the communities our schools […]
Canyons’ Commitment to Clean • Maintaining Safe, Welcoming and Prepared Buses, Schools
Canyons Transportation Director Jeremy Wardle took CSD’s Back-to-School COVID-19 Action Plan to a new level as he debuted a giant, bus-sized “face mask” that he sewed himself — complete with blue pleats and loops over the bus mirrors — to gently emphasize how important it is for all of us to do our part to […]
Earthquake Update – Canyons Schools, Buildings Closed March 18
To guarantee the safety of employees and members of the public following this morning’s 5.7 magnitude earthquake, Canyons District Superintendent Dr. Jim Briscoe has declared all District facilities and school buildings closed until further notice. Public business will not be conducted in our buildings today, Wednesday, March 18. Canyons District custodians and Facilities Management […]
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, […]
Free Parent Seminar on the Dangers of Sexting, Sextortion
Did you know Utah was one of the first states to enact laws to protect and provide hope to victims of sextortion? Parents, don’t miss this free seminar featuring Michelle Busch-Upwall from the Utah Attorney General’s Office. Busch-Upwall, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce, will discuss ways for parents to safeguard their […]
Keeping Our Promise: Four CSD Schools Scheduled for Construction
Canyons District’s aggressive school improvement schedule continues with four schools slated for construction. Rebuilds of Peruvian Park Elementary, Union Middle and a school in the White City area will start in 2021, under a plan recently approved by the Board of Education to ensure the timely completion of the projects promised to voters with 2017 […]
From Digital Citizenship to Emergency Drills, CSD Invites Input on School Safety
It’s the parenting dilemma of the digital age: How do we encourage our children to take advantage of all that technology affords while protecting them from the documented dangers of too much screen time? How do we model a healthy use of technology when we, too, fight the allure of smart phones and social media? […]
CSD schools to participate in the Great Utah ShakeOut
The recent wave of temblors along the most active portion of the Wasatch Fault are a timely reminder of why our schools prepare for earthquakes. Scientists say we have a 57 percent chance of at least one 6.0 magnitude earthquake hitting the Wasatch Front region in the next 50 years, and a 43 percent chance […]
Partners in Safety – What Happens When a School Goes on Shelter-In-Place?
On a Wednesday morning in January, 2017, Unified Police recommended that Midvale Elementary go on “shelter in place” while they responded to reports of a bank robbery near the school. All students were already safe inside their classrooms, busy learning as usual and largely oblivious to the safety protocol, which lasted all of 20 minutes. […]
