This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of School Attendance
Planning a family trip for the holidays? Hoping to squeeze in a few extra days of vacation the week before or after Winter Recess? ‘Tis the season for reconnecting with faraway friends and family, and the timing of your travel plans can influence the cost of plane tickets and hotel stays. But keep in mind […]
CSD’s Think Safe Program: Why Hoax Bomb Threats are No Joke
There’s never a good day to receive a bomb threat. But it’s hard to imagine worse timing for the threat lodged against Sunrise Elementary last year. It was November on the first Tuesday after the long Thanksgiving weekend, and students were just settling back into a steady routine when the phone rang in one of […]
Film on Teen Anxiety Part of CSD Suicide Prevention Month Events
Jordan High opened its doors to patrons near and far on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 as parents, students, children, and friends gathered to watch a screening of an anxiety-themed documentary called “Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety,” Visitors travelled from as far as Provo and Bountiful to watch the film and listen to a panel of […]
The Warriors Return: Come to Indian Hills’ Ribbon-Cutting, Back-to-School Night
Doors to the newly renovated Indian Hills Middle are opening wide to welcome back the Warriors. A major renovation at the school has been completed in time for school to start for the 2018-2019 school year. The entire Canyons District community is invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony and Back-to-School Night at 6 p.m. on […]
Canyons Pulls Lettuce From Cafeteria Meals Amid E.Coli Outbreak
As a precautionary measure, Canyons District is pulling all lettuce from meals served in school cafeterias until American health officials declare that an E.coli scare is over. The outbreak, which has sickened dozens of people in up to 11 states so far, began in mid-March and may have been caused by bagged and pre-chopped lettuce […]
Halloween Safety: Tips for Trick-or-Treaters
Halloween may be the spookiest night of the year, but not for the reasons many parents think. While families fret about stranger danger and America’s sugar-fueled obesity epidemic, the most pressing danger is auto-pedestrian accidents. Pedestrian fatalities nearly double on Halloween, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation: 30 percent of all crash fatalities on […]
Healthy Schools: How Does Classroom Lighting Affect Learning?
Can adding daylight to children’s daily diet of reading, writing and arithmetic boost student achievement? It may sound far-fetched, but “daylighting” or the addition of windows, skylights and full spectrum lighting is catching on as a powerful and relatively inexpensive way to improve the learning environment at schools. Motivated by research showing how light […]
American Heart Association Gives National Award to CCHS Staff
The American Heart Association joined the Canyons Board of Education on Tuesday in lauding the educators and support staff at Corner Canyon High who used CPR and an Automated External Defibrillator to revive a 14-year-old student who had suffered cardiac arrest at school. At a Feb. 21, 2017 meeting in the Board Chambers of the […]
Better Health. Better Learning. Celebrating School Nurses Day, May 11
Is attendance high at your child’s school? Do students arrive on time and ready to learn? Are they attentive in class? If so, consider thanking a nurse. School nurses aren’t just temperature takers, headache soothers, and dispensers of bandages and medicine. When a student’s health is affecting their academic performance, it’s school nurses who intervene. […]
Boo! 12 Tips for Playing it Safe this Halloween
Boo! It’s the spookiest night of the year. But to avoid a night of real-life horrors this Halloween and keep your little ghouls and goblins safe, we offer these Trick-or-Treating tips, courtesy of Canyons District’s Risk Management Coordinator Kevin Ray: HALLOWEEN DRIVING TRICKS TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE Put the phone down! Stay well below the […]
