6 Earn Bronze Awards in HealthierUS School Challenge
Six Canyons elementary schools are raising the bar for health and nutrition, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Altara, Oakdale, Brookwood, Peruvian Park, Draper and Sprucewood elementaries have received the HealthierUS School Challenge bronze-level award from the USDA. The schools received the award for their efforts to improve the quality of foods served, […]
Coming in 2015-2016: Security Vestibules for Elementaries
CSD is launching the 2015-2016 school year with a focus on academic success and student safety. Security-door vestibules will be installed in 14 elementary schools beginning this fall. The project, scheduled for a December 2016 completion, will channel visitors into each school’s main office, where they will need to sign in and receive a […]
Counselors Group Honors Jones With Human Rights Award
Sprucewood Principal Lori Jones will need a trophy case of her own pretty soon. Jones, who earlier this year received the Utah Technology Council’s 2014 Educator of the Year Award and Carl Perkins Outstanding Service Award from the Guidance Division of the Utah Association of Career and Technical Education, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 received […]
Canyons District Announces 2014 Apex Award Honorees
“The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered public school.” Mary Antin, author The Canyons Board of Education and Administration are pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Apex Awards, the highest honors given in Canyons District. This year’s recipients are: Teacher […]
Counselor-Turned-Principal Earns Perkins Service Award
Sprucewood’s new principal has racked up her second major award of the year. Lori Jones, who since 2009 has served as the District’s Coordinator of Comprehensive Guidance Counseling, received the Carl Perkins Outstanding Service Award from the Guidance Division of the Utah Association of Career and Technical Education. The award came at the June 2014 […]
Sprucewood’s Michele Law Named 2014 Teacher of the Year
Michele Law knew what she was going to do with her life by the time she was in kindergarten: She would become a teacher. Not only has she achieved her childhood dream, but she’s skyrocketed to the top of the class in Canyons School District. Law, who teaches third grade at Sprucewood Elementary School, was […]
Ten CSD Schools Earn 2013 President’s Education Award
Ten CSD schools are winners in the 2013 President’s Education Awards Program, which recognizes achievement and hard work in the classroom. Butler, Crescent, Oakdale, Park Lane, Quail Hollow, Ridgecrest, Sprucewood and Sunrise elementary schools, and Crescent View and Mount Jordan middle schools have all won awards. The U.S. Department of Education announced the honor was […]
