Thirteen CSD Students Named Semifinalists in 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program

More than a dozen Canyons District high school students are on track to receive a financial boost for their higher education goals, thanks to their hard work in academics, extracurricular activities, and recommendations from their teachers. They are among 16,000 students nationwide chosen as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.  The following CSD students […]

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 […]

CSD Adopts New Grading Structure For Final Term of School Year

Click here for a translatable version of this article. Canyons District recognizes the “new now” prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a period of adjustment for families. To ease the minds of students and parents in this time of distance learning, CSD will put into place a modified grading structure for the final term. The […]

A Fresh Take on the Classics Earns Brighton High Senior ‘Coca-Cola Scholar’ Title

Jacob Simmons is charting a bright future through an exploration of the past. Since middle school, the Brighton High senior has been bringing pivotal moments in history to life through movie making, producing documentaries that have earned him national prizes and praise. A repeat winner of state History Day contests, Simmons has, more than once, […]

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 […]

Canyons To Launch Spanish DLI Programs at Altara, Midvalley

Affirming Canyons’ commitment to Dual-Language Immersion programs in the coming school year and beyond, the Canyons Board of Education has approved a two-school expansion of the Spanish-English DLI program. Members of the Board of Education on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 unanimously endorsed a proposal to launch Spanish-English DLI classes at Altara and Midvalley elementary schools […]

CSD Cheers Brighton Grads Playing, Coaching for Chiefs in Super Bowl

Pizza ordered? Check. Dip made? Check? Beverages chilling in the fridge? Check, check, and check. Across America, folks are ticking off their to-do lists to be ready for the Sunday, Feb. 2 Super Bowl battle between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. But few Utah families are more excited to catch the […]

What Time Is It? It’s Time to Cheer Alta Band in ‘High School Musical’ Finale

What time is it?  It’s time to see Alta Hawks play Wildcats in a television event that attracts millions of viewers every week. A group of band students at Alta High on Friday flocked to the school’s auditorium to catch themselves in the most-recent episode of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” a trending […]

Jumpstart Your Child’s Education At a Canyons District Preschool

Canyons District preschools are evidence of the power of play.  It may look like the children are just hopping, dancing, singing, coloring and laughing together – but studies have shown that structured play can hone a child’s language, math and social skills.  Jumpstart your child’s education by participating in Canyons District’s preschool program.  The application […]

Parents of Students in Canyons DLI Programs Invited to ‘Proficiency Night’

Parents of children in Canyons District’s Dual Language Immersion program may be impressed when they hear their kiddos rattling off phrases in a foreign language. But how can they be sure that their children are gaining proficiency in the language they are studying?  That will be the topic of discussion at a 6 p.m. meeting […]