Hillcrest Filmmaker Aims to Repeat Big Win At CSD Film Festival

Hillcrest High filmmaking phenom David Skorut envisions a golden future on the silver screen. Armed with ideas, enthusiasm and a camera, Skorut, who has already garnered acclaim for his cinematic skills, is unabashed about his goals to become the next Steven Spielberg, James Cameron or Michael Moore. Asked what kind of films he wants to […]

12 CSD Students Earn Winter Sport Academic All-State Honors

Congratulations to the Canyons District students who earned Academic All-State Honors through the Utah High School Activities Association for winter sports: Boys Basketball Alta– Nicholas Beard Corner Canyon– Matthew Riley Ogden Girls Basketball Brighton– McCall Christensen, Alyssa Hirschi Drill Brighton – Alixandra Peterson Jordan – Katherine Ann Metcalf Girls Swimming Brighton – Mylei Hong, Hannah Potter Hillcrest – […]

Five Canyons District Students Earn Sterling Scholar Awards

Five outstanding students at Hillcrest, Alta, Brighton high schools were among the 14 stellar Utah students who captured  category awards in the 54th annual Sterling Scholar Awards Program.  The winners were announced during a Tuesday, March 10, 2015 ceremony at the LDS Conference Center, 60 W. North Temple.   Hillcrest led all Utah schools with […]

Meet Super Bowl Champ at 3rd Annual CSD Foundation Gala

The Canyons School District Education Foundation is making quite a splash in its launch of a new campaign to raise money for student scholarships. Schools of fish at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium will serve as background decorations for the Foundation’s third-annual Spring Gala.  Proceeds from the by-reservations-only event, which will be Thursday, April 30, […]

CCHS Senior Receives President’s Volunteer Service Award

Claudia Gonzalez, a senior at Corner Canyon High School has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award . The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was granted by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards […]

Lady Bengals Honored At Capitol Hill For 5A Hoops Title Win

Brighton High’s Lady Bengals – the newly crowned 5A girls basketball champions – were honored Thursday. Feb. 26, 2015 at Utah’s Capitol Hill. They were invited to Capitol Hill by Utah Sen. Brian Shiozowa,R-Cottonwood Heights, and Rep. Marie Poulson, R-Cottonwood Heights. In addition, the students were congratuated on the win by Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, […]

Alta Hires Alema Te’o To Lead Hawk Football Into the Future

Alta High is proud to announce the selection of a new head football coach who will build on the Hawks’ sky-high legacy of excellence. Alema Te’o, known for his role in founding the prestigious All-Poly Football Camp, officially assumed the post on Feb. 6, 2015. Alta High Principal Brian McGill says he has “full confidence” that […]

Canyons’ CTE Director Elected to Serve on National Board

A Canyons District administrator has been elected by her peers to serve on the Board of Directors of the nation’s largest advocacy organization for Career and Technical Education. Canyons’ Career and Technical Education Director Janet Goble, who has been with CSD since its 2009 founding, on July 1, 2015 will assume the post of Administration […]

CSD Foundation Gives $90,000 to Teachers for Innovative Projects

The holidays have arrived early for some Canyons District teachers. The Canyons Education Foundation spent two days last week criss-crossing the District to surprise teachers in their classrooms with the news that they had been chosen to receive a 2014 Foundation Innovation Grant. The Foundation distributed 17 grants – made possible by generous community donations […]

Chargers Bring Light to Willow Springs Tutoring Effort

When Willow Springs Elementary Principal Marianne Yule first had the idea last year to recruit a group of students from Corner Canyon High to come tutor some of the children in her school, she had no idea what response she was going to get. In the first half of the year, 16 Corner Canyon students walked or […]