CSD Foundation Gives $10,000 to Help Cover College-Application Fees During UCAW
Quite literally, every drive down the fairways at the recent 10th annual golf tournament of the Canyons Education Foundation was done for a great cause: supporting Canyons District’s mission of ensuring the college-readiness of every student enrolled in a Canyons school. The some $80,000 in donations earned at the Sept. 18, 2019 fundraiser at Wasatch […]
CTEC Criminal Justice Students Get Real-Life Look at Working With Inmates
What would you do if you had to break up a fight between inmates? Or if an inmate was threatening self-harm? Or asking you to bend rules of the in exchange for a favor? These are all situations that a corrections officer could face upon arriving for the first day of work at a jail. […]
26 CSD Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-State Awards in Fall Sports
Canyons District student-athletes from all five of Canyons’ comprehensive traditional high schools are acing serves and exams, scoring points both on the playing field and in the classroom, and persevering through tough quizzes and race courses. Twenty-four students who are vying for athletic victories in volleyball, football, cross country, girls tennis, girls soccer, and […]
Their ‘Great First Flop’ – Jordan High Chemistry Students Learn the Equation for Perseverance
Chemistry is a challenging discipline. There are up to 118 elements to commit to memory and a language to learn for expressing chemical equations, not to mention the math involved. But Gretchen Carr believes the reason most students find it difficult is they’ve been told it’s difficult. “Chemistry is notoriously hard. But so are a […]
Diamond Ridge High Launches First Schoolwide Donation Drive
Canyons District’s alternative high school has launched its first-ever schoolwide donation drive. Diamond Ridge High, founded in 2015, is using the online platform SuccessFund to gather the donations throughout October. By Oct. 31, the school, which has an enrollment of about 100 students and is housed at the campus of the Canyons Technical Education Center, […]
CSD Work Program for Adults with Special Needs Seeks Community Partners
Help wanted. A Canyons District program that helps adult special-education students gain the skills necessary to live independently is looking for business partners that would be willing to provide on-site job training for men and women who need just a little extra help to do big things. Nate Edvalson, a program administrator in Canyons’ […]
Educators, Administrators, Supporters Honored with 2019 Apex Awards
The 2019 Apex Awards, the highest awards given by the Canyons Board of Education and Administration, were presented to 17 educators, administrators, community supporters, leaders, and public education advocates on Tuesday, Sept, 10, 2019. The honorees, accompanied by friends and family, as well as District officials, mayors, state legislators, and other dignitaries, were feted […]
Fifteen CSD Students Advance in National Merit Scholarship Program
When it comes to academic contests, there are few as rigorous or prestigious as the National Merit Scholarship Program. Of the more than 1.5 million high school students who entered the competition this year, only 7,600 will prevail to win an estimated $31 million in scholarshipsand among those in the running are 15 Canyons District […]
CSD, Real Salt Lake Team Up For Back-to-School Game Discounts
Set and make goals! That’s the message Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals FC players sent on Monday, Aug. 19 when they visited elementary and middle schools to welcome students back to school after a long summer break. For three years, the professional soccer players who take to the pitch at Rio […]
Here’s How Parents Can Support Schools in Building Stronger Readers
There are a few names for what parents and teachers fear will happen to their students over the long stretch of summer. The summer slide, brain drain, and learning loss are just a few the terms referring to the tendency of students to lose ground academically over long school breaks. But not on Allyn Kau’s […]
