Hillcrest High’s Cheng Brothers Share Triple-Crown of Academic Achievement
Sterling Scholar, check. National Merit Scholar, check. Presidential Scholar, check, check, and check. Hillcrest High’s Alexander Cheng has won the equivalent of the triple-crown of academic achievement, a feat matched by only one other student in Canyons District history: his brother, Anthony. Throughout their educational careers, Alexander Cheng and Anthony Cheng broke educational ground with […]
CSD Announces Locations, Dates of Summer Meal Service
Canyons School District announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program. Free meals will be made available to attending children 18 years or younger. Meals will be served 8:30-9:30 a.m. for breakfast and 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for lunch beginning June 10 and ending Aug. 2 at Copperview, East Midvale, and Sandy Elementary Schools. […]
Parents Invited to Review Proposed Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum
The concept is really quite simple: If a student is feeling insecure, depressed or fearful, or any other emotion that is at the root of concerning behaviors, chances are they aren’t learning at high levels. To the end of helping all students feel a sense of balance, which could improve achievement, Canyons District proposes the […]
Students to Shine at Canyons District’s 10th Anniversary Festival
On a brisk, clear day on July 1, 2009, Canyons District made history. That was the first day of the first year of the first new school district to be created in Utah in nearly a century. With a laser-like focus on helping every one of our students become college- and career-ready, Canyons District has […]
The Envelope, Please: Who Will Win Awards at 10th CSD Film Festival?
While film critics around the country continue to debate whether “Green Book” was truly the year’s best picture, students in Canyons District schools have set their sights on becoming the next Steven Spielberg, Alfonso Cuaron, or Spike Lee. Some 121 student-created entries from nearly every school in Canyons District, were submitted for the consideration […]
Keep Busy with CSD’s Summer Camps and Online Learning
Canyons School District offers a rich variety of summer learning opportunities for students of all ages. From week-long camps that expose young children to the arts and sciences in a fun, relaxed atmosphere to online courses that allow high school students to get a head-start earning credits toward graduation, there’s something for practically everyone […]
CSD Eliminates Fees for Courses Taken Via Virtual High School
Like most teenagers anxious to hit the road, sophomore Connor Perkins wants to be able to get his driver’s license as soon as he turns 16 in May. The challenge? Fitting a required Driver’s Education course into his already-packed class schedule at Hillcrest High. The answer for Connor was the Canyons Virtual High School, Canyons […]
Hillcrest Students Star in Eccles “Dear Evan Hansen” Promotion
When Salt Lake City’s Eccles Theater revealed which shows would be staged in the coming year, the voices of Hillcrest High students belting “You Will Be Found” from the Tony Award-winning “Dear Evan Hansen” were a pitch-perfect part of the publicity blitz. Videographers were at Hillcrest on Monday to film students in the vaunted drama […]
Hillcrest High’s Cheng Shines As Top Sterling Scholar
Is it in the DNA? Or is it just a lot of hard work? Perhaps it’s a mix of both for Canyons District’s Cheng family, who can now boast two General Scholar winners at the annual Sterling Scholar competition. On Friday, March 15, 2019, Alexander Cheng, a senior at Hillcrest who has been accepted to […]
It’s Testing Season in Utah’s Schools: Here’s What Parents and Students Should Know
It never fails. Each spring, with the arrival of the first crocus blooms to emerge from the cool, rain-soaked ground, comes end-of-year testing season in Utah’s schools. Only this season, students will be taking a new set of Utah State Board of Education-required assessments to demonstrate how much they have learned over the course of the […]
