CTEC Open House
Bienvenue, Les Etudiants Francais!
Canyons District this week is hosting 12 students and two teachers from Grenoble, France. The French delegation arrived late Saturday, Jan. 22, and will return early Saturday, Jan. 29. The schedule for the students and their advisers, who are being housed by gracious volunteer host families who live in Canyons District, is quite robust and […]
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011
Bond Project Site Plans Approved The Board unanimously approved site plans for the following schools being remodeled and rebuilt under the $250 million voter-approved bond: Midvale Elementary: The Board approved rebuilding Midvale Elementary adjacent to Midvale Middle School , allowing students to stay put during construction and creating a school campus that could better address […]
Join the Superintendent’s Reading Challenge 2011
Superintendent Dave Doty invites faculty, students, staff and other folks in the Canyons community to join him in the Superintendent’s Reading Challenge 2011. The challenge is really quite simple: read at least one book a month or 12 total for the year. Dr. Doty plans to share anecdotes of his reading adventures on […]
Mount Jordan Wins Chess Tournament
Mount Jordan Middle School has been crowned champion of the inaugural Canyons Middle School Intramurals Chess Tournament. The Mountaineers edged competitors from seven other middle schools in the districtwide tournament, the latest addition to the Canyons Middle School Intramurals Program. Midvale Middle School finished in second place, and Butler and Crescent View middle schools tied […]
Hillcrest’s Paul Kirby is Named Utah’s Assistant Principal Of The Year
Hillcrest High School Assistant Principal Paul S. Kirby on Wednesday, Jan. 19 was named Assistant Principal of the Year by the Utah Association of Secondary Principals. “It’s been said that a teacher affects eternity,” Kirby said at the ceremony in Salt Lake City during which he received his award. “Well, the same could be said […]
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011
New, Returning Board Members Take Oath of Office The seven-member Canyons Board of Education began anew Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, with one newly elected member Steve Wrigley and re-elected members Tracy Cowdell, Sherril Taylor and Kim Horiuchi taking the oath of office. Board members also re-elected Cowdell to serve as Board President and […]
New Canyons Board Sworn In
The seven-member Canyons Board of Education began anew Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, with one newly elected member and three re-elected members taking the oath of office. Steve Wrigley is the new representative of District 5, which includes Sandy and the White City area. Elected to the seat in November 2010, Wrigley replaces Ellen Wallace, a […]
Rising Star: Indian Hills Student Performs on ‘Ellen’
An Indian Hills eighth-grader’s star is on the rise. Savannah Keyes, a 13-year-old singer, was plucked from obscurity to perform last week on the talk show “Ellen.” The producers of Ellen DeGeneres’ Emmy-winning daytime talk show spotted Savannah’s performances on YouTube, were impressed by her vocal ability and decided to book her as a musical […]
CSD middle schools win big in Stock Market Game
Students at two Canyons District schools know how to make sense and cents out of the stock market. Teams from Midvale and Crescent View middle schools won three of the top five spots in a competition that teaches students about the American economic system by simulating the bull-and-bear world of Wall Street trading. […]