The 2013-2014 school year in Canyons School District has been one for the books. From the record-breaking $24.6 million in offered scholarships and 71 percent of seniors earning a CSD college- and career-ready diploma to the four 5A state championships earned by high school athletes, Canyons students and employees have achieved heightened levels of excellence.
Here is a list of some of the year’s accomplishments. Stay tuned for a separate update specific to Canyons’ academic achievement.
Student Achievement
– Record-breaking estimated 71 percent of the Class of 2014 earn a CSD college- and career-ready diploma, up from 60 percent of the Class of 2011, the first to be awarded the differentiated diplomas
– 4, 5A State Championships: Mathematics (HHS), Girls Soccer (BHS); Boys Swim (BHS); Baseball (JHS)
– 2 Coca-Cola Scholars
– 3 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair qualifiers
– 5 perfect ACT scorers
– 2 Science Fair Grand Champions, ISEF qualifiers
– 2 Sterling Scholars
– 1 EF Global Student Leader
– 1 5A Girls Soccer MVP
– 1 All-Tribune Football MVP
– 1 Deseret News Mr. Baseball
– 1 Deseret News Ms. Soccer
– 1 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Leadership Award winner
Employee Achievement
– Utah Assistant Principal of the Year
– Utah Technology Council Educator of the Year
– Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow
– Utah Association of Career and Technical Educatoin Administrator of the Year
– Utah Teachers or Coaches of the Year in the following disciplines: Marketing; Family and Consumer Sciences; Theater; Science; Arts Education; Wrestling
– Human Rights Award winner
– 2 Utah PTA Golden Apple winners
– $20,000 classroom technology award in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest
Leadership
– Interim Superintendent Dr. Ginger Rhode leads district through grade reconfiguration, districtwide boundary changes to better prepare students for college and careers prior to June 30, 2014 retirement
– Dr. Jim Briscoe of DeKalb, Ill., hired to become new Canyons Superintendent effective July 1, 2014, following extensive community input and a national search for candidates
– AAA Bond Ratings from Moody’s and Fitch
– Meritorius Budget Award, Association of School Business Officials International
– Utah’s first sixth-grade STEAM curriculum (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) premieres
– I-CANyons standards-based report card implemented in all elementary schools
– Student Advisory Council to the Board of Education debuts
– $86,000 in innovation grants awarded to 14 teachers
– AVID college-readiness initiative implemented schoolwide at Mount Jordan Middle
– Middle School Debate League launched
– Host of Utah’s first TEDx event for teachers
Facilities
– Opened bond-funded Bengal Building, new wing of Hillcrest High, and three new or rebuilt schools: Draper Park and Butler middle schools and Corner Canyon High School, all of which earned Utah Excellence in Masonry Awards
– Began construction on the new Mount Jordan Middle School
– AEDs (Automatic External Defibrillators) installed in all schools
– Carbon monoxide detectors installed in all schools
