Morning Mindfulness Brings Clarity, Focus to Albion Middle

Barry Johnson’s second-period science class has fallen silent. The lights are dimmed and the students are all sitting forward and upright in their chairs with their feet on the floor and eyes closed. The only sound that can be heard is the soothing voice of a woman who is inviting the class to take a […]

LeCheminant Named the Utah Assistant Principal of the Year

The raucous orchestra of sounds reverberating through the hallways at Albion Middle School is music to Sandy LeCheminant’s ears. And she’s found that a close listen to the cadence and timbre of her students’ adolescent chatter can help pinpoint the real reason behind the brassiest of classroom and hallway behaviors. “In this position, you get […]

Sixth graders to get a taste of middle school

For sixth-graders, making the leap to middle school is a big transition – but it doesn’t have to be a scary one. For nine years, Canyons District’s middle schools have opened their doors a day early to incoming 11- and 12-year-olds. This year’s middle-school orientation will be held the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 22, giving […]

Middle School Orientation Eases Back-to-School Jitters

Wide hallways, lockers that won’t open, multiple class periods and heavier homework loads–starting middle school for the first time can be a little daunting. But it doesn’t have to be. For eights years, Canyons District’s middle schools have opened their doors to incoming sixth-graders a day early to allow them to orient themselves and ease […]

2015 SAGE: CSD Schools Ranked in Utah’s Top 25

Two Canyons District elementary schools – Granite and Sunrise elementaries – were ranked in Utah’s top 25 highest-performing schools in all three subject areas of the 2015 statewide SAGE exam, with Granite Elementary ranked among Utah’s top five highest-performing schools. Overall,  CSD schools appear 16 times in Utah’s Top 25 rankings of elementary, middle and high […]

Midvale Crowned CSD Intramural Chess Champs

Midvale Middle School dominated the 2015 Canyons School District Middle School Intramurals Chess Tournament. The team won the District Championship and every board, finishing with a perfect score. Individual Midvale student winners are: Table 1: Stephen Yu Table 2: Alex Qi Table 3: Bryan Guo Table 4: Sraavya Pinjala Table 5: Wensen Zhang Table 6: […]

Orientations Aim to Ease First-Day Jitters for First-Timers at Middle, High Schools

Canyons District wants to ease the first-day-of-school jitters for students who are entering middle and high school this year. To the end of helping students acclimate to their new, bigger surroundings, all CSD middle and high schools are hosting orientations for secondary-school first-timers on Aug. 19 – the day before the official first day of the […]

Canyons Announces New Administrative Appointments

Canyons District is pleased to announce new leadership appointments, which were approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014.  The following have accepted new administrative roles in Canyons District schools and District Offices: Albion Middle Principal JoAnne Ackerman and East Midvale Principal Alice Peck have been named School Performance Directors. In their […]

Albion Academic Decathlon Aces Rewarded

What do you do when a third of your student body is taking the ACT EXPLORE test? Issue the ultimate academic challenge. Albion Middle School this year started a new initiative, which the administration says is likely to become tradition. While the eighth-grade students participated in the fall EXPLORE test, the sixth- and seventh-grade students […]

CSD Plans Middle School Orientations For 6th, 7th Grades

Perhaps you remember what it was like: The wide hallways, lockers that wouldn’t open, trying to wend your way from class to class. The first day of middle school is, for most people, an experience they wouldn’t want to repeat. Canyons wants to change that by hosting half-day orientations for CSD’s middle-school first-timers on Aug. 15 […]