Learn the Ropes: CSD’s School Community Council Training
Every public school in Utah has a School Community Counci formed of parents and employees. Council members are responsible for developing school improvement plans, guided by test scores and with funding from the School LAND Trust Plan. SCC’s make decisions that matter. As individual members become familiar with their roles and responsibilities, as outlined by […]
Safety First: CSD Expands Access to SafeUT app, website
Canyons Distict is expanding its high-tech arsenal in the fight to keep children safe. Elementary schools are rolling out information to their communities about access to the SafeUT app and website, which is an immediate, direct link to licensed counselors at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute. Starting Wednesday, Aug. 31, all CSD elementary school communities […]
Butler Elementary Community Cheers Opening of New School
Hundreds witnessed history on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 as the doors to a brand new Butler Elementary opened and generations of students and former students, teachers, parents, and local dignitaries walked into the halls of the state-of-the-art building. They passed under a replica of the school’s original bell, which hearkens back to Butler’s beginnings in […]
Ribbon Cutting: Community to Celebrate the New Butler Elementary
A new year. A new home. A fresh look. There are a lot of changes in store for Butler Elementary. Not only will students be attending classes in a new school building this fall, but when they enter the lobby for the first time, they’ll be greeted by a modernized version of their Bobcat logo. […]
Step2theU: Alta High, U. Forge Innovative Early-College Partnership
Prepare to soar toward a brilliant future, Hawks. The Canyons Board of Education on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 embraced a first-of-its-kind partnership with the University of Utah that will give flight to the higher-education aspirations of stellar students attending Alta High School. A Memo of Understanding between the first new school district to be created in Utah […]
CSD Makes SAGE Test Results Available Online
Starting this week, all Canyons District parents will be able to access their students’ SAGE test results online. Results will be posted June 16, 2016 to the same Skyward Family Access accounts used for annual online registration. This will ensure that the information is kept secure while making it more immediately accessible to families now […]
Peruvian Park’s Gretchen Murray Is CSD’s Teacher of the Year
Gretchen Murray jokes that she was an explosives expert before deciding to become a teacher. Murray grew up in a family of educators but fell into a marketing career at a commercial explosives company a job that fed her wallet, but not her soul. Seeing her dissatisfaction, Murray’s aunt invited her to drop by […]
Canyons Becomes First Utah School District to go Idle Free
Never doubt that small changes can make a big difference. What started as a suggestion by a concerned Canyons School District parent has grown into a Board of Education-approved campaign to reduce schoolyard idling during morning drop-offs and pickups. On Earth Day, Canyons became the first school district in Utah to go idle free at […]
Crowd Cheers Start of Construction on New Alta View Elementary
More than 200 teachers, parents and dignitaries attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Alta View Elementary under a stellar blue sky Tuesday, April 19 but the real VIPs of the event were Alta View’s many students who came to celebrate the start of work on their new building. “This is an incredibly exciting […]
Top Teachers Honored, Cheered At Each Canyons District School
Canyons District parents, principals and students are celebrating educational excellence by honoring a top teacher in each school community. Every Canyons school has followed a seven-year tradition of recognizing a Teacher of the Year for outstanding teaching practices, professionalism, and community involvement. Those teachers were cheered during surprise announcements made in the days before Spring […]
