Apply online for CSD’s Dual-Language Immersion Programs

Did you know that at Canyons District, it’s possible to learn two languages at the same time and to graduate from high school fluent in both? The start of October signals the opening of the window to apply for Canyons District’s Dual Language Immersion Programs for the 2018-2019 school year. From Monday, Oct. 9 to Wednesday, Nov. […]

Parents, Students Invited to Secondary DLI Informational Meeting

Bon boulot, gong xi and felicitaciones to students throughout Canyons District who are making waves with their language skills.  On Friday, May 5, 2017, Draper Park Middle students Ariel Harp and McKay Larsen took first place at the Chinese Bridge Language Contest at the University of Maryland. Harp and Larson represented Utah for the first […]

CSD Home to Top Dual Language Immersion Teacher, Administrator

Two Canyons District employees – a teacher and an administrator – were recognized this month for their contributions to the rapidly-growing field of language immersion. You Yin-Yao, a Dual Language Immersion teacher at Draper Elementary, was named the International Teacher of the Year by the Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA). He received the award Thursday, […]

Chinese Dignitary Receives Dragon-Sized Welcome

The Draper Dragons received a special visit this week from a Chinese dignitary. Education Minister Counselor Cen Jianjun toured Draper Elementary’s Mandarin Chinese-English Dual Language Immersion classrooms while on a visit to Utah sponsored by Brigham Young University. Fourth and fifth grade students had a chance to interact directly with Counselor Cen, and ask him […]

Apply Now for CSD’s Dual-Language Immersion Programs

Canyons District has started accepting applications for its Dual Language Immersion Programs for the 2017-2018 school year. From Monday, Oct. 3 to Wednesday, Nov. 23, parents and guardians can apply online to have their children learn Spanish, French or Mandarin Chinese. In addition, parents and guardians who have questions about the programs are invited to a […]

Draper Students Schooled in Digital Diplomacy

Get a group of American fifth-graders videoconferencing with students at a “sister school” in China and this is the conversation that transpires. What kinds of food do you like to eat? How do you get to school, and what subjects do you learn? Do you have a favorite hobby or sport? These questions and more […]

Event Planned For Parents of Middle School DLI Students

An information night for parents of students in middle school dual-language immersion programs will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24 at Mount Jordan Middle, 9351 S. Mountaineer Lane. Parents will be walked through all the opportunities of dual-language programs in middle school and beyond. Data gathered from a recent survey and focus group also will […]

Bienvenue! French Ambassador Araud Visits Oak Hollow

What’s the toughest part of an ambassador’s job? Staying in shape when offered so much delicious food. That’s what French Ambassador Gérard Araud told giggling students in Oak Hollow Elementary’s French-English Dual-Language Immersion students during his visit to the school Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. The visit offered the students the opportunity to showcase their language […]

Global Learners: Apply For A Dual Language Immersion Program

Canyons District on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 started accepting applications to its Dual Language Immersion Programs for the 2016-2017 school year. The deadline to submit an application is Nov. 20, 2015.  In addition, parents and guardians who have questions about the programs are invited to attend a Parent Information Night on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 at the […]

2 CSD Schools Receive Prestigious ‘Confucius Classroom’ Status

Two Canyons District schools are among eight in Utah selected by China’s Education Ministry and the Confucius Institute at the University of Utah to house “Confucius Classrooms.”  Principals at Draper and Lone Peak elementary schools, which are the locations of two of Canyons’ Mandarin Chinese-English dual-language immersion programs, recently received word that their schools had received the prestigious designations. As […]