Hillcrest Filmmaker Aims to Repeat Big Win At CSD Film Festival
Hillcrest High filmmaking phenom David Skorut envisions a golden future on the silver screen. Armed with ideas, enthusiasm and a camera, Skorut, who has already garnered acclaim for his cinematic skills, is unabashed about his goals to become the next Steven Spielberg, James Cameron or Michael Moore. Asked what kind of films he wants to […]
12 CSD Students Earn Winter Sport Academic All-State Honors
Congratulations to the Canyons District students who earned Academic All-State Honors through the Utah High School Activities Association for winter sports: Boys Basketball Alta Nicholas Beard Corner Canyon Matthew Riley Ogden Girls Basketball Brighton McCall Christensen, Alyssa Hirschi Drill Brighton Alixandra Peterson Jordan Katherine Ann Metcalf Girls Swimming Brighton Mylei Hong, Hannah Potter Hillcrest […]
Five Canyons District Students Earn Sterling Scholar Awards
Five outstanding students at Hillcrest, Alta, Brighton high schools were among the 14 stellar Utah students who captured category awards in the 54th annual Sterling Scholar Awards Program. The winners were announced during a Tuesday, March 10, 2015 ceremony at the LDS Conference Center, 60 W. North Temple.  Hillcrest led all Utah schools with […]
HHS Students Take Stage with Repertory Dance Theatre
The students in Hillcrest High’s Dance Company love to dance. And not just dance, but move in a way that will inspire their audience, uplift somebody’s day and improve the community. That’s why, when Salt Lake City’s Repertory Dance Theatre Company decided to include the group’s 27 teenagers in a free dance concert at Hillcrest on […]
Husky Is A Finalist in Annual Intel Science Talent Search
Brandon Cui knows how to remove heavy metals from water using a banana peel, process data with waves of light, and make a simple baking-soda volcano and it all started in his mother’s kitchen. The Hillcrest High senior one of only 40 students in the nation to qualify for the final level of competition […]
Alta, Corner Canyon, Hillcrest To Stage Productions
While Hollywood is celebrating the best in cinema with the Golden Globes and Academy Awards, three Canyons District high schools are preparing for some star-making turns in student-theater productions. At 7 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 14-15, Corner Canyon High is presenting student-directed plays in the school’s Little Theater. Entrance is free, but the school […]
Hillcrest Trio Sets Sights on National History Day Honors
After three years of scoring at the National History Day competition, three Hillcrest High seniors are again working together with the hopes of participating in their fourth and final National History Day contest. Harry Han, Nick Cockrell, and David Skorut took fifth place at the 2014 National History Day competition in the documentary category […]
Hillcrest Honors IB Grads, Invites New Students to Enroll
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” These words from American poet Henry David Thoreau undoubtedly will be heeded by the 110 Hillcrest High students honored at a special International Baccalaureate Diploma and Certificate ceremony Friday, Jan. 2. The ceremony, held at Hillcrest High, featured remarks from Hillcrest Principal […]
Hillcrest High Students Unveil ‘Sacred Images’ Mural
A group of students have found a way to bring the heart of Nine Mile Canyon’s Native American rock art to Hillcrest High without moving a stone. Instead, they used their talents, imaginations and a little bit of paint to create their own images of identity and the power of the past, present and future […]
CSD Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-State Awards
Fourteen Canyons District students have received prestigious Academic All-State Honors in fall sports from the Utah High School Activities Association. The award goes to 10-15 students in each sport who are at the top of their game and the top of their class. The students are: Boys Golf: Jeremy Aguilon, Daniel Fang, and Jacob Ulrich, […]
