Here’s Why CSD Schools Teach Information Literacy

Being a good citizen means being an informed citizen. Nothing short of a healthy democracy depends on it, says Canyons District’s Library and Media Specialist Gretchen Zaitzeff, who in 2022 helped bring into being an “information investigators” program that is empowering students to become just that. The program, launched with a state grant and additional […]

Here’s How CSD Teachers Can Get Money to Transform Their Classrooms

Teachers are constantly generating ideas for improving instruction. They are the secret sauce for innovation, a wellspring of ideas for advancing education, which is why the Canyons Education Foundation each year offers grants to help teachers bring their big ideas to fruition. Applications are open now for the Foundation’s competitive Innovation grants, which recognize and […]

Priming the Teacher Pipeline: Canyons Launches Employee Giving Campaign, Scholarship Program for Aspiring Educators

Here’s a little secret about the teacher shortage. To recruit top teachers, you need to invest in them. With support from the community, Canyons District has led the state in growing teacher salaries. Now, the District is taking the added step of investing in its non-teaching staff who aspire to become teachers with a college […]

The Great Library Update: Canyons to Refresh School Library Collections

Can an investment in school libraries pay dividends in student achievement? The answer to that question, according to Canyons District library specialist Gretchen Zaitzeff, is an emphatic, yes. With funding approved by the Canyons Board of Education, Zaitzeff and her team of librarians are spending much of their summer refreshing the library collections at each […]

Eastmont Middle English Teacher-Turned-Author Lands Dream Book Deal

In the near future, Eastmont Middle teacher Marc Gregson will be in a unique position. His English Language Arts students could do book reports on novels written by him. The first book of Gregson’s upcoming “Above the Black” trilogy is set to be published in January 2024, with the next two books of the young-adult […]

Trojan Math Teacher Extraordinaire Named CSD’s 2023 Teacher of the Year

Previous Next Maxwell Eddington learned an invaluable lesson from a dear relative earlier in life that continues to impact him and those whose lives he positively influences as an eighth-grade mathematics teacher at Midvale Middle School. “My great-grandma used to say, ‘Love is the answer — and now what was the question?’” Eddington recalled. “That’s […]