Parents, Students Invited to Secondary DLI Informational Meeting
Parents of fifth-graders enrolled in Canyons District’s Dual-Language Immersion Programs have been invited to a meeting on Monday, Oct. 30 to learn about DLI instruction in middle schools. The 6 p.m. event will be in the Professional Development Center of the Canyons Administration Building-East, 9361 S. 300 East. Canyons curriculum specialists who oversee the District’s […]
Honors Earned at Middle School Intramurals Cross Country Race
The Draper Park Vikings raided the trophy table at the Canyons District Middle School Intramurals Cross Country Championship Race. The school dominated the ninth-annual event, held Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, at Union Middle. First-place overall trophies were awarded to both of the Draper Park Middle boys and girls teams. Students from the Draper-area school took […]
Board Meeting Summary, Oct. 17, 2017
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Bond Proposal The District held the statutorily required reading of previously submitted arguments for and against the proposed $283 million tax-rate-neutral bond measure that will be on the Nov. 7 ballot. The pro/con arguments also can be found […]
CSD Board Empanels Advisory Council to Gather Student Input
The student voice can be heard loud and clear in the Canyons District. To the end of creating a direct avenue for student input, the Canyons Board of Education has empaneled a Student Advisory Council made up of representatives from all five of Canyons’ traditional high schools. This is the fifth year a council of […]
Board Meeting Summary, Oct. 3, 2017
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Alta High’s Step2theU Program Last summer, Alta High enrolled its first cohort of juniors in Step2theU, a program that allows students to earn two years of college credit at the University of Utah while still in high school. […]
CSD High School Students Look Forward To Voting for First Time
It’s officially fall in Canyons District that special time of year when the leaves start to change, the sun sinks out of the sky earlier each day, and the unmistakable sight of campaign signs dot the valley. As Tuesday, Sept 26 marks National Voter Registration Day, the advent of fall means something new for […]
School grades: state testing and accountability, PACE reports
Seventy-eight percent of Canyons District’s elementary and middle schools received an A or B this year under Utah’s school grading system an increase of five percentage points over 2016. Conversely, the number of CSD’s elementary and middle schools to earn C’s and D’s fell by six percentage points, according to data released Monday, Sept. […]
Board Meeting Summary, Sept. 19, 2017
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Public Hearing for Bond Proposal The Board of Education held a public hearing on the $283 million tax-rate-neutral bond proposal. If the majority of residents vote Nov. 7 in favor of the proposal, the District will rebuild Hillcrest […]
CSD Mourns the Death of Hillcrest Football Coach
Canyons District mourns the death of Cazzie Brown, the head football coach at Hillcrest High. The school community and its supporters have been encouraged to wear green today in a show of solidary and support for Coach Brown’s loved ones. The school issued the following message to parents and students early this morning: The administration, […]
Board Meeting Summary, Aug. 22, 2017
Board Meeting Summary, Aug. 22, 2017 Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items.Bond Proposal The Canyons Board of Education voted to seek resident approval of a $283 million, tax-rate-neutral bond on the Nov. 7 ballot. The Board also established a list of projects […]