Brighton’s Model UN Team in New York for National Contest

The Brighton Bengals are taking a bite out of the Big Apple. Brighton’s Model United Nations Team, long-ranked as one of the best in the country, is in New York this week to compete in the National High School Model UN contest. The team, which began competing on Wednesday night, won the right to vie […]

JHS students start ‘makers’ class with CSD Foundation grant

For a group of students at Jordan High School, a broken drone on a desk is all it takes to cause a buzz of excitement and distraction. Their passion is to make things, like the Jeopardy-style buzzer with LED lights and 99.99 percent accuracy they made for their English teacher and a host of other […]

Lone Peak celebrates Confucius Classroom recurring $10K grant

Students in the Mandarin Chinese-English dual-language immersion program at Lone Peak Elementary will now be studying in a Confucius Classroom, thanks to a grant from the Confucius Institute at the University of Utah. The school received the designation – and a recurring $10,000 grant – at a school-wide ceremony celebrating Chinese New Year last week. […]

PTA Wins Vote To Remain Silver Mesa’s Parent Group

The Board of Education has unanimously ratified the parent vote recognizing the PTA as the official parent organization of Silver Mesa Elementary. The ballots were tallied by Canyons Superintendent Jim Briscoe and his staff on Friday, Jan. 22, in the presence of representatives from the petitioning Parent Teacher Organization and the Silver Mesa PTA. The […]

Cottonwood Heights declares Feb. 9, 2016 Simi Fehoko Day

To some, Feb. 9, 2016 was National Pizza Day. To others, it was Pancake Day – but for Canyons District, Cottonwood Heights and Brighton High School, it was Simi Fehoko day. Cottonwood Heights City Council passed a resolution at a recent meeting in honor of the Bengal’s accomplishments on and off the field. “Not many […]

Give Teachers Some Love! Nominate for Teacher of the Year

It’s time to give our teachers some love!  Send your child’s favorite teacher a well-deserved valentine by nominating him or her to become the 2016 Canyons District Teacher of the Year.  Canyons schools are taking nominations for Teacher of the Year until Friday, Feb. 26. Each year, every Canyons District school recognizes a Teacher of […]

Corner Canyon student scores first 36 on ACT in school’s history

Camden Seeborg was five minutes late to German class at Corner Canyon when he found out that he received a perfect 36 on the ACT. He walked into the room, glancing at his phone as he opened the door, and gasped out loud as he saw his score. Luckily, his teacher forgave him for the […]

Hillcrest Hires Cazzie Brown To Lead Husky Football Team

With the passion of a preacher and the bark of a drill sergeant, it took Cazzie Brown just 45 minutes to build a spirit of pride and determination among the student athletes who seek to wear Husky green underneath the Friday Night Lights this fall and beyond. Brown, the newly appointed football coach at Hillcrest […]

Middle School Dual Immersion Topic of Jan. 20 Meeting

Parents of fifth-graders enrolled in Canyons District’s Dual-Language Immersion Programs have been invited to a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 20 to learn about the transition from elementary school to middle school. At the 6 p.m. event at Mount Jordan Middle, 9351 S. Mountaineer Lane (300 East), the Canyons curriculum team that oversees the dual-language immersion programs […]

HHS Cheers IB Grads, Invites 8th Graders to Join Program

Hillcrest’s alumni International Baccalaureate students laughed and joked with each other Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 as they took a break from college to receive their diplomas and certificates for participating in the prestigious high school program. “The importance of IB wasn’t the score on our tests, it was interacting with my fellow students that made […]