Awards Keep Rolling in for Bengal Football Star Simi Fehoko
The awards keep rolling in for Brighton High football star Simi Fehoko. Just this week, Fehoko, the 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior wide receiver who hauled in 59 receptions for 1,495 yards and 16 touchdowns this past season, has been announced as the Gatorade Utah Player of the Year and one of six finalists for the 2016 U.S. Army […]
Bengal Receives Official Invite to Army All-American Bowl
Brighton High football standout and state record-holder Simi Fehoko on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 received his jersey and an official invitation to play in the Jan. 9, 2016 U.S. Army All-American Bowl the most prestitious prep football game in the country. Only the country’s best 90 players are chosen to play in the bowl, […]
Fehoko to Receive Army All-American Bowl Invite, Jersey
Uncle Sam wants Simi to play football. Simi Fehoko, the standout football player at Brighton High, on Tuesday, Nov. 24 will receive his official invitation to play in the 2016 U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Jan. 9 in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Representatives from the U.S. Army will be at a 9:15 […]
Curtains Ready to Rise on CSD High School Musicals
Places, people, places: It’s showtime. Â Curtains are almost ready to go up on the annual fall musicals produced by Canyons’ five traditional high schools. Be sure to get your tickets early because many of the shows sell-out well in advance. All shows will be performed in their schools’ auditoriums. Brighton “Seussical: The Musical,” Nov. […]
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 […]
Deadline Nears to Apply for Grants from CSD Foundation
Libby McShinsky is seeing double in her classroom at Alta View Elementary. McShinsky used iPads that were purchased with a 2014 Teacher Innovation Grant from the Canyons Education Foundation to help students learn about exponents and the results were effective in multiple ways. “I was teaching them about exponents, and I had this idea […]
Sold-out CSD Golf Tourney Raises Cash for Innovation Grants
Sold out! All 33 foursomes in the Canyons Education Foundation’s sixth-annual golf tournament have been filled with golfers excited to hit the links for a good cause.  Scott Harper, the Foundation’s Development Officer, said that all proceeds from the Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 event will go straight back to Canyons District students and teachers. The tourney, […]
Twelve CSD Students Are National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists
The sky is the limit for the Canyons District high school students who are rocketing toward their scholastic goals. Twelve CSD students have been named as semi-finalists in the 2015-2016 National Merit Scholar competition. The semi-finalists from Canyons in this year’s scholarship competition are: From Brighton: Pyper Atkins From Corner Canyon: Mitchell Hilbig, Jacob Perry, […]
Former Colorado Rockie Pitcher Picked to Lead Alta Sluggers
A former player for the Colorado Rockies baseball organization is sliding into the head baseball coach position at Alta High. Jentry Beckstead, a 1998 Alta graduate who has been an assistant coach for the Hawks, recently accepted the top job. Although the season doesn’t start until spring, Beckstead already is mulling his goals for the program […]
CSD Middle Schools Hold Successful 6th Grade Orientations
Teachers cheered, principals gave high-fives, and friendly eighth-graders gave fist-bumps to sixth-grade students in Canyons District who arrived at their schools early Tuesday, Aug. 18 for Canyons District’s seventh-annual orientation day for secondary-school first-timers. Canyons District principals plan the day each year to help ease the jitters for the students who are attending middle school […]