School Choice: Apply to Transfer to Top-Ranked Canyons School District, Starting Nov. 15
In Utah, school choice means providing parents with educational options, and the freedom to choose the best options for their child — and a growing number of families are choosing Canyons School District. Under state law, parents can apply to have their students attend a school outside their neighborhood boundaries. The Early Enrollment window for applying for […]
Paging All Thespians: The Curtain is Set to Go Up On Fall High School Musicals
It’ll be “Almost Like Being in Love” when the lights go down and the curtain goes up on “Brigadoon,” one of this year’s lineup of fall high school musical productions. We know our Canyons thespians pull out all the stops when it comes to their theatrical productions and this year they’re treating the community with […]
42 CSD Student Athletes Named to Fall Academic All-State Teams
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Abraham Lincoln Dozens of Canyons School District Seniors are embodying Abraham Lincoln’s idea: proving all students can achieve great success. Forty-Two seniors hailing from all of CSD’s five traditional high schools — Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Hillcrest, and […]
Canyons Tops Niche.com Rankings for Second Consecutive Year
Curious how Canyons School District stacks up against the competition? For the second year running, Canyons ranks No. 1 for Best School Districts in Salt Lake County and the surrounding metropolitan area. That’s according to the 2024 rankings by Niche.com, which compares school districts based on test scores, the quality of colleges students attend, extracurricular activities, […]
Safety Drill of the Month: Bomb Threats and School Evacuations
Bomb threats are something Alta High Principal Ken Rowley is all too familiar with. On the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2023, a former student approached a teacher at Alta, handed her a backpack, and left with little explanation. Unsure of the contents of the backpack, the teacher took it to the school’s Student Resource Officer […]
Utah College Application Week: Ensuring Canyons Students Are College and Career Ready
For 15 years, Canyons has embraced an overarching mission of ensuring that every student is college- and career-ready at the time of high school graduation. But the District doesn’t stop there in preparing students for life after their senior years. All high schools in Canyons — Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Hillcrest, Jordan, and Diamond Ridge […]