CSD’S Annual Book Blitz Contest Draws 400 Student Contestants

Reading is the most important academic skill a student can acquire. If students can read, they can learn anything. But just like anything else, if you want to be good at reading, you have to spend time doing it — and how better to practice and test your reading skills than with your friends?

Retirement Open Houses Join Us in Feting CSD’s Fantastic Retirees

After working in construction and security for the past 54 years, Mark Forman decided to follow the advice he received as a teenager after asking some farmers he knew how they lived so well for so long. “You’ve got to learn to age gracefully,” Forman recalled being advised. “You’ve got to be able to learn […]

Rise and Shine: It’s Testing Season in Utah Schools

Soon students throughout Utah will begin taking RISE and Aspire Plus, those end-of-year exams that show how much students have learned over the course of the year. Why do schools test? What do the results mean, and why should students and parents care? Tests are a sign of what’s working in the classroom and what […]

What’s Cooking With Kindergarten? CSD Adopts Free Full-Day Kindergarten Districtwide

Psst! Have you heard what’s cooking with kindergarten? Canyons District is excited to announce that we are offering free full-day kindergarten at each of our 28 elementary schools. This programmatic shift and expansion is made possible with funding approved by the Utah Legislature. Participation in the full-day kindergarten schedule is not required. Parents who would […]

ACT Makeup Testing

Thank you everyone who made Online ACT a success.   Please be aware that Grade 11 ACT makeup testing is March 14, 15 and 16. Parents and students must check in with your school to learn the exact date and time of makeup testing.

Brighton Principal Named CSD’s New Director of High Schools

Tom Sherwood’s good natured yet direct leadership style seems to come straight from the motto of Brighton High: “We choose to be better today than we were yesterday.” Sherwood, currently principal of the Cottonwood Heights-based school, will put his leadership skills and talents to good use as the new Director of Canyons District High Schools. The […]