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Schools flip-flop learning methods to keep providing instruction to students

Jan 05, 2021 10:54AM ● By Julie Slama

Flip-flop doesn’t only refer to summer footwear, but also schools transitioning from in-person to remote learning and back, as many secondary schools throughout the Salt Lake Valley provide instruction to students during COVID-19 while families, administrators and teachers try to make the best of a tough situation.

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Middle-schoolers debate in-person, adhering to safety precautions

Dec 14, 2020 11:23AM ● By Julie Slama

Safety precautions addressed, middle school debate in Canyons School District continues to give students motivation, real-life skills and a sense of connectedness and normalcy.

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Hope Challenge inspires APA students to perform kind acts

Dec 10, 2020 09:19AM ● By Julie Slama

A coin is shared every time someone performs a kind act and students are learning the value of that act.

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‘The show must go on’—Does it? How? To what extent?

Nov 30, 2020 02:59PM ● By Julie Slama

As high schools reopen after closing for COVID-19 outbreaks, it puts theatre teachers in a quandary of what to do with fall lineups.

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Kids make history with COVID Memory Project

Nov 24, 2020 09:35AM ● By Jet Burnham

What was daily life like for kids living through the last global pandemic? We don’t really know.

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Canyons District to go 1:1 on devices to secondary students, extends service of existing computers

Nov 17, 2020 11:37AM ● By Julie Slama

“We keep computers in the district as long as possible, but at some point, they are wiped clean and go to the state surplus or the public auction.” — Tom Sherwood, Brighton High principal

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Canyons partnership with Comcast allows students new way to connect, bridge digital divide

Nov 09, 2020 01:56PM ● By Julie Slama

Canyons School District is finding new ways to bridge technology divide as it rolls out a partnership for a faster-speed internet service for those without any.

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APA Constitution Day program livestreamed, Veterans Day to be virtual as well

Nov 05, 2020 11:28AM ● By Julie Slama

A new way to read the Constitution, honor veterans – virtually.

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Corner Canyon celebrates classmate with special needs as homecoming queen

Oct 26, 2020 03:02PM ● By Julie Slama

“Calli’s special needs is a part of her, but it doesn’t define her. When you know her, you can’t help but love her. And to see her on homecoming night, jumping all around, you can just tell she was smiling behind her mask.” — CCHS studentbody officer Megan Petty.

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Connect Canyons podcast designed to communicate more with school district community

Oct 26, 2020 02:46PM ● By Julie Slama

Canyons School District’s new podcast: “It’s more intimate, listening to the human voice, and people are able to listen on their own time, whether it’s in a car or mowing the lawn, to a story that can go in greater depth.” – Kirsten Stewart, district spokeswoman

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