Hillcrest High School

Are you Bilingual? Apply Now for a Special Seal on your Transcripts

Post published:November 19, 2019
Post category:Announcements

Calling all bilingual 11th and 12th grade students: If you’re fluent in two or more languages, you can apply to have an official Seal of Biliteracy added to your high school transcripts.

The Seal of Biliteracy is placed on a high school graduate’s transcript by the state of Utah to certify for employers and universities that the student has demonstrated proficiency in English and at least one world language. It is evidence of a student’s readiness for a career, college and for engagement as a global citizen.

Last year, 102 Canyons District graduates received Seals of Biliteracy on their diplomas. Currently enrolled high school juniors and seniors are eligible to apply for the seal starting Monday, Dec. 2. The application window closes on Jan. 24, 2020.

Web Accessibility

Post published:August 23, 2019
Post category:Announcements

Why it Matters

As a public agency and educational organization, Canyons School District is committed to making its websites accessible to all students, parents, patrons and employees. This means making information available in multiple languages and following accessibility standards toward complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

What is Web Accessibility?

Web accessibility refers to the design and publishing practices we use to remove barriers that may prevent people who have disabilities from interacting with our webpages. Our District and school sites are designed with accessibility in mind. The blogs and headers, for example, were designed to be clean and clutter-free while providing a good contrast between the text and the background. All our web properties work on mobile devices and multiple browsers. They also are organized to meet the user’s needs, or to be easy to navigate and consistent in how they function.

But there are additional steps that web managers can take when publishing blog posts, adding hyperlinks and embedding images.

Managing Your Website

Post published:August 22, 2019
Post category:Announcements

“A website has three components: design, structure and content. But no-one visits a website for its design or structure, only for its content. Good design and good structure support content, but the content itself must be valuable.”

Why Websites Matter

In today’s era of school choice, the K12 profession has become a crowded field with public schools striving to differentiate themseves from private institutions, charter schools, and magnet programs. Not only are school districts competing for students, they’re competing to recruit and retain the best teachers—which is why they must market themselves in much the same way that most businesses do. Now, more than ever, schools must communicate effectively about their achievements, programs, student services, and extracurricular activities. Canyons District’s family of more than 60 websites are a living record of the District and its schools, and the anchor bbehind our brand and its communications efforts.

Your website is the main way that people interact with you most of the time. For many people, your website is your school.
Many people visit your website before they visit your campus or office, or before they email or phone you. First impressions count.
Remember, it’s not about you. Your website does not exist for you to tell people things; it exists for people to find out things about you.