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Take a look inside Canyon Rim Elementary and learn about our Cougar Family and kindergarten options.
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Canyon Rim is proud to be a 2024-2025 A-Rated by the Arizona Department of Education and an A+ School of Excellence, Arizona Education Foundation.
![Excited Group of Canyon Rim Students in the Gym]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760458761/gilbertschoolsnet/bcocma5gh6f0dz9xhpan/FORMATED-2324_CanyonRim_Campus_Students_Teachers-027.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760458761/gilbertschoolsnet/bcocma5gh6f0dz9xhpan/FORMATED-2324_CanyonRim_Campus_Students_Teachers-027.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760458761/gilbertschoolsnet/bcocma5gh6f0dz9xhpan/FORMATED-2324_CanyonRim_Campus_Students_Teachers-027.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760458761/gilbertschoolsnet/bcocma5gh6f0dz9xhpan/FORMATED-2324_CanyonRim_Campus_Students_Teachers-027.png","width":1200}])
VIK means Very Important Kids. We offer AZCase-accredited and licensed by the Department of Health Services through the State of Arizona Before and After School Programs available to GPS families.
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Canyon Rim offers three different GPS preschool programs located on our campus. Canyon Rim has Advantage Preschool, Building Blocks Preschool, and Kindergarten Prep.
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We offer STUCO Club for 4th-6th Graders, Yearbook Club for 5th & 6th Graders, Running Club for 2nd-6th Graders, Junior Choir for 1st-3rd Graders and Senior Choir for 4th-6th Graders, and an annual Science Fair.
![Canyon Rim Girl student writing with a marker.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1707328177/gilbertschoolsnet/f8jtbo0sanyfjrtnroa2/FORMATED-2324_CanyonRim_Campus_Students_Teachers-147.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1707328177/gilbertschoolsnet/f8jtbo0sanyfjrtnroa2/FORMATED-2324_CanyonRim_Campus_Students_Teachers-147.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1707328177/gilbertschoolsnet/f8jtbo0sanyfjrtnroa2/FORMATED-2324_CanyonRim_Campus_Students_Teachers-147.png","width":800}])
Canyon Rim offers both Traditional and Conventional classrooms from Kindergarten through 6th Grade. In a Traditional classroom desks all face the front of the room, and the Traditional curriculum is delivered primarily through whole-group instruction.
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