The Sunnyvale School District held a Stakeholders’ Lyceum on October 27, 2011 to assess the current conditions of our district and develop a vision to carry us through 2020. Participants included stakeholder representatives of district administrators and management, board members,…
2011 December
The Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) recognizes schools throughout the county for measurable success in closing the achievement gap between lower and higher performing students. “SJ2020” is the collaborative vision of the City of San Jose, the Santa…
Modeled after their Eagles Excellence program, Ellis School launched Ellis Compassion Project this year. Spearheaded by Kim Moya, a therapeutic special day class aide and “Compassion Coordinator”, and supported by Ellis Principal, Pepper Butler, the Ellis Compassion Project is a…
The other day while attending a Sunnyvale Challenge Team meeting I was struck by a wonderful realization. In attendance were representatives from thirteen different organizations gathered together for the purpose of supporting the youth of the Sunnyvale community. These organizations…
This fall, the Parent-Teacher-Student Association (PTSA) at Sunnyvale Middle School (SMS) presented an encore version of its well-received “Successful Strategies for Middle School” program, originally piloted in March 2011. Successful Strategies for Middle School is a free, three-part education series…
San Miguel Elementary School collaborated with Reach Potential Movement (RPM) on an ambitious project: providing a bookshelf for every one of their kindergarten families. Reach Potential Movement is a local non-profit whose mission is to help under-resourced children reach their…
This fall, Sunnyvale School District took the concept of Professional Learning Communities (PLC) to a higher level: the first collaborative session across the district’s two middle schools, Columbia (CMS) and Sunnyvale (SMS). On Wednesday, October 12, 2011, teachers from both…
Sunnyvale School District Has Been Working On Conservation for Years On October 20, 2011, the Board of Education for the Sunnyvale School District was given an award acknowledging our years of dedicated effort in the realm of energy conservation. The…
On January 25, 2012 students and parents will have an opportunity to learn, hands on, the process of imagining, planning and creating a book via a 90-minute workshop conducted by authors Hans and Jennifer Hartvickson, creators of “Mister Lemur’s Train…
Sunnyvale School District elementary and middle schools participated in the Nationwide “Walk and Bike to School” day on October 5, 2011, with Walk and Roll to School assemblies at various schools. Traffic Safe Communities Network (TSCN) in Santa Clara County…
Sunnyvale School District provides arts education in all eight elementary schools by contracting with Starting Arts, an organization that recruits and trains artists to teach in classrooms. Each class receives six 30-minute sessions of instruction from Starting Arts artists, who…
Sunnyvale School District’s Child Nutrition consultant, Gail Burke, shares creative holiday celebration ideas that are healthy and fun. Halloween parties do not have to be sugar-fests and Thanksgiving feasts do not have to be overly fattening. You can even help…