Dear Friends, I am delighted to welcome you back to school! Our district team has been hard at work preparing for the new year. Our action plan is the sum of all we have learned in recent years about bolstering…
We are thrilled to welcome you to the new year in Sunnyvale’s public schools! Our promise is every student is known by name, strength, and need, ready to excel in high school and to lead a life of joy and…
Lakewood School finds its strength in community. Families show up for their children, joining school events and convenings, and celebrating student accomplishments together. So, when the Lakewood faculty wanted to explore how they could better position students for learning success,…
On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, all of the voters in the Sunnyvale School District will be asked to renew the District’s $59 per year parcel tax. First approved in 2011, the measure will continue to provide the School District with…
Last month, shortly before the school year started, SSD welcomed people to the newly renovated and modernized Ellis Elementary School campus. Teachers, students, families, administrators, and elected officials joined District staff in a ribbon cutting and celebration of a job…
In May 2024 the Sunnyvale School District Board of Education approved the District’s 2024-2030 Strategic Plan, capping off a six-month planning process that involved more than 400 participants, including family members and members of the broader community. Each quarter we…
The Sunnyvale School District (SSD) is excited to announce the launch of a new English as a Second Language (ESL) class for adults. This initiative comes in response to a growing need within our community, as 245 new students joined…
The Sunnyvale School District’s summer school program was a resounding success, with more than 540 students taking part in this enriching experience. Our dedicated staff began planning for the program as early as December, ensuring that it offered a robust…
The SSD community has been working hard to improve student attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism, and your efforts are paying off — last year, over 100 more students experienced the positive impact of consistent classroom attendance than in the 2022-23…
The Board of Education is the elected governing body of the Sunnyvale School District. Each of the five board members is elected by their respective trustee area to a four-year term. The Board of Education encourages community members to express…
Following are highlights of actions taken by the Sunnyvale School District Board at the June and August 2024 meetings. (No Board meetings were held in July). June 20 Regular Board Meeting Public Hearing: Proposed Education Parcel Tax on November 5,…
At Columbia Middle School’s Career Fair in early May, current and future students in CMS’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program learned about a range of careers from nursing, to social work, to law. In the weeks leading up to…
Nearly 70 Sunnyvale Middle School students performed in the Music in the Parks Festival in early May. All three SMS groups: sixth-grade band, sixth-grade choir, and sixth-grade orchestra students earned first place and were rated “excellent” or “superior” in their…
Sunnyvale Middle School Advancement VIA Individual Determination (AVID) students volunteered at the Kiwanis Special Games for the 15th year this spring. Kiwanis Special Games is an annual event that provides a fun and competitive day of activities for kids in…
Students in Heather Carter and Faith Manundo’s second-grade classes at Cherry Chase Elementary are expanding their idea of literacy to include computer programming and stop motion. With the help of Anu Agarwal, a parent volunteer, the class created projects using…