Middle School 7th/8th grade boys soccer team earned the title of champions of the Valley Athletic League, the first time in nine years that the team has won the championships. The Bulldogs were undefeated in the playoffs, downing the Hyde…
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Oh là là! If you happen to be scrolling through French public television anytime soon, you may be surprised to come across a story featuring one of our very own CMS Bulldogs, Isabel Perez Dueñas. Isabel is a bright, bubbly…
San Miguel kids from preschool on up have been a little bit warmer this winter, thanks to gifts of nearly 450 new coats from Operation Warm. On January 20, San Miguel elementary students attended an event in the multi-purpose room…
Ellis students and staff returned from the Winter Break to an extra exciting welcome back by moving into their brand new 2-story building. 22 1st-5th grade classrooms, plus several other programs occupy these buildings. All classrooms include new technology and…
Sunnyvale School District has been awarded a grant through Silicon Valley Clean Energy that is designed to help fund projects centered around transitioning older gas-fed furnaces to electric. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system at Vargas Elementary School…
Second and third-grade Bishop Bobcats got an all-day Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival in January. The nonprofit’s mission is to inspire joy with math. Students were able to explore five play-based math activities during the festival: Apple Picking – https://jrmf.org/puzzle/apple-picking/ Domino Dissection…
Sunnyvale School District is part of an amazing community that has continually supported our district through the successful passing of local bond measures. Currently, we are utilizing funds from the Measure GG Bond to complete an entire campus modernization at…
Sunnyvale School District joined the City of Sunnyvale’s Solidarity Vigil Against Hate along with other community organizations, leaders, and residents to show Sunnyvale’s commitment to unity on Nov. 15th. The City of Sunnyvale stated that “Sunnyvale stands in solidarity with…
Congratulations to Lindsay Choi of Columbia Middle School (CMS) for being recognized as this year’s Educator of the Year at recent city and county events! Ms. Choi is a seventh-grade science teacher and eighth-grade AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) advisor…
A new school garden at Bishop is providing students with the opportunity to go on “garden trips” once a month thanks to parent volunteers. Bishop’s three second-grade classes have been the first groups to go into the garden and help…
Our bi-annual mailer to the community, The District Bridge, has won a 2022 Publications Award of Excellence from the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA). “Engaging with our families and the broader community is an important District value,” said District…
Columbia student leadership and staff have been coordinating lunchtime activities to foster community. On Friday, November 18th, the staff took on the eighth-graders in a volleyball game for the second time this year. Students are undefeated! “It was a great…
We want to congratulate Jen Maylard for being the first classified employee to pursue a career as a teacher and be reimbursed by the SSD Pathways to Teaching program. “What I would like to personally say is that working with her side-by-side has been an…
Three authors visited all 10 Sunnyvale School District Schools for SSD’s first districtwide Author Week held October 3-7. The authors included: Matt de la Peña, the first Hispanic winner of the 2016 Newbery Medal for his picture book Last Stop on…
Cherry Chase Elementary takes pride in promoting leadership skills, community service, volunteerism, and advocacy to our students and former students. One way we accomplish this is by soliciting “Wednesday Helpers”. Wednesday Helpers are middle school students who typically have attended…