The Sunnyvale Education Foundation (SEF) issued $1,000 grants to each of the district’s schools this winter. The funds were raised from donors in the community. SEF invited each of the schools to submit their grant requests, which…
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Sunnyvale School District students will be holding coin drives beginning this week and throughout the holiday season to help raise money to build the city’s first inclusive playground for people with all abilities. The playground will be located at Fair…
The Sunnyvale School District is pleased to announce that San Miguel Elementary School has been recognized by the California School Boards Association with its Golden Bell Award. San Miguel was recognized for the school’s Community School Model, which works to…
A generous Lakewood volunteer has decided to donate laptops to a few select students and families who would benefit most from access to computer technology at home. Six families received a laptop, gift receipt, and took a survey of their needs…
If you ever happen to be walking by San Miguel Elementary before school on a Tuesday or Thursday you will hear the sweet sounds of students practicing their instruments. Trumpets, clarinets, flutes, saxophones, and drums fill the air thanks to…
The Bishop campus is really starting to take shape! The brand new two-story buildings are set on their foundations and are having the plumbing and electrical connected to the campus. These are some of the first two-story Gen7 classrooms in…
As part of national Manufacturing Day (sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce), Northrop Grumman Marine Systems hosted 24 students from Columbia Middle School’s robotics and advanced math programs at its Sunnyvale facility on Oct. 3rd. Students spent the day…
In 2013, the Bay Area Women’s Initiative (BAWSI) joined the Sunnyvale School District supporting our Title 1 schools, serving girls only in 2nd through 5th grade. The Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative (BAWSI, pronounced “bossy”) is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes…
The BAWSI Rollers program provides fun, adaptive physical activities for girls and boys with physical, cognitive and hearing disabilities. Through a fun and active curriculum that includes games such as basketball, soccer, and sharks and minnows, the BAWSI Rollers program helps participants…
In the city of Sunnyvale, we want safe neighborhoods where all of our children have the opportunity to walk or bike safely to school. The Sunnyvale Safe Routes to Schools Collaborative is currently collecting data from each school to produce…
Palo Alto Medical Foundation’s 5210 program is a fitness and nutrition program that encourages our students and their families to aim for 5 fruits and vegetables every day, keep recreational screen time to 2 hours or less every day, include…
Third graders at Ellis were able to experience what it would be like to be on a city council in October. For the second year in a row, the third grade team took their classes to City Hall to wrap…
Sunnyvale Wrestling Club finished its third season of the Sunnyvale Youth Wrestling League on November 4th. This free program for SSD students focuses on physical literacy, technical skill, and character development. Students from six SSD sites participate on teams hosted…
Have you met your school’s NRO? In the city of Sunnyvale, Neighborhood Resource Officers, or NRO’s, serve as liaisons between the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS), our schools, and the community. They focus their efforts on community outreach, crime…
Elementary school Parent-Teacher Conferences are happening in September this year instead of waiting to the end of Trimester 1 in November. By bumping up the conferences, we are hoping to work together with you to set goals for success for…