Sunnyvale School District is proud to announce that San Miguel Elementary is a winner of the 2017 Glenn W. Hoffmann Awards! The Hoffmann Awards are a 33-year tradition celebrating school programs that significantly impact student success in Santa Clara County….
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Kid Boss Town and Happyvale were just some of the creative names for imaginary cities that Cumberland kindergarten students invented after learning directly from Sunnyvale City Planners about how they work to help a city flourish. The school’s youngest students…
In an effort to stop bullying behavior before it reaches adulthood, assault victim and San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow told Sunnyvale and Columbia middle school students about how he recovered from a brutal beating by two men after a…
For many parents, San Miguel Elementary School is not just a place to fill their children’s minds but their stomachs as well. Since 2015, the school has participated in the Weekend School Food Program organized by Sunnyvale Community Services in…
March 2017 Dear Friends, In recent months, the complexity of our democracy has become startlingly obvious. As is our right, Americans are speaking out, expressing conflicting opinions about potential policy changes and their ramifications. I applaud the rising voices; it…
The Spartan multi-use building at Sunnyvale Middle School buzzed with energy on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 with students from every grade level participating in the school’s first mathematics festival in place of their normal math class. Students had 40-minutes to…
To help increase young women’s interest in STEM subjects, the Sunnyvale Public Library decided to bring its Make-HER hands-on STEM learning program for women and girls to Columbia Middle School this fall for a special 5-week after school program. The…
When Olympic Wrestler Jake Herbert told a multi-purpose room filled with San Miguel Elementary students that he was looking to create 50,000 ninjas, the room exploded with excitement. Effortlessly demonstrating front flips and back flips for the students energized…
Construction of Bishop’s new classrooms is in full swing. In order to have as little impact on the students and staff during the regular school year, most of the construction is taking place offsite, just an hour and a half…
On October 14, 2016, students at Columbia Middle School experienced the unique opportunity to learn about 3D printing, laser cutting projects and more thanks to a visit from the Mobile Maker Lab from Santa Clara University. The mobile lab is…
Thanks to Sunnyvale School District’s community partner, Reach Potential Movement, there is now a bookshelf in nearly every home for Bishop kinder families. This is the fourth year that the nonprofit has brought the literacy project to the school. On…
Wide eyes, gaping mouths and audible gasps described the scene at Vargas Elementary when fourth graders were treated to a very special guest teacher in October. Taborri, a red-tailed hawk, was introduced to the students by a team from Wildlife…
On Wednesday, October 19th, Ellis Elementary School students, and staff wore orange to promote Unity Day Against Bullying. Coordinated by Ellis’ Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports (PBIS)/C.A.R.E. Team and sponsored by the PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, Ellis teachers taught…
Cherry Chase’s Walk and Roll Committee teamed up with the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition to have its first in-school Bike Rodeo event for all fifth graders on October 6 during International Walk and Bike to School Week. The one-hour workshop…
Like little shopkeepers ready to sell their wares, third-grade students from Fairwood Explorer Elementary eagerly set up stands outside and inside Book-a-Saurus on Murphy Avenue Nov. 2 in a unique opportunity to present their toy and literature projects to the…