Room 24’s very own, Emma Buteau, led a mission of appreciation for our school crossing guards this April. Emma recently learned that California doesn’t have a “Crossing Guard Appreciation Day” and she wants to change that! The third-grader made posters…
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The Sunnyvale School District is so proud to announce our 2021-2022 Employees of the year! Classified Employee of the Year: Sharmila Velmurugan (District Office) Sharmila Velmurugan is the Student Services Technician for the Student Services and Special Education Department. She…
Vargas is deepening its inclusion work by moving beyond Autism Awareness this April to Autism Acceptance. Special Education teacher Alyssa Dew provided presentations to both students and staff that focused on: -getting to know the students at Vargas in their…
Classroom mini-grants were recently awarded to 17 teachers in the Sunnyvale School District by the local chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international organization of women educators. Teachers from preschool through 8th grade were invited to submit applications describing how…
Administrators, staff, teachers, family members, students and community members came together for a day of collaboration at the Sunnyvale School District’s second annual Equity Summit. At the event, participants learned about District practices, values, and programs, and shared their input…
The Santa Clara County Committee on School District Organization approved Sunnyvale School District’s proposal to establish trustee areas within the District on March 14, 2022. Like more than 300 school districts and 100 cities across the state, the Sunnyvale School…
We are very excited to share the opening of our Family Resource Center!!! We had our grand opening on Twos-day, 2/2/22! Our first project is hosting the Community Navigator from Sunnyvale Community Services to start working with our parent volunteers….
When you go on Rotary humanitarian trips, you get to see first-hand the magic of how The Rotary Foundation can impact lives around the world. Rotary Club of Saratoga has helped the communities around the world in the areas of…
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…
I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since we started The District Digest! Our quarterly online newsletter has grown so much since we first conceived the idea following the successful passage of Measure B. Our then Superintendent, Dr. Benjamin Picard,…
The Public Health Enhancement Project (PHEP), a group of mostly former Sunnyvale Middle School students (Elisa Floyd, Rachel Young, and Karen Zhang) who worked on a COVID awareness video series last year, had submitted their project to compete…
Sunnyvale School District had the honor of partnering with the City of Sunnyvale and Sunnyvale Community Services to host Santa Clara County Office of Education’s North County Resource Fair to Sunnyvale! The fair is designed to give under-served youth and…
Congratulations to SSD’s Teacher of the Year, Julio Delgado, for being recognized alongside 16 other Teachers of the Year from throughout the county at the 51st annual Santa Clara County Teacher Recognition celebration held on October 28 at the…
The Sunnyvale School District successfully refinanced a portion of its outstanding general obligation bonds to generate approximately $5.2 million in total savings, announced Dr. Michael Gallagher, Superintendent. Much like refinancing a home mortgage, school districts can revisit previously sold bonds…
We are excited to share that our COVID Vaccine Clinic was a huge success. We had a consistent line of students and families down the street (and at times around the corner) during the entire event. The students were brave and…