Three of the eight elementary schools in the Sunnyvale School District were selected for the state’s 2023 Distinguished Schools Program. The California Department of Education bestowed the distinction on Cherry Chase, Cumberland, and Fairwood elementary schools. The Sunnyvale campuses were…
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Bishop Bobcats and Cumberland Cougars each organized student-led efforts to send support to those affected by the war in Ukraine. Bishop 5th grade class advocates for schoolwide fundraiser using newly acquired persuasive writing skills As a Leader in Me School,…
Acknowledge Alliance recognized San Miguel’s Debbie Wiseth with its Teacher of the Year Award and the Front Office Staff of all 10 SSD schools with its School Community Heroes Award at its 15th annual Forget-me-Not Celebration on May 12. Our Forget-Me-Not…
Six Sunnyvale School District elementary students competed on April 29 in Sodexo’s Future Chefs Challenge. The national initiative aims to get students thinking about making healthy food choices while encouraging them to get active and creative in the kitchen! Sunnyvale…
A team of Cumberland Elementary 5th graders made it to the 2022 VEX Robotics World Championships this Spring and walked away with the Create Award! The VEX Robotics competition is put on by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation, which…
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…
These are the finished products from Gretchen Gabriel’s fifth-grade class’s FAME presentation on Feb. 10 featuring the art of Georgia O’Keeffe. The students used watercolors, tissue paper, construction paper, and oil pastels modeled after the famous red poppies of O’Keeffe….
The 2021-2022 school year brings many familiar SSD faces into new administrator roles. This year we welcome Carly Sturm as Lakewood Tech EQ’s new principal. Carly is an accomplished educator with 18 years of experience. She joined the Sunnyvale…
Six Sunnyvale School District elementary students competed virtually on March 27th in Sodexo’s Future Chefs Challenge. The national initiative aims to get students thinking about making healthy food choices while encouraging them to get active and creative in the kitchen!…
Breakfast and lunch meal bundles are available for curbside pickup for SSD students at all 10 of our school sites. Free and reduced lunch applications may be filled out online, or picked up at the school sites. Meal service will…
We are working on the reopening plans for the 2020-2021 school year, and as plans develop, we will engage community stakeholders to review and provide feedback. Our Reopening Leadership Team of district administrators will continue to meet weekly. They are…
District and school leaders and school programs have been receiving local and state recognition these past few months and we want to celebrate them all! Columbia Middle’s Mary Grace Votran named Outstanding Educator at Murphy Awards Administrators and board members…
Sunnyvale School District is pleased to announce the appointment of several new principals and assistant principals for the coming school year. Shamar Edwards is the new principal at Sunnyvale Middle School. Ms. Edwards is a native of…
In April, the Sunnyvale Education Association (SEA), SSD’s teachers’ union, presented several SEA members with awards. It was the annual WHO awards (We Honor Ours). This award recognizes members who have worked hard in their local chapters as well as…
Can you build a hand? Cumberland 4th graders wondered that exact question after reading a Scholastic News article about Jordan Reeves, a girl born with limb differences who designed her own 3D printed prosthetic that shoots glitter. Afterward, their collective…