The 2022-2023 school year brings a new principal and new assistant principals to SMS, Lakewood, and Ellis! This year we welcome Vince Iwasaki as the new Principal of Sunnyvale Middle School. He joins the District as an…
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…
We are pleased to announce that Stephanie Fischer has accepted the position as the next Principal of Ellis Elementary School. Stephanie was selected after a comprehensive search and interview process that included a staff and community survey, a school community…
Our own Ellis Elementary School has been recognized by the California School Boards Association (CSBA) for its outstanding work in helping students develop their reading and writing skills. The school received the CSBA’s 2021 Golden Bell Award for practices that…
In third grade, we study local government and we usually get to visit city hall. Because of the pandemic, we invited Councilmember Alysa Cisneros to visit the third-grade classes virtually to ask her about being a councilmember. It was a…
The Ellis Elementary School Modernization Project is underway! We successfully welcomed staff, students, and their parents back on campus for the first day of school all while having ongoing construction onsite! Doing so required a very busy summer and the…
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!…
Sunnyvale School District has begun a district-wide Facilities Master Plan process to identify opportunities to improve and reimagine our school buildings, campuses, and classrooms. The district contracted with LPA, Inc. in June 2020 to guide the Master Planning process. Components…
Congratulations to Ellis Elementary School for winning a 2021 Hoffmann Award for their Units of Study in Reading, Writing, and Phonics program! Units of Study is a framework for teaching developed at Columbia University’s Teachers College that is rigorous, engaging,…
The whole new Cherry Chase Kindergarten Classroom Wing is almost complete! Kindergartners will have lots to look forward to when we are able to return to in-person instruction. The project entailed the removal of the four portable classrooms and associated…
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…
Sunnyvale School District Student Leadership teams have been busy across the district! Ellis Elementary and their Student Leadership team are on a roll with giving back to our community! In January, Student Leadership led Ellis in participating in Pennies for…
Sixteen families at Ellis Elementary School in Sunnyvale have been gifted Chrome laptops to take home after participating in a free 6-week digital literacy course. The course was made possible because of a $313,000 grant from the California Public Utilities Commission…