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…
Everything was awesome for a brother/sister duo who got to spend the summer as Lego Ambassadors for the new Legoland Discovery Place in Milpitas. Lakewood’s Mikayla Wong and Columbia’s Earnie Wong, are also a part of the inaugural Creative Crew for…
Thanks to the Lakewood Village Neighborhood Association, nearly $500 worth of school supplies are being donated to students at Lakewood and Fairwood Elementary Schools! The donations include: (165) ten pack #2 lead pencils • (246) two pocket folders • (40)…
The Sunnyvale School District test rode one of its new all-electric buses for the first time on a route to Lakewood on Dec. 11! The district acquired four new all-electric buses and one new natural gas school bus in the…
Thanks to the quick actions of Lakewood’s principal, a District Nurse, and the Sunnyvale Host Lions service club, a beloved school volunteer and family member has regained her sight. It was at last year’s fall performance of Aladdin Jr. that…
The City of Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale School District (SSD), and Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD) have approved the design for a new branch library and learning center in the Lakewood neighborhood. The 20,000-square foot facility will be located on approximately…
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…
A new branch library and learning center is coming to the Lakewood neighborhood and will serve as a primary resource for literacy, learning and wellness activities for residents of north Sunnyvale. The 20,000-square foot facility will be located on approximately…
This school year, the Assistance League® of Los Altos provided over $33,000 worth of goods and services to five schools in the Sunnyvale School District. The nonprofit worked with the schools to find out what they needed and provided a…
Ivan was in fifth grade at Lakewood Elementary when he decided that his school really should have a drinking fountain next to the library so that kids could read and get a drink of water without having to walk across…
On Nov. 7, a fire broke out at the Lakehaven Apartments in north Sunnyvale, in the Lakewood Village neighborhood. Although swift action by the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety contained the fire to two units, the entire complex had to be red tagged, leaving 51 residents, including 20 children–many…
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…