Everyday our students are assisted during their lunchtime by Noon Aides, caring adults who take two hours out of their day to help our students. Recently, Noon Aides from each of the Sunnyvale School District sites gathered together for a…
Lakewood School
The results are in: After a year-long, independent evaluation of Reading Partners efficacy, a new report shows the impact that the robust literacy program has on improving the reading skills of elementary school students. Reading Partners is a one-on-one tutoring…
Leveraging Innovation by Growing and Honoring Teachers (LIGHT) Awards is a program of the Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation, a private foundation that seeks to improve the United States educational system in order to provide opportunities for all students to be productive…
The Dairy Council of California actually brings cows to schools in their Mobile Dairy Classroom program! Not only is this program free, it provides a host of grade level learning tools, literature, coloring pages…you name it. Many teachers obtain grade…
Farm fresh food has made a comeback in our schools – over half of California’s 1000 school districts are engaged in “Farm to School” activities, according to the USDA’s new Farm to School Census. The Community Alliance with Family Farmers…
BAWSI stands for Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative. The program is offered at Lakewood at no cost to the school or the district. BAWSI (pronounced “bossy”) is a nonprofit organization that creates programs through which women athletes bring health, hope…
Lakewood Elementary School is off to an impressive start having launched the Project Cornerstone program this January. For details on Project Cornerstone, please see: http://sesd-district-digest.org/giving-our-children-the-tools-they-need-to-thrive/ The all-around program at Lakewood includes parent volunteers who read to students in all classes…