Students and staff at Lakewood Elementary School are helping to reduce waste heading to the landfill, one lunch period at a time. With the guidance of the City of Sunnyvale Environmental Services Department and Leadership Sunnyvale, Lakewood Elementary School implemented…
School Programs
Sunnyvale School District is pleased to announce another year of its Stanford Summer Explorations program for students in current grades kindergarten through seventh. The elementary program will be held at Ellis Elementary School and the middle school program will be at Columbia Middle…
As part of the fifth national Manufacturing Day, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Northrop Grumman Marine Systems hosted 18 students from Columbia Middle School’s robotics program at its Sunnyvale facility on Sept. 29. It was the first time…
Sunnyvale Middle School has been an active participant in a cultural exchange program through Sunnyvale Sister City Association. Six students from Sunnyvale Middle School went to Iizuka, Japan, June 18-24, along with one student from Fremont High School and one from…
More than 700 students attended the Stanford Summer Explorations program, which ran from June 29 – July 24 at Bishop Elementary School for incoming 1st-5th graders and at Columbia Middle School (CMS) for incoming 6th-8th graders. Summer Explorations is a free, four week program,…
Robyn Cherry, math and science teacher at Columbia Middle School, received the Outstanding Educator Award by Acknowledge Alliance on May 7, 2015. Jean Hamilton, LMFT, Resilience Consultant with Acknowledge Alliance at Columbia Middle School, wrote the insert in the program…
This summer is another exciting year of our Stanford Summer Explorations program in the Sunnyvale School District. Students in rising grades 1 through 8 who join the program are provided academic enrichment in a unique partnership with Stanford University. Students…
Vargas Elementary School’s Student Success through Science is the latest Program of Choice to be offered by the Sunnyvale School District. Vargas Elementary students enjoy a rich, well-rounded curriculum of language arts, mathematics, social studies and the arts, viewed through…
Come get information on Sunnyvale School District’s Fairwood Explorer Program. This parent-participation program began as a pilot program in 2010-11 and just admitted its first full class of Explorer students this fall. Fairwood Explorer is a K-5 program providing hands-on…
The Sunnyvale School District school sites have created wonderful partnerships with top businesses within the Silicon Valley throughout the years. The community partnerships have funded programs, special projects, and/or equipment for students within the District. Recently, one of our community…
Many organizations come together every year to celebrate Disability Awareness Day to empower children, families, and educators. On October 16, the Sunnyvale School District celebrated its 1st Annual Disability Awareness Day held on the Vargas Elementary School campus. This was…
The Sunnyvale Sister City Association has its roots in the breathtaking impression its founder and president, Mark Kato, had of the United States in the late 1970’s, on his very first trip to the U.S. from Japan. About 35 years…
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…
This academic year made a meaningful impact on over forty 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Bishop Elementary School students who participated in an after school Musical Theatre program. Students met twice a week with Starting Arts Director Ms. Clara, practicing…
How do we get young students more interested in math and science? This question was posed to Pascal Lee, Planetary Scientist of the SETI Institute, when he took on his role as Chairman of the Mars Institute. His response was…