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…
School Programs
This past December, students at Ellis Elementary School participated in the first nationwide Hour of Code, in which students all over the nation learned computer coding. The Hour of Code was held December 9-13 as a part of National Computer…
The fourth and fifth graders of the KLAS after school program at San Miguel Elementary School in Sunnyvale are currently participating in an exciting pilot project titled “Impact of High School Mentoring Program on Nutritional Knowledge and Healthy Habits of…
While Sunnyvale School District students enjoyed a four-day weekend over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, Sunnyvale School District staff and teachers were busy attending training sessions on January 21, 2014. The staff had the opportunity to delve deeper into…
The rate at which technology has blended into every facet of our lives has increased exponentially over the past decade. Our professional and personal lives are increasingly dependent on our understanding of how to use our digital devices effectively and…
Students in Sunnyvale joined millions of their peers across the country to celebrate the sixteenth annual National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America Day on Monday, March 3, 2014. NEA’s Read Across America Day, which celebrates Dr. Seuss’s birthday and…
Silicon Valley Leadership Group partnered with Sunnyvale School District to host the Women & Girls Leadership Summit at Columbia Middle School to provide a morning dedicated to connecting strong female leaders in Silicon Valley with Columbia Middle School girls. This…
College Day is a community-wide effort spearheaded by the volunteer-led First Generation College Attainment Coalition. San Jose State University hosted a College Day Family and Community Conference on October 19, 2013, for all Santa Clara County students, mostly high school…
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…
As our students venture more into the cyberspace, both at home and at school, Sunnyvale School District gets help from McAfee’s employees to share age-appropriate internet safety tips with students across the district. McAfee is an Intel Company whose security…
Wellness is an important part of our work site culture at Sunnyvale School District. As we serve the children in our communities, we also need to ensure we are caring for our own health and well-being. To address this, the…
The Sunnyvale School District is launching a new initiative this year. The District is kicking off the One to One: Technology to Support Learning Initiative that aims to provide access to technology for all students over the next three years,…
For many years now we have been hearing about 21st Century Education and the importance of bringing significant change to student learning. Actually, we have been talking about this for well over 13 years, even before we entered this century….
Sunnyvale School District will be offering a rich array of educational opportunities for Sunnyvale students this summer. The district’s focus on educating its students goes beyond the school year and into the summer months. These programs are made possible through…
“Let’s move, let’s move, let’s move around the room,” was how Ron Boren, keynote speaker at this year’s Children’s Writing Workshop, started the morning with the children and their parents. Led by Mr. Boren, everyone in attendance–students, parents, teacher organizers,…