Middle Schools This year middle schools are very busy planning changes to our grading system that will go into effect beginning August, 2013. Beginning next school year, 7th and 8th grades will be moving to standards-based grading. After years of…
School Programs
Ever wonder what the teachers do on Staff Development Days when your children stay home? Sunnyvale School District is fortunate to not only avoid furlough days, but to offer extensive professional development opportunities to all of its teachers and staff….
Bullying is the most common kind of violence in schools today and it impacts the entire community. The Sunnyvale School District, in partnership with Project Cornerstone, is committed to helping our students feel valued and respected so they can grow…
Sunnyvale School District is committed to helping children thrive not just academically, but also emotionally. We have partnered with Project Cornerstone to help give our children a foundation of “developmental assets” which are the positive values, relationships and experiences they…
Over 700 Sunnyvale students enjoyed a rich and vibrant learning opportunity this summer through the district’s partnership with the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP). In the elementary summer program for incoming first through fifth grade students, the instructional focus was…
The Santa Clara County Reading Council partnered with the Sunnyvale School District to host an amazing event in March 2012. The Children’s Writing Workshop was dedicated to celebrating children who love to write and children who want to become better…
What is JBK? Well, the secret’s out! JBK stands for “Just Be Kind,” and it is part of Sunnyvale Middle School’s efforts to create a more caring and positive climate on campus and off. JBK was conceived as a “stealth”…
Parents in the Sunnyvale School District were invited to a parent workshop on building developmental assets on January 30, 2012. The speaker, Clay Roberts, presented to district staff and teachers earlier that day as part of Staff Development Day training….
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…
How do you picture recess at your neighborhood school? Kids playing chase, hopscotch, or climbing on play structures? You might see all of these at Vargas School in Sunnyvale, but you will also see kids walking or running around the…
With Spring sports season in full swing, it’s a great time to learn more about how to keep your child safe and healthy when participating in P.E. and extracurricular sports programs. SMS PTSA will present a parent education program, “Exercise,…
On January 25, 2012 students and parents will have an opportunity to learn, hands on, the process of imagining, planning and creating a book via a 90-minute workshop conducted by authors Hans and Jennifer Hartvickson, creators of “Mister Lemur’s Train…
Sunnyvale School District elementary and middle schools participated in the Nationwide “Walk and Bike to School” day on October 5, 2011, with Walk and Roll to School assemblies at various schools. Traffic Safe Communities Network (TSCN) in Santa Clara County…
Sunnyvale School District provides arts education in all eight elementary schools by contracting with Starting Arts, an organization that recruits and trains artists to teach in classrooms. Each class receives six 30-minute sessions of instruction from Starting Arts artists, who…
YOU can positively influence the lives of the children in our community. Research proves that possessing key traits, many of which are environmental, will help children thrive. These traits, coined by the Search Institute of Minneapolis as “Developmental Assets”, are…