When Sunnyvale Middle School P.E. teacher, Sherry Lee, was her students’ age, she didn’t like running. But that all changed when she was in grad school and was inspired by a certain producer/rapper that ran the New York City Marathon….
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The 2023-2024 school year brings new assistant principals to SMS and Vargas and a new Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Program Manager position! Rigoberto Gomez This year we welcome Rigoberto Gomez as the new Assistant Principal for Vargas Elementary! Rigoberto grew…
Our Operations team had an impressively productive summer thanks to Sunnyvale’s support of past bonds that have enabled us to do this work! Check out some of the highlights! Sunnyvale Middle School Some major project milestones for Sunnyvale Middle School,…
The first full week of May is National Teacher Appreciation Week. Acknowledge Alliance, a non-profit focused on education and mental health, values the partnership of all the teachers it works with who support students with an understanding of their social…
On May 4 to May 7, seventh and eighth grade music students from Sunnyvale and Columbia middle schools traveled to Anaheim to participate in the WorldStrides Heritage music festival. Choral, Orchestra, and Band students each performed for an audience and…
Belle, Beast, Mrs. Potts, Lumière, and a cast of much-loved characters came to life in Sunnyvale Middle School’s recent production of “Beauty and the Beast.” The students began working on the production in late October and performed several shows in…
Nine students from Columbia and Sunnyvale middle schools were selected to perform in the California Music Educators Association (CMEA) Bay Section Winter Conference concert on January 7. The CMEA Winter Conference concert featured the honor choir, honor band, and honor…
Sunnyvale School District is part of an amazing community that has continually supported our district through the successful passing of local bond measures. Currently, we are utilizing funds from the Measure GG Bond to complete an entire campus modernization at…
Three authors visited all 10 Sunnyvale School District Schools for SSD’s first districtwide Author Week held October 3-7. The authors included: Matt de la Peña, the first Hispanic winner of the 2016 Newbery Medal for his picture book Last Stop on…
Cherry Chase Elementary takes pride in promoting leadership skills, community service, volunteerism, and advocacy to our students and former students. One way we accomplish this is by soliciting “Wednesday Helpers”. Wednesday Helpers are middle school students who typically have attended…
The 2022-2023 school year brings a new principal and new assistant principals to SMS, Lakewood, and Ellis! This year we welcome Vince Iwasaki as the new Principal of Sunnyvale Middle School. He joins the District as an…
Acknowledge Alliance recognized San Miguel’s Debbie Wiseth with its Teacher of the Year Award and the Front Office Staff of all 10 SSD schools with its School Community Heroes Award at its 15th annual Forget-me-Not Celebration on May 12. Our Forget-Me-Not…
Congratulations to the SMS 8th grade boys’ basketball team for finishing their season undefeated and claiming the championship over Egan Jr. High. Despite struggles with COVID and a few season ending injuries, the team played for each other and was…
The Public Health Enhancement Project (PHEP), a group of mostly former Sunnyvale Middle School students (Elisa Floyd, Rachel Young, and Karen Zhang) who worked on a COVID awareness video series last year, had submitted their project to compete…
In special recognition of his leadership and of his students fundraising efforts, Sunnyvale Middle School’s Dewey Huang was named the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Hero Squad Volunteer Coordinator Rookie of the Year! Hero Squad is a fundraising campaign that raises…