Nearly 70 Sunnyvale Middle School students performed in the Music in the Parks Festival in early May. All three SMS groups: sixth-grade band, sixth-grade choir, and sixth-grade orchestra students earned first place and were rated “excellent” or “superior” in their…
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Sunnyvale Middle School Advancement VIA Individual Determination (AVID) students volunteered at the Kiwanis Special Games for the 15th year this spring. Kiwanis Special Games is an annual event that provides a fun and competitive day of activities for kids in…
Congratulations and welcome to the Sunnyvale School District’s new principals and administrators! Kathryn Armstrong – Coordinator of Instruction Kathryn Armstrong has accepted the position of Coordinator of Instruction in the District Office. Kathryn is currently the Principal of Vargas Elementary…
The SMS Drama class, which only meets 1st period, has been working since October on The Little Mermaid production. They learned choreography and song lyrics, worked on timing and line memorization, and really put their heart and souls into this…
As summer grows closer, so does our excitement about what’s to come at Sunnyvale Middle School — a 32,000 square foot, two-story, flexible classroom space, custom-built for our students! While the Division of the State Architect considers our submission for…
Our district facilities upgrades are on time and schedule! The work was made possible thanks to voter approval of our Bond Measure GG, which passed in 2018. The bond provides funds to renovate older schools and improve instructional technology across…
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….
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…