On May 11, the Sunnyvale School District Board of Education appointed its newest member, Michelle Maginot. Michelle Maginot is a longtime Sunnyvale resident and a proud product of the Sunnyvale School District. She has three children who attend or will…
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The following is a summary of actions taken by the Sunnyvale School District Board at the December and January meetings. December 8: The board approved the 2015-16 Financial Audit Report, Measure B Parcel Tax Report, and Measure G Bond Audit…
March 2017 Dear Friends, In recent months, the complexity of our democracy has become startlingly obvious. As is our right, Americans are speaking out, expressing conflicting opinions about potential policy changes and their ramifications. I applaud the rising voices; it…
December 2016 Dear Friends, Although to me it seems the school year just got underway, here we are quickly heading into the holiday season. Halloween flew past us, and we launched headlong into a polarizing election that had the power…
September 2016 Dear Friends, I am so pleased to welcome you back to school for what promises to be another exciting year of learning for both students and teachers. I have already visited a couple of classrooms, and once again…
On August 15, Dr. Trudy Arriaga, Distinguished Educator in Residence at the Graduate School of Education at Cal Lutheran University, gave an energizing and motivating keynote address to a standing-room-only crowd of teachers and staff at Bishop Elementary School’s auditorium….
June 1, 2016 Dear Friends, As educators, we are necessarily focused on the formal learning process — developing school-time lessons and activities, gauging progress, and assessing understanding. We have rich summer school offerings thanks to our partnership with Stanford University’s…
March 1, 2016 Dear Sunnyvale School District Families, Less than a month ago, more than one million people from throughout the nation joined in Bay Area Super Bowl 50 festivities. Visitors traveled hundreds of miles and spent small fortunes for…
District administrators, principals, teachers, parents and students came together for a day of collaboration Feb. 3 at the annual Lyceum held in the District Office Board Room. The event is an opportunity for all of the District’s stakeholders to share…
August 26, 2015 Dear Parents and Guardians, We are honored to welcome parents, teachers, district staff, and nearly 7,000 students back to our Sunnyvale School District for the 2015-16 school year. For parents and guardians whose students are entering our…
On April 30, 2015, selection committees comprised of certificated and classified management personnel met to select the 2014-2015 Teacher of the Year and the 2014-2015 Classified Employee of the Year. Each school site, along with the District Office and the…
Dear Friends, Here in the district this past year, every school embarked on their own adventures, giving students a chance to venture into new learning territory. Through project based learning, our students are getting the hands on experience to help…
Dear Parents, There are lots of theories about why Fred McFeely Rogers, aka Mister Rogers of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, became everybody’s favorite neighbor during his decades on television. Mine is that it’s because he was light years ahead of his…
Dear Sunnyvale School District Family, I hope you enjoyed your holiday in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the values he embodied: courage, equality, compassion, dignity, nonviolence, service, and unconditional love. As you get back to your busy…
Dear Friends, December is the start of the holiday season for many in our community, and a time when I find myself reflecting on my own good fortune. It is the most rewarding of things to be an educator, to…