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…
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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,…
Something good’s always cooking at the Sunnyvale School District, and never as literally as this past March when SSD students joined international food company Sodexo’s National Future Chef’s Challenge. Our District’s children joined with hundreds of other students from across…
Sunnyvale School District has been awarded a grant through Silicon Valley Clean Energy that is designed to help fund projects centered around transitioning older gas-fed furnaces to electric. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system at Vargas Elementary School…
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…
At Vargas, we kicked off the school year with Dolphin Pride Expectation Rotations! Students visited different areas of the school to learn about how to be safe, how to be respectful, and how to be responsible. These rotations set our…
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…
Six Sunnyvale School District elementary students competed on April 29 in Sodexo’s Future Chefs Challenge. The national initiative aims to get students thinking about making healthy food choices while encouraging them to get active and creative in the kitchen! Sunnyvale…
It all started with a brilliant idea from students. Back in the fall, Vargas Principal Armstrong and Assistant Principal Matsuyama received a letter from Ms. Alvarado’s 3rd graders. Their windows face a large shed and they thought, “Wouldn’t it be…
Vargas is deepening its inclusion work by moving beyond Autism Awareness this April to Autism Acceptance. Special Education teacher Alyssa Dew provided presentations to both students and staff that focused on: -getting to know the students at Vargas in their…
Congratulations to SSD’s Teacher of the Year, Julio Delgado, for being recognized alongside 16 other Teachers of the Year from throughout the county at the 51st annual Santa Clara County Teacher Recognition celebration held on October 28 at the…
We are excited to share that our COVID Vaccine Clinic was a huge success. We had a consistent line of students and families down the street (and at times around the corner) during the entire event. The students were brave and…
The annual Community Awards recognize the dedication and hard work of community members across a variety of fields who have made a difference in Sunnyvale. Nominations are reviewed by a panel of former Community Awards winners. The Sunnyvale Mayor and…
The 2021-2022 school year brings many familiar SSD faces into new administrator roles. This year we welcome Carly Sturm as Lakewood Tech EQ’s new principal. Carly is an accomplished educator with 18 years of experience. She joined the Sunnyvale…
The Sunnyvale School District is so proud to announce our 2020-2021 Employees of the year! Teacher of the Year: Julio Delgado (Vargas) Julio Delgado is a fifth-grade teacher at Vargas Elementary School in the Sunnyvale School District. He has been…