Construction of Bishop Elementary’s new campus continues to move forward. The construction project promises to be the largest capital facility project undertaken by the Sunnyvale School District. All of the buildings, portables, and asphalt in the construction area have been removed…
Sunnyvale School District staff and teachers have been hard at work adapting science lessons to meet California’s new state standards for science, called the Next Generation Science Standards (CA-NGSS). The new standards are based on research about how students best…
Kid Boss Town and Happyvale were just some of the creative names for imaginary cities that Cumberland kindergarten students invented after learning directly from Sunnyvale City Planners about how they work to help a city flourish. The school’s youngest students…
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…
In an effort to stop bullying behavior before it reaches adulthood, assault victim and San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow told Sunnyvale and Columbia middle school students about how he recovered from a brutal beating by two men after a…
The state’s new accountability and continuous improvement system for schools and districts, the California School Dashboard, is being unveiled to the public this month. The Dashboard will monitor multiple measures of student progress. The Dashboard will provide a much broader…
For many parents, San Miguel Elementary School is not just a place to fill their children’s minds but their stomachs as well. Since 2015, the school has participated in the Weekend School Food Program organized by Sunnyvale Community Services in…
Stephanie Fischer has been named the new assistant principal of Ellis Elementary School replacing Kathryn Armstrong who was promoted to the Vargas principal position in November. Mrs. Fischer will begin her new role in April. She has been with the…
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…
Columbia Middle wrestlers finished off a big season this winter with four students placing in Sectional finals and one student making it to County finals. The post season tournaments for middle school wrestling were put on by the Valley Junior…
The Spartan multi-use building at Sunnyvale Middle School buzzed with energy on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 with students from every grade level participating in the school’s first mathematics festival in place of their normal math class. Students had 40-minutes to…
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…
To help increase young women’s interest in STEM subjects, the Sunnyvale Public Library decided to bring its Make-HER hands-on STEM learning program for women and girls to Columbia Middle School this fall for a special 5-week after school program. The…
Open Enrollment, the time frame during which students may request a transfer from their school of residence to another school within the Sunnyvale School District, will take February 1-14, 2017. For details about Open Enrollment, visit http://sesd.schoolwires.net/Page/241. Sign up for…
Kathryn Armstrong has been named as Principal of Vargas School. Her first day at Vargas was November 8. Kathryn replaces Annette Grasty who resigned in September to accept a promotion in Los Gatos-Saratoga High School District. Kathryn joined Sunnyvale School…