Sunnyvale School District’s Columbia and Sunnyvale Middle Schools have joined a total of 193 middle schools and 180 high schools to be honored under the state’s new Gold Ribbon School Award. The Gold Ribbon awards recognize California schools that have…
Sunnyvale School District’s third through eighth graders participated in the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress testing program (CAASPP) from April 20 through May 29. The new assessment system, which replaces the previous California Standards Test, has been adopted…
Sunnyvale Sister City Association volunteers have been busy preparing this year’s cultural exchange students for their trip to visit Iizuka, Japan. This year, six students from Sunnyvale Middle School, one from Fremont High School and one from Homestead High School…
When Olympic gold medalist Brenda Villa opened up for questions at the 16th annual Young Women’s Leadership Summit, Columbia Middle School girls rushed the stage to learn more about the water polo star’s life. Villa was one of 130 women…
Fairwood Explorer School’s team, Fantastic Unique Ninjas (FUN), was regional champion this year, qualifying the team to compete in the state tournament in Riverside, California. This was not a soccer or basketball tournament but one where teamwork was just as…
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…
Columbia Middle School staff has developed the University Partnership Program (UPP) with Stanford University. The goal of this program is to create innovative learning communities where students explore, inquire, and investigate with the support of Stanford’s world-renowned Stanford Teacher Education…
In addition to the Stanford University Partnership Program at Columbia Middle School, department chairs and teachers at CMS have been hard at work, creating new programs and classes, applying for and receiving grants to supplement and strengthen existing curriculum across…
One of the most challenging aspects of teaching in the classroom, as most teachers will agree, is to meet the learning needs of each student. This is especially true when there is only one teacher and more than 30 students…
SkoolCare, a California non-profit corporation, opened it’s doors on January 12, 2015. The mobile onsite dental clinic is located on the San Miguel Elementary School campus (777 San Miguel Ave., Sunnyvale). SkoolCare has partnered with local dentists to provide free…
Would you like to improve your relationship with your child? Do you get caught in power struggles? Do you struggle to motivate your teen? You are not alone. Being a teenager in 2015 is no easy task but parenting a…
We are in the midst of flu season and aside from getting the flu vaccine, which is the single best way to protect against the flu, there are some very basic preventative measures everyone should take in order to help…
Vargas Elementary School’s Student Success through Science is the latest Program of Choice to be offered by the Sunnyvale School District. Vargas Elementary students enjoy a rich, well-rounded curriculum of language arts, mathematics, social studies and the arts, viewed through…
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…