Sunnyvale School District provides arts education in all eight elementary schools by contracting with Starting Arts, an organization that recruits and trains artists to teach in classrooms. Each class receives six 30-minute sessions of instruction from Starting Arts artists, who…
Sunnyvale School District’s Child Nutrition consultant, Gail Burke, shares creative holiday celebration ideas that are healthy and fun. Halloween parties do not have to be sugar-fests and Thanksgiving feasts do not have to be overly fattening. You can even help…
Students across California in grades 2-8 took standardized tests in reading, language arts and math last May, and the results are in! The Academic Performance Index (API) is used to measure school, district and subgroup achievement on a scale of…
YOU can positively influence the lives of the children in our community. Research proves that possessing key traits, many of which are environmental, will help children thrive. These traits, coined by the Search Institute of Minneapolis as “Developmental Assets”, are…
Through a partnership with Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC) and El Camino Hospital, Sunnyvale School District will be able to provide on-site counseling at all ten of our district schools this year. CHAC will provide two counseling interns for each…
There are two Board of Education positions open for election in November 2011. The following candidates will be running for these seats: Nancy Newkirk (incumbent) Reid Myers John Mumy The League of Women Voters of Cupertino/Sunnyvale is sponsoring a Candidates’…
A grant from El Camino Hospital helps support the Playworks program at Bishop and San Miguel Schools. Playworks is a national nonprofit organization that supports learning by providing safe, healthy and inclusive play and physical activity to schools at recess…
Sunnyvale School District has continued to offer summer school classes designed to help students reach grade-level proficiency. For the past two years, Sunnyvale School District has partnered with Stanford University’s Teacher Education Program (STEP), to offer a comprehensive summer school…
The after-school foreign language program at Cherry Chase started in 2009, largely as a result of the dedication and hard work of parent volunteer, Aude Phay. With the help of other PTA parent volunteers and the support of Cherry Chase…
At Cherry Chase School, the “Fun Patrol” is a student-lead, and student-driven group whose members come up with ways to help Cherry Chase students feel they are not alone at school. The Fun Patrol students are trained by representatives from…
Students at San Miguel School have the opportunity to practice problem-solving and other math skills through a web-based program, designed and implemented by the MIND Research Institute, a neuroscience and education research-based non-profit corporation. The program, Spatial Temporal (ST) Math…
San Miguel School has been chosen as Sunnyvale’s first “Reading Partners” school. A full-time reading center will be set up at San Miguel School beginning fall 2011. Reading Partners is a nonprofit organization that matches volunteers with struggling young readers. …
Alexi Badaoui first introduced Columbia Middle School (CMS) students to robotics through an after-school club. In 2008, he started teaching robotics as an elective class. The program has grown from one period accommodating 27 students to about 100 students spread…
I am pleased to introduce the DISTRICT DIGEST, an online newsletter produced by the Sunnyvale School District. Through the DISTRICT DIGEST, we will provide information to parents and Sunnyvale residents on programs, happenings and issues affecting our neighborhood schools, the district,…