Aug 8, 2017
School is almost back in session! Here are some important upcoming dates:
- Address verification is happening at several campuses this week. Please check your school’s web site for details.
- Columbia Middle School and Sunnyvale Middle School are hosting 6th grade orientation this year! It’s Friday, August 11th from 8am-12pm
- SMS is also hosting a 6th grade parent orientation on August 11th, at 8-9 am OR 5-6pm. Both parent sessions will cover the same material – only attend one please.
- First day of school is Wednesday, August 16!
We hope you’re enjoying the last few days of summer!
Aug 4, 2017
Huge thanks to Synopsis! They donated $2500 to our Science Camp fundraiser last spring, earmarked specifically for 5th grade students from San Miguel. Covering science camp funds is always difficult for the title 1 schools, and San Miguel was especially short last year. This was part of our overall science camp fundraiser last spring, and it wouldn’t have been as successful without them.
Jul 30, 2017
We’d like to thank Google for donating $10,000 to help fund field trips across Sunnyvale School District next school year! We’re excited to bring more field trips for many of the students. This is a pain point across the district that we’re happy to help solve.
Jun 15, 2017
A big thanks to LinkedIn! They’re supporting Sunnyvale Education Foundation through a generous donation. We couldn’t support the Sunnyvale School District without their help.
May 12, 2017
Want to learn even more about our drive to raise money for science camp? Click on the images below (the first is in English, the second, Spanish) and read our flier!
May 10, 2017
A HUGE thanks to everyone who has donated to help pay for a 5th grader to go to science camp! Thanks to people like you, we are 70% of the way to our goal of raising $5000 by May 24th. Seventy percent! This is great.
Thanks to Synopsys, who donated as well. They’re a wonderful community partner!
You can make a difference by donating today! Some Sunnyvale schools are still raising money to send their students to science camp, even though they’ve already attended. Your $100 donation could become $300 – $100 from you, $100 from SEF, and, if your employer does corporate matching, $100 from them! Every dollar you donate now will free another dollar for other school needs, like classroom supplies and teacher training.
You can donate by clicking the button below or by sending a check to:
Sunnyvale Education Foundation
816 W Iowa Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Thank you for your generous support. We couldn’t do this without you!
May 4, 2017
Are you interested in learning how other school communities communicate? Are you responsible for a newsletter on your child’s campus? How does your school get information out to its parents: email? Paper fliers? Facebook? Join us at the next roundtable meeting to discuss how different schools communicate with their communities. Kate Degelau-Pierce, the SEF communications VP and SMS newsletter editor, will facilitate the discussion. We would appreciate it if everyone could invite the individuals responsible for the parent/teacher newsletters and online presence at your school and be prepared to share information on best practices.
When?
Monday May 8th at 6:30 pm
Where?
SSD District Office at 819 W Iowa Ave
The meeting room just to the right of the main entrance – it’s easy to find!
May 1, 2017
Did you know…
- All fifth grade students in SSD go to science camp for one week?
- Some schools are still raising funds for those students, even though the students have already gone to science camp?
- Sunnyvale Education Foundation will match donations made by May 24, up to $5000 to help with that gap?
It’s true! A donation of $300 would pay for one student’s full science camp tuition, but anything, even $10, will help. Thank you for your support!
Mar 27, 2017
One of the mini-grants from last year was for microscopes at Fairwood Elementary School. These are lovely little additions to their science program, allowing the students to see and learn about really small things (like leaf cells)!
Donate to the Sunnyvale Education Foundation to make more like this possible!
Mar 16, 2017
Amazon is celebrating its #1 ranking in customer satisfaction by the ACSI, and we benefit! Today, March 16, Amazon will donate 5% (10 times the usual donation rate) of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Sunnyvale Education Foundation. Get started at smile.amazon.com/ch/47-3825871[amazon.com].
So if you’ve been putting off buying a new pair of jeans, or want the latest bestseller, or just need to get a bunch of stuff for the house, head over to Amazon today and we’ll both be better off.
Thanks for your support!
