Sunrise Middle School has submitted its COVID Prevention Plan (CPP) to the State of California.

This plan lists all the measures the school is taking to preserve the health and safety of its staff and students while open during the pandemic.

The school currently is open to fifth grade and one classroom of challenged learners.

We hope to open to all students in late March.

The CPP can be read here

Sunrise Middle School has announced a plan for bringing students back to campus this spring. We are hoping to phase in the return of students during March, adding 6th graders, then 7th graders and then 8th graders. The full plan, including all the requirements for safety, can be found here:
https://sunrisemiddle.org/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2020/12/SUNRISE-MIDDLE-SCHOOL-REVISED-REOPENING-PLAN.pdf

The Sunrise School Board of Directors has approved the school’s Single Plan for Student Achievement for 2020-2021. This report is needed to receive federal funds. The report can be found here:
https://sunrisemiddle.org/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2020/12/School-Plan-for-Student-Achievement-for-2020-2021.pdf

The Sunrise Middle School school board voted last night against having grades 6-8 returning to campus – at least not until after Dec. 31, at which time the issue will be reviewed again.

School board members acknowledged that the fifth grade class on campus is going well, but were concerned about a recent spike in coronavirus numbers, particularly in the school’s 95116 zip code.

Meanwhile, the school will continue to offer a robust online learning program and as many opportunities for social interaction for our students as is safe and possible. These activities include parking lot fun nights, such as the drive through haunted house this Thursday evening, and Thursday afternoon online chat time from 2-2:20 pm.

The Sunrise Middle School Board of Directors has approved the school’s Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan for 2020-2021.
This plan says how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting our school community and says what we are doing to make up for the learning loss from distance learning last spring.
The plan can be found here

The Sunrise Middle School Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on the school’s 2020-2021 Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan at 6 pm Monday, Sept. 14.

The hearing will be held via Zoom, due to COVID. The Zoom ID is 922 8470 1222 Passcode: 622381.

Please visit the school, or call 408-659-4785, if you would like to see a copy of the draft plan before staff presents it at the hearing.

Sunrise Middle School today announced an amendment to its policy for serving meals to students under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs for the 2020-2021 school year under Provision 2. All students will be served lunch and breakfast at no charge at Sunrise Middle School.
We will distribute five frozen lunches and five breakfasts to all interested families from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm every Tuesday.
For additional information please contact Yesenia Quichocho, [email protected], (408) 659-4785.

Non Discrimination Statement:
This explains what to do if you believe you have been treated unfairly.
In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, and American Sign Language) should contact the responsible State or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, which an be obtained online, at https://www.ocio.usda.gov/document/ad-3027 from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-
9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue,
SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442;
email: program.intake@ usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider

Sunrise Parents, we will be handing out class Zoom schedules, computers, supplies and other information about how to start school online Aug. 12th at the following parking lot assemblies:

• Returning students entering grades 6 & 7 may come to the school parking lot @ 8 am or 6 pm Wed., Aug. 5th.
• Returning students who are entering grade 8 may come to the school parking lot @ 8 am or 6 pm Fri., Aug. 7th.

Please wear masks. If walking, we’ll have an area for you to stand, keep safe distanced, 6ft apart.
ALL new students and their parents are being called to make an appointment to come some time Mon., Aug 10th or Tuesday, Aug 11th, for your class schedule, Zoom schedule, computers, etc.
You may also call the office, 408-659-4785, to make your appointment. A parent or responsible adult needs to accompany each child.

The governor announced today that all schools in Santa Clara County must return to online learning in the Fall – until such time as our county has been off the state watch list for COVID for at least 14 days. We will be ready to return to on-campus learning as soon as it is deemed safe for our students and teachers.
In the meantime, we plan to distribute computers, student schedules, online elective offerings and other essential information to parents and students in the week before school starts August 12th. We also will hold mini-orientations for small groups of just a few people for all our new families during the week or two prior to school starting.
We realize this may be frustrating news for you, but also know that you want to keep your families safe. Please wear masks – they help a lot! Thank you, and can’t wait to see you!

Sunrise Middle held its first forgiveness and healing circle to atone for the past atrocities by white people to African Americans last night.

The circle, conducted by Hank Roberts of San Leandro-based Peacemakers, Inc., is hoped to be the first of many such circles in which whites acknowledge the harm done to blacks, as well as other ethnicities, and work to make up for them.

“SIR – Systematic Institutional Racism – is the new slave owner,” Roberts said.

Nat Bolden, a 92-year-old blues singer and former sharecropper, after telling his poignant stories, said it was the first time that white people had ever asked him for forgiveness or acknowledged how they had benefitted from the hard work of black people.

All of the white and black participants in the circle pledged to bring others to future circles and expressed hope that the idea would pick up among other local, state and national governmental entities.