Sunrise Middle School 
Mid Year Test Scores
Sunrise students are showing strong results on their mid-year iReady testing.Students’ English scores rose 100%, meaning they are likely to show two years growth in just one year by the end of May.Math scores, meanwhile, rose 70%, meaning that students are likely to show one and a half years by the end of the 2025-2026 […]
State “Dashboard” Shows Strong Growth at Sunrise
The State of California released its state “Dashboard” today, and Sunrise is looking fantastic in nearly every area based on our 2024–2025 results. Aztecs moved up to “yellow” in both English and Math — a wonderful reflection of our dedicated teachers and paraprofessionals, and strong academic leadership. Even more exciting, our English Learner progress jumped two full levels, […]
Sunrise Teacher Honored as Middle School Teacher of the Year
The California League of Middle Schools honored Sunrise teacher Jose Quintero as Region 5 Teacher of the Year last night. He was one of numerous nominees from the 4-county region of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito. He’ll next compete for statewide Teacher of the Year in Long Beach, March 6-7. He is […]
Sunrise Coach Honored
Luis Martinez, soccer and football coach at Sunrise Middle School, was honored at the Earthquakes game last night as one of the top ten coaches and teachers in San Jose. The boys on the soccer team submitted the coach’s name into a contest with an essay explaining why he should win. And he did! Coach […]
Two First Place Victories!
Sunrise Aztecs have won two 1st place league championships in just one week! Last week, our boys won the football league championship. They were undefeated for the entire season! And then Thursday evening, our girls won their volleyball championship. They came from behind and worked hard to beat the top seeded team. We are so […]
Sunrise Performs Well on State Test
The state test results for math and English from last spring were released today, and Sunrise performed very well, compared to other schools in the area as well as schools statewide. Here are the highlights: Additionally, Sunrise Middle’s Math and English scores were well above those of other schools in central San Jose.
Year-end Test Results
Year-end test results for Sunrise students showed major progress in both English and Math for the 2024-2025 school year.Students grew 1.75 years in English in just one year on the local iReady test.They grew 1.5 years in Math in just one year. We’re proud of our Aztecs and their teachers!
In Solidarity with Immigrants
Nearly all of our students chose to march in solidarity with immigrants today, Day Without Immigrants. The students first learned more about the movement and made posters, then joined in the protest march from Sunrise to the Hwy. 101 Bridge and back, during their lunch hour. The sentiment was particularly strong, as some of students’ […]
Priorities Set for LCAP
The Sunrise Middle parent advisory ELAC committee met this morning and came up with a list of things they’d like to see in the school’s new LCAP (Local Control and Accountability Plan) for 2025-2026. The measures include: The school’s administration will meet with various parent, student, staff and community groups over the next couple of […]
Sunrise Pledges to Protect its Students From ICE
The Sunrise Middle School Board of Directors voted this week to re-affirm its 2017 policy of protecting all students at Sunrise in the wake of the incoming Administration’s threats of mass deportation. The Board, as well as the school administrators and teachers, have re-affirmed that the school will not cooperate with immigration officers and will […]
