Sunrise Middle School 
Mid-Year Test Results Show Significant Progress
Mid-year test results for Sunrise Middle students showed significant progress in both English and Math. All but one class showed a year or more of growth in both English and Math in just the first five months of school. Top scoring classes were: 5th grade, which showed 165% growth in English by mid-year. And, 7th […]
Sunrise outperforms other schools on state test
Sunrise Middle School outperformed other California schools with similar demographics on the state CAASPP tests last spring, the state of California reported today. 36.7% of Sunrise students scored proficient or higher in English, and 26.56% in math – compared to 31.91% in English and 19.09% in math statewide – for schools with low-income Latino populations. […]
34% of English Learners reclassified – twice the state average!
Sunrise Middle will be reclassifying 34 percent of its English Learners this month, or twice the percentage that schools statewide are able to reclassify. The school is able to reclassify 45 of its 132 English Learners, based on their scores (4 out of 4) on the state ELPAC and SBAC exams, their grades in English […]
Sunrise Teacher Honored
Sunrise Middle’s social studies teacher, Jaeve Luuhoang, was one of ten teachers awarded a Follow Your Bliss award from the 49ers Foundation. Ms. Luuhoang was honored for her work on social justice and environmental issues with our youth. Here she is shown with Harry Edwards, the namesake of the award. Mr. Edwards, 88, organized the […]
Safety Concerns Addressed
Sunrise Community, Our hearts go out to all the people who have been affected by last Wednesday’s most tragic turn of events. It appears as if the attack was prompted by a gross misuse of social media. We as a staff have reviewed this situation numerous times, after the incident, and after we met with […]
Futsal Champions!
Sunrise Aztecs won the league championship in futsal, with a 7-4 win over University Prep. The team got better and better as the season progressed, and players are now getting ready for soccer in the spring! Congratulations, Aztecs!
State test scores released
The state of California has released the English and math test scores for last spring. This was the first year since students came back from COVID-related distance learning, so scores statewide were not as good as prior to COVID. Nonetheless, there were some bright spots in Sunrise Middle’s test results. Sunrise actually did better in […]
30 Extra School Days
Sunrise will be offering 30 extra days of activities beyond the normal school year to your students this year. They are optional and provided under the ELO-P program. This program also helps pay for our free after school program, which goes every day until 6 pm and is open to all students. The extra 30 […]
Moving On!
Congratulations to our 8th graders upon being promoted to high school. Our students will be attending more than a dozen different high schools, ranging from prestigious private schools to charter high schools to district high schools. Santa Clara County Board of Education President Peter Ortiz and Board Member Grace Mah offered encouraging words to our students […]
Student Scores on ELPAC Test
Sunrise is proud to announce the school will be reclassifying a third of the school’s English Learner to English proficient this year. One third of our students scored 4 out of 4 on the this Spring’s state ELPAC test for English Learners. Another third scored a 3 out of 4. And, only one third scored […]
