Sunrise Middle School 
Free Lunches for All Students
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 […]
Beginning the Year Online
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 […]
School must start online
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 […]
First healing circle held for African Americans
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 […]
Sunrise to offer classes daily
Sunrise Middle School is happy to announce that if and when schools are permitted to re-open in the Fall, that we have worked out a plan which will allow every student to be on campus, safely distanced, from 8 am to 2 pm daily, with optional hour-long clubs after school. We have done this by […]
Sunrise re-opens for summer school
Following a three-month closure due to COVID-19, Sunrise Middle School re-opened its campus today for a 20-day summer program for about 60 of its students. All county health department guidelines are being followed. There are 12 students in each of five classes, and the groups may not mix. Students are wearing masks, staying six feet […]
Healing circles planned for Blacks and other people of color
The Sunrise Board of Directors approved a resolution calling for “forgiveness circles” for African Americans and other people of color in the wake of numerous killings of Blacks by white police officers. The resolution calls for meetings in which representatives of various ethnicities would learn the true history of a group’s struggles and ask for […]
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Trump Administration challenge to California’s sanctuary law, which restricts law enforcement from cooperating with immigration agents. The court challenge came from various local governments and school districts, including Sunrise Middle School. The nation’s high court upheld California’s law which prohibits police and sheriff’s deputies from notifying federal immigration […]
Congratulations, Class of 2020
Thank you, Class of 2020, for your great sacrifice in staying home these last three months so that the community could be safe. We are urging you to plan to make a big difference in this world, which has become rather crazy. We believe you can and will make the difference. Please remember to go […]
Summer School Announced
Sunrise Middle School will hold summer school June 22-July 17 on campus. Due to COVID-19, students will need to remain in groups of 12 and not mix with other students. We will focus on global events, a Dream Big challenge, and math, and also offer recreational activities and one field trip, again, in small groups […]
