Sunrise Middle School 
Students Surpass Growth Targets
The vast majority our students met or surpassed their growth targets on the nationally normed NWEA mid-year tests in math and English. Way to go, students! Time for ice skating, holiday crafts and party, 8th grade Challenge Day and library visits!
Schoolwide Field Trip Day
Today is schoolwide field trip day. Students are exploring San Francisco, going horseback riding, visiting Hidden Villa Farm and the Tech Museum, taking the ferry to Alcatraz, and challenging themselves on a high ropes course. Education can happen outside the classroom walls, too!
State Test Results Are In
The SBAC results from last spring are in, and more than half of our students rose a level in math or English or both from the previous year. Congratulations, Aztecs!
First Day of School
The school year starts, and we have our largest sixth grade class ever – 79 students. Schoolwide enrollment grows to 189.
New Summer Program Starts
Sunrise Middle starts its first all-day summer program, which will extend the entire month of July and include academics in the morning, and swimming, sports, technology, field trips, and the arts in the afternoon. Students this summer also have the opportunity to go one week cabin camping in Mt. Shasta, or one week backpacking in […]
Soccer League Champions!
The Sunrise Boys Soccer team just won the league championship game for the third year in a row, and the Girls Soccer team won for the second year in a row. Go Aztecs!
Miguel runs 100 miles in 24 hours
Miguel Vivaldo, Sunrise class of 2014, began long distance running in the fall of 2012. Less than a year later he became the youngest in the world to run 100 miles in less than 24 hours. Then on May 10-11 he did it again, this time running through the desert outside Las Vegas, through heat, […]
Rusila Racinez: Teacher of the Year
Rusila Racinez, algebra teacher and math/science director for Sunrise Middle School, was the only Santa Clara County charter school teacher selected as teacher of the year for 2015 at a recent countywide ceremony. Ms. Racinez has been teaching for 11 years. She is on a mission to help the most underserved students of Santa Clara […]
