Apr 21, 2025
We cordially invite you to Sunnyvale Education Foundation’s 2025 Showcase, Tuesday May 6, at 5:30PM in the Sunnyvale Community Center Ballroom! This year we’ll be “Walking on Sunshine” as we celebrate Sunnyvale students and SEF’s programs that support them.
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This year’s SEF Showcase will feature performances, artwork, projects, student and teacher testimonials and more from students in Sunnyvale schools that SEF’s programs have engaged, inspired, encouraged, and empowered. Our students are proud of what they have accomplished and we’d love to share their joy and achievements with you.
We’re always thankful for the support we receive from families like you to fund great programs for Sunnyvale students like performing arts, STEM, science camp at Walden West, and more. If you would like to make an additional contribution, you can do so on when you purchase your tickets or on the donate page on our website.
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, May 6!
Mar 30, 2025
By Katie Rowland, Programs Chair, Sunnyvale Education Foundation
If you are passionate about performing arts in the Sunnyvale School District, then this post is for you!
Families across SSD are eager for their children to receive a high quality, enriched education. For many families – and for SEF – performing arts is a critical part of such an education. As for students, their beaming faces show how much these opportunities mean to them.
That’s why on April 1st at 5:15 p.m., we invite our community to come together to discuss Performing Arts in the Sunnyvale School District. We have a multi-year history of hosting Roundtables, which have previously focused on equitable enrichment, volunteer recruitment, and school gardens. These Roundtables bring together critical voices from across the district, so that we can learn from one another and work together to expand opportunities for students district-wide.
SEF will share that we see high interest in performing arts from across the district – as well as some common challenges that we think are best addressed collaboratively. This year, one third of the School Grant funds we give to each of the ten schools in SSD went toward performing arts. From “The Play that Went Wrong” and new violas at Columbia Middle School to musicals at Lakewood, San Miguel and Vargas, students and families are eager for students to have opportunities in the performing arts. We also hear about common challenges that sometimes get in the way of students having these opportunities, including funding, availability of vendors, and increased enrollment compared to resource availability.
The Sunnyvale School District will report on current opportunities in performing arts, as well as prospective opportunities, and on the district budget and the superintendent search.
And we need you there too! Come and share your voice, perspective, concerns, experiences, and suggestions.
This event is free and open to all, with light refreshments provided and translation services available (thanks to the Vargas PTA).
Roundtable Details:
“Performing Arts in the Sunnyvale School District,” hosted by the Sunnyvale Education Foundation and the Sunnyvale School District
Date:
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Location:
Sunnyvale District Office, Iowa Avenue
Event Schedule:
- 5:15-5:30: Sign in, socialize, enjoy nibbles
- 5:30-6:30: Presentations, Q&A
- 6:30-7:30: Feedback & Dialogue, Roundtable Discussions
Speakers and Topics:
- Michelle Eugeni, President, Sunnyvale Education Foundation, on SEF’s role related to Performing Arts in SSD
- Dr. Michael Gallagher, Superintendent, on the superintendent search process and the state of the SSD budget for upcoming years
- Dr. Tasha Dean, Chief Teaching and Learning Officer, and other Teaching & Learning Staff will share an overview of performing arts in SSD and a look Prop 28’s implementation (funding and programs for equitable arts and music instruction)
- Jeremy Nishihara, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and Information Systems, will lead the “Dialogue and Feedback” section
- Katie Rowland, Programs Chair, Sunnyvale Education Foundation, will facilitate the Roundtable portion of the evening
Jun 5, 2024
Do you like grilled cheese? Then you’ll want to know that The Melt is opening in downtown Sunnyvale at 301 W. McKinley Ave, on Friday, June 14. As a grand opening gift, proceeds from their charity day will be presented to the Sunnyvale Education Foundation. An official ribbon cutting with Sunnyvale Mayor Larry Klein will take place at 10:30am and representatives from the Sunnyvale Education Foundation will be on site from 11:30am-1:30pm.
So come support both a new Sunnyvale business and the Sunnyvale Education Foundation while enjoying some cheesy grilled deliciousness on June 14, 2024! Make sure you bring this flyer to the counter when you place your order.
Apr 22, 2024
Reminder: tomorrow, April 23, 2024, join the Sunnyvale Education Foundation and the Sunnyvale School District for a roundtable discussion on equitable enrichment. Make sure your SSD PTx groups send at least one representative. Not only will they get inspired by enrichment examples and learn essential “how-tos” from SSD staff, but they be entered into a drawing to win a grant for their PTx to use toward enrichment at their school site! Snacks will be provided.
This roundtable is for anyone involved in planning enrichment in SSD during or after school (assemblies, after school programs, etc), including PTx officers-elect.
Topics of discussion will include:
- Prop 28 and its impact on enrichment
- Volunteer and vendor clearance procedures
- Facilities reservation: how it works and when to pay
- Sharing from PTAs in our district on different enrichment models and equity efforts
For more information. check out the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/765047545583951/
