Sunnyside Union School District - Education Is Not the Filling of a Pail, But the Lighting of a Fire

A big thank you to all the staff and students who helped yesterday with the preparation needed for our Spring Showcase. It was truly an amazing day, from the wonderful flowers brought to the Flower Show to the number of parents that stopped by to have Lunch on the Lawn. Also a big congratulations to our band for putting on a spectacular show yesterday, it was great to watch! Hope you can join us next time!☀️

Tomorrow we will be having another track meet at Sequoia Union Elementary. There are not too many track meets left and our students have been doing amazing. Hope you can make it tomorrow and help cheer on our Sunnyside Trojans!☀️

Our Spring Showcase events will be happening tomorrow starting at 11 A.M. Hope you can make it!

Our Spring concert will be happening this Thursday, April 27th, 2023 at 6 PM. The kids have been preparing all year long and are ready to give a great performance. Hope you can join us!☀️

Our highly anticipated Cinco de Mayo Health Fair will be happening next week. There will be lots of food, games, and activities the whole family can enjoy. Hope you can stop by and support your Sunnyside Trojans! Please share.☀️

Some of our long-awaited events will be happening next week on Thursday, April 27th. We will be having our second Lunch on the Lawn of the year which is one of the kids’ favorite events. Our yearly flower show will also happen on Thursday and will be on exhibit in the Auditorium. Later in the afternoon, our Sunnyside band will have their Spring Concert directed by Mr. Hendrickson. Our students have been practicing a lot and are excited to be able to perform for their loved ones. Parent conferences will start next week on Tuesday and will run until the end of the week.☀️

Yesterday's Parent Night was a total success! Thank you to all the staff, students, and parents who were able to make it. Students had a blast setting up tents and eating some delicious s'mores. In the meeting, parents were able to learn a lot of helpful tips on how to support their student's learning moving forward. Hope you can join us next time!🏕️

Our 8th graders went on an educational trip to one of Cambria's beaches to learn about the landscape and animals that live there. These are the memories that they will remember for a long time to come.🌊

We will be having another Parent Night next week on Tuesday, April 18th at 6 PM. Students will be building camping tents and will also be making s'mores with their parents. Hope you can make it!

Our track team will have another meet this Friday, April 12th at Tulare Western High School. Hope you can stop by and help cheer on our Sunnyside Trojans!☀️

The CHOICES after-school program will be registering students Tuesday, April 12 at 5:30 PM. It is the best time to register your student for the upcoming school year so that a spot can be saved for them.

Save the Children will be having another food distribution this Thursday, April 6th here at Sunnyside!

Family Health Care will be hosting an Easter Celebration Eggstravaganza here at Sunnyside on April 8th. It is open to the public and everybody is welcome to stop by. Our students will be fundraising for some of their end-of-year trips. There will also be food, games, raffles, and activities that the whole family can enjoy. Hope you can make it! Please share.

Congrats to all our track stars for having an amazing track meet. You made Sunnyside very proud!☀️

The Tule Basin Water Foundation will be having a Family Resource Fair on March 31st from 4 PM - 7 PM. Everyone is welcome to stop by and participate in the activities. There will be food, games, and performances the whole family can enjoy! Please share.

Spring break will begin next week, there is no school starting April 3rd to April 10th.☀️

We are all set to have a track meet this Thursday at Tulare Western High School. It is our second meet of the season due to all the bad weather. We hope you can join us to help cheer on your Sunnyside Trojans!☀️

Our Kindergarten Readiness Ambassador Marisela has been working really hard with some of our future Sunnyside students to get them ready for kindergarten. Kindergarten Readiness Program is a program component of Early Steps to School Success. The program includes two components – the Family Readiness and Community Readiness components that together target children ages 2-5 years with their parents/caregivers. In addition to community-wide awareness, engagement, and collaboration activities help increase access to early learning opportunities for families with young children throughout the community. Kindergarten Readiness holds groups once a week for 1 hour, groups are caregiver and child engaging. Children will learn skills they will need before starting Kindergarten and will use them throughout their life. These skills and abilities are related to different areas of child development including: Health and physical skills (“motor skills”), Social and emotional development, Language skills, Approaches to learning, and General knowledge.

Congratulations to all our Poetry & Prose participants who put on amazing performances at the Tulare County Office of Education building. This is TCOE’s 38th annual Poetry & Prose. For 7 days more than 100 schools and over 1,500 participants will get to perform. Our students had a blast and can’t wait till next year’s Poetry and Prose. Sunnyside is very proud of these wonderful students!

The middle school students had the opportunity to learn a lesson on painting and they loved every minute of it. Sunnyside has a lot of talented students!🎨