Ver en español View in English School is in session but our buildings remain closed to students and the public for the remainder of the school year. SCHOOL IS NOT OVER! Please know that our education efforts and the remote learning structure we have in place will continue to move forward through the remainder of the school year. For the latest updates, please check susd12.org/safety. Las escuelas están en sesión,  pero nuestros edificios permanecen cerrados para los estudiantes y el público por el resto del año escolar. LA ESCUELA NO HA TERMINADO! Por favor tengan en cuenta que nuestros esfuerzos y estructura para la instrucción remota que tenemos implementada seguirá avanzando por el resto del año escolar. Para las noticias más actualizadas, por favor revise la página web susd12.org/safety.

Starting Monday, March 30, our buses will begin to deliver grab-and-go breakfast and lunch at select locations. Buses will be handing out meals from 7:30am – 10am. In addition, all school buses will be equipped with mobile hotspots. This will allow students who may not have internet at home to access their assignments and check for teacher communication as they pick up their meals. For detailed information for each location, click on the bus icons on the interactive map below. San Xavier Education Center Gallego Primary Loop E. Bantam Rd. & Via Noche Buena (before via noche buena facing East, park over the curb at the small empty lot) E. Rex St. & Belvedere Ave (NE corner facing West) S. Columbus Blvd & E. Mesquite Desert Trail (at the basketball court) Fairy Duster & Silverweed (Rancho Valencia Rest Area) Desert Shadows Park (on Greenway Dr.) Old Nogales Hwy & Lumber (park on Old Nogales facing North) Challenger Bus Bay Fiesta Ave & Santa Louisa St 31 W. Los Reales (in the common area the ramada) 10,000 S. Nogales Hwy (just South of Dollar General) Old Vail Rd & Country Club (park on Vail Rd) Sierra 2-8 School Bus Bay Randall Blvd & Calle Antonia San Fernando & Los Reales (park on Los Reales Westbound) 4444 E. Benson Hwy (by the Club House) Common Center on South Egret Dr. (between East Curlew Ln. & East Cedarbird Dr) E. Hermans Rd. & S. Wilmot Rd (empty Lot) S. Swan Rd & Mouse Trail (at the loop facing South) S. Masterson Ave & E. Behan St. (SE Corner) S. Masterson Ave & E. Alvord Rd. (NE Corner) E. Olive St. & S Vaquero Pl. (SW Corner) S. Fontana Ave & E Delta Rd. (NW Corner) W. Melridge St. & S Santa Clara Ave. (facing East on the SW corner) E. Rex St. & Columbus Blvd. (facing East on the SE corner) E. Felix Blvd. & Lansing Strav. (facing East in the empty lot) Gallego Intermediate Bus Bay 5000 S. Country Club Rd.

The Sunnyside Unified School District will offer grab and go breakfast and lunch to all children ages one through 18. Starting today, March 23, families may visit the following schools for meals between 7:30am - 10:00am Craycroft Elementary School - 5455 E Littletown Rd Drexel Elementary School - 801 E Drexel Rd Elvira Elementary School - 250 W Elvira Rd Los Amigos Tech Academy - 2200 E Drexel Rd Mission Manor Elementary School - 600 W Santa Rosa St Summit View Elementary - 1900 E Summit St Apollo Middle School - 265 W Nebraska St Los Ninos Elementary - 5445 S Alvernon Way Santa Clara Elementary - 6910 S Santa Clara Ave Rivera Elementary - 5102 S Cherry Ave Meals must be taken to go and if you show up to pick up breakfast, you may take the lunch with you as well.

K-3 parents – if you do not have any other laptop or internet connected computer at home you can arrange to check out a laptop for you and your student to access your students learning materials. Please contact the HelpDesk by visiting learnfromhome.susd12.org and then clicking on the “learn from home” button for steps on how to set up an appointment to check out a laptop. The preferred method is to contact the HelpDesk by filling out the online form, but you may also call (520) 545-4357.   Click below to download the Full Letters sent out to parents. Mar 27th - Letter to Parents - Spanish - UPDATED March 30th Mar 27th - Letter to Parents - English - UDPATED March 30th  

Please note, there was an update to this letter on March 30, 2020 March 27, 2020 Dear Sunnyside Families – We have been working diligently this week to make sure our schools make contact with every parent and student and are given guidance from their teachers on the educational opportunities we are providing during the school closure. Our campuses feel empty and we miss your students dearly. If you have not received communication from your school, we ask that you update your contact information with your school on Monday. Here are a few updates that we would like to share with you: Laptops for Kinder – 3rd Grade Families K-3 parents – if you do not have any other laptop or internet connected computer at home you can arrange to check out a laptop for you and your student to access your students learning materials. Please contact the HelpDesk by visiting learnfromhome.susd12.org and then clicking on the “learn from home” button for steps on how to set up an appointment to check out a laptop. The preferred method is to contact the HelpDesk by filling out the online form, but you may also call (520) 545-4357. Mobile Meals & Internet Hot-Spots Starting Monday, March 30, our buses will begin to deliver grab-and-go breakfast and lunch at select locations. Buses will be handing out meals from 7:30am – 10am. In addition, all school buses will be equipped with mobile hotspots. This will allow students who may not have internet at home to access their assignments and check for teacher communication as they pick up their meals. Please visit susd12.org for a complete list of mobile meal and hotspot locations. Additional Resources for Internet Every SUSD school has extended the school’s WiFi into the school parking lot so that students can connect to the Internet with adequate space to provide for safe social distancing. You may visit your school parking lot and playground areas between 8am and 2pm for this type of internet access. For internet access after these school hours, parents (not unsupervised students) may visit our SUSD District office parking lot at 2238. E. Ginter Rd., which will have 24 hour internet access in case of an emergency. Visit our FAQ section at susd12.org/safety for additional information on what local internet providers are offering. Steve Holmes, Superintendent   Click below to view the Original Letters Sent out to Parents

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DUE TO SCHOOL CLOSURES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Wednesday, April 22 at 6 PM Sunnyside High School Auditorium The purpose of this meeting is to educate parents about vaping, its dangers and ways to prevent different forms of substance abuse. Experts will be discussing the dangers of vaping, why kids are choosing to vape and how to know if your child is vaping. They will also discuss how to talk to your child about the dangers of this vice.

Our Vision: Every child... College, Career and Community Ready. Our Mission: Our mission is to develop students with a strong sense of identity, purpose and agency, so that they leave our system as effective learners who act with purpose to achieve the conditions they desire in their own and others’ lives. Since the release of the 1983 report “A Nation at Risk” our public school systems have been challenged with the task of improving public perception regarding how we prepare students for the future. This issue of a quality of education was compounded with the accountability requirements under the No Child Left Behind of 2001, which focused primarily on one assessment.  This narrow focus on one metric as the definitive measure of school quality misrepresents the complexity of educating students and diminishes the great work of educators across this nation who make a difference in the lives of students every day, in every classroom. And though aggregate performance is a key variable for measuring success, it simply fails to tell a bigger picture of what our students have and will be able to do in the future.  For this reason we felt it critical to recast our PROFILE OF A GRADUATE within a broader narrative of student success. This new framework provides an unparalleled level of clarity that aligns our mission, vision, and the work.  This new iteration of our graduate profile picks up where our Strategic Plan left off in 2015 and drives the work forward through five competencies, key to each student’s journey towards graduation: 1). Knowledge for Learning, 2). Knowledge for Impact, 3). Creative Confidence, 4). Critical Consciousness, and 5). Self and Systems Awareness.  In addition to college and career readiness, Community Ready was added to this iteration of the work thanks to feedback we received from community members, as well as industry and higher education professionals who expressed certain intangibles that Sunnyside students brought to their organizations. Attributing to our students traits like, “community-minded”, “a sense of social justice”, “respectfulness” we felt strongly that Community Ready also provided us with a framework to bridge the gap between knowledge and agency. This framework allows our District to capture the summative experiences that mark each child’s learning journey so that personalizing the classroom is less about technology, and more about each student’s ecology.  Thank you for being a part of our journey.      COMPETENCY #1: KNOWLEDGE FOR LEARNING Our students are knowledge creators. We look to them to not only master the content, but also to transfer knowledge across disciplines: From science to the humanities, from mathematics to the social sciences—Sunnyside students are deep thinkers and well-rounded learners with a strong sense of academic identity.  We trust our students as knowledge co-creators who share their expertise with peers and teachers as part of an intentional process of collaboration. Sunnyside students understand that learning is a social and shared responsibility. By listening respectfully, students value learning from one another as they begin to develop transferable skills like responding positively and constructively, which are important skills to employers as they are assembling their teams.   COMPETENCY #2: KNOWLEDGE FOR IMPACT When Hurricane Harvey crippled the Texas coast in 2018, Sunnyside students in our JTED Construction program rolled up their sleeves, gave up their spring break, and traveled across the country to rebuild homes. When faced with the opportunity to speak at the state capitol demanding an increase in teacher pay, one Sunnyside student took to the microphone, took a deep breath and pumped up a crowd of tens of thousands.    Our students are engaged participants in their future, not merely bystanders. Equipped with deep knowledge of history and a sense of what is fair, our students are adept at using social media and student organizations to drive change. Sunnyside students are aware of community issues and possess real-world knowledge gained from internships and other experiences that put global issues into a local context.   COMPETENCY #3: CREATIVE CONFIDENCE All students are creative, and it’s our responsibility to nurture that creativity. Borrowing from the work of Tom and David Kelley (IDEO, Stanford d.School) we define creative confidence as the natural human ability to come up with great ideas and the courage to act on those ideas.  Sunnyside students take part in human-centric experiences that use empathy, systems thinking, and design thinking to unlock their creativity. Through building prototypes, using causal loops, challenging assumptions, and acknowledging that all ideas are worthy, our students learn how to take risks. More importantly, creative confidence relies on human collaboration, which is embodied in the performing arts. Sunnyside's tradition of excellence in the fine arts provides a first point of entry for students into a world of creativity that gives them opportunities to gain confidence and succeed.    COMPETENCY #4: CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS Workplaces, schools and colleges, and other social environments are defined by internal cultures and norms that are not always visible from the outside. Some environments are built to nurture and empower, while other systems have internal cultures that hinder upward mobility. This is why we give students the tools to identify systems that perpetuate inequality so they’re prepared to take action.  In collaboration with League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson and the YWCA Southern Arizona we host workshops that help high school students learn about running for office while deconstructing issues such as racism, discrimination, and LGBTQ rights. Fostering critical consciousness through debate empowers our students to keep up with important issues and to demand a seat at the table.    COMPETENCY #5: SELF AND SOCIAL AWARENESS Students who are self-aware have strong intrapersonal skills such as self-regulation, which develops in the early years and aids in problem solving and supports volitional behavior. Social awareness (or social intelligence) is part of an important skill set that, later in life, is what sets a transformational leader apart from an everyday boss. This profile of a graduate takes into account our students’ social and emotional development and values traits such as assertiveness, conflict resolution, positive self-talk (to name a few)—as important indicators—of self- and social awareness, which is key to our students’ ability to thrive after high school.   NEXT STEPS 1. Create a graphic representation of the Graduate Profile 2. Introduce the Graduate Profile at the 2018 Administrative Summit 3. Develop indicators for each of the Graduate Profile competency areas 4. Establish a continuum or rubrics by grade band for each indicator that will be used to support internal accountability metrics with the desired outcome of establishing our own school label system    

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TEENAGE PARENT PROGRAM SUNNYSIDE INFANT CENTER Sunnyside High School 1725 E. Bilby Road Tucson, Arizona 85706 520-545-5355 Philosophy The Sunnyside Infant Center is set up for the convenience of parenting students enrolled in the Sunnyside Unified School District. We believe that an important function of the center is to provide seNices, support, and quality care for the infants of teen parents while they attend school. We strive to establish an atmosphere in which infants are safe to explore their environment, and provide daily experiences in all areas of development, including gross motor, fine motor, sensory, social, emotional and intellectual development. We use the Arizona Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines as a guide for lesson planning. Hours of Operation The Sunnyside Infant Center is open from 6:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday. We are open each day that school is in session. As a parent, you have access to the center any time it is open. The center does not provide transportation. Administration The Sunnyside Infant Center is regulated by the Arizona Department of Health Services and is a child care center within the Teenage Parent Program in the Sunnyside Unified School District #12, located on the campus of Sunnyside High School. The center is covered by liability insurance as required by the Arizona Department of Health Services. Inspection reports are located on site and available upon request. Enrollment Information Eligibility - Infants 2 weeks to one year of age are eligible for enrollment. If the infant is walking when he/she turns 1 year old, their last day of enrollment in the center will be the Friday of that week. If the infant is not yet walking when they turn 1 year old, they will remain enrolled until they are "steady on their feet." This means they can take several steps without falling down or holding onto anything, and/or can stand unassisted from a sitting position. However, if the one-year-old presents a safety issue for the younger infants, your child's enrollment will need to be evaluated. Infants of mothers and fathers in the TAPP program are eligible for enrollment as well as district staff, faculty, and the local community, space providing. DES is accepted. The Sunnyside Infant Center does not take drop-ins. The special needs of any infant will be evaluated on a case by case basis.  Fees - $39.00 per full day (6 hours or more) and $28.00 per part day (less than 6 hours). There is a non-refundable $30.00 fee at the time of registration. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunnyside Welcomes Tucson Sugar Skulls for Love of Reading Week   Tucson, AZ. February 6, 2020 — The Sunnyside Unified School District (SUSD) kicks off Love of Reading Week on Monday, February 10, 2020, through Friday, February 14, 2020. Two Sunnyside schools will open their doors to Tucson’s professional indoor football team, the Tucson Sugar Skulls, this year. Defensive Linebacker, Robert Metz, and Sugar Skulls Head Coach, Dixie Wooten, will be reading to 4th and 5th graders at two SUSD elementary schools this year. “We want to be involved throughout the community, but Sunnyside has a special place in my heart because I went to elementary school in the district at Elvira and Los Ranchitos,” said Team President, Jay Gonzales. “It’s a school district near where we do business every day so we feel like we can be part of the Sunnyside community.” Members of the media are encouraged to notify SUSD Director of Public Information, Marisela Felix, if they wish to visit SUSD schools. Robert Metz will be at Esperanza visiting 5th graders on February 11th at 1 pm Esperanza Elementary 2353 E. Bantam Rd. Dixie Wooten will be reading to 4th and 5th graders at Mission Manor on February 13th at 1 pm 600 W. Santa Rosa St.     About SUSD At Sunnyside, we are revolutionizing the public school experience by developing students who are college, career and community ready. Established in 1921 the Sunnyside Unified School District is the second-largest district in Southern Arizona serving more than 16,300 students and families. Located in a culturally-diverse community and surrounded by two First Nations and a neighboring international border—our learning community is flanked by an aerospace and innovation corridor, such that our district is positioned to lead our students into the 21st century through excellence in pedagogy, world-class career and technical education, and a legacy of athletic excellence and passion for fine arts. For more information, visit us at susd.12.org • Facebook • Instagram • Twitter.   ###