Sunnyvale High School Explained

Sunnyvale High School
Established:2007
Grades:9-12
Principal:Dr. Ashlee Graham[1]
Teaching Staff:45.28 (FTE)[2]
Ratio:14.13
Enrollment:640 (2021-22)[3]
Colors: Blue & Gold
Conference:UIL Class AAAA (4A)
Mascot:Raider
Streetaddress:222 N. Collins Road
Zipcode:75182
Country:USA
Yearbook:The Raider
Newspaper:The Sentinel
Motto:Strive. Honor. Serve.

Sunnyvale High School is a 4A high school located in Sunnyvale, Texas (USA). It is part of the Sunnyvale Independent School District located in eastern Dallas County. In 2011, the school was rated "Exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency.[4]

History

Schools in the communities of New Hope, Tripp, Hattersville, and Long Creek merged on February 26, 1953, to form the Town of Sunnyvale. These four towns merged to create Sunnyvale School for students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. Students, at this time, attended high school in the Mesquite Independent School District.[5] North Mesquite High School was the designated high school.[6]

On May 12, 2007, Sunnyvale ISD residents approved a $25 million bond by a narrow 53% margin for the creation of a high school in Sunnyvale. For the 2007–2008 school year, ninth grade students were housed at the Sunnyvale Middle School campus, as were ninth and tenth graders for the 2008–2009 school year. Construction of Sunnyvale High School began in spring 2008, and the building was completed in 2009.[7] The 2009–2010 school year was the first year that students attended the actual SHS campus.[8]

The high school added a grade a year with the class of 2011 being the first class to graduate from Sunnyvale High School, and the class of 2013 was the first class to have attended all four years on the school's campus. The graduating class of 2014 was the first class to have gone all eight years through the new Middle School and High School.

Athletics

The Sunnyvale Raiders compete in the following sports:

Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Soccer, Swimming, Powerlifting, Golf, Tennis, Track, Softball & Baseball.

State Championships

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SISD Board of Trustees Names New SHS Principal . www.sunnyvaleisd.com . 25 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230714031204/https://www.sunnyvaleisd.com/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=1&ModuleInstanceID=12916&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=17043&PageID=1 . Jul 14, 2023 . en . live.
  2. Web site: Chen . Chen-Su . National Center for Education Statistics 2020-21 Texas School Locator Aggregate . XLSX . National Center for Education Statistics . National Center for Education from the US Institute of Education Sciences . 22 May 2022.
  3. Web site: UIL 2022-24 Realignment Alphabetical Listing . PDF . UILTexas Realignment . UIL Texas . 22 May 2022.
  4. Web site: 2011 Accountability Rating System. Texas Education Agency. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120628134123/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2011/index.html. 2012-06-28.
  5. http://www.sunnyvaleisd.com/10171068115754147/site/default.asp About Sunnyvale ISD
  6. Web site: Korosec, Thomas. Sunnyvale: The Whitest Town in North Texas. D Magazine. March 2012. 2019-10-30.
  7. Simnacher, Joe, After 56 years, Sunnyvale's first high school opens this month, Dallas Morning News, 2009-08-09
  8. Anderson, Karin Shaw Sunnyvale looking to heal: Planning under way for new school that divided residents before vote, Dallas Morning News, 2007-05-18