August 7, 2025 eNews

Dear Sunnyvale Elementary Families:

It is my honor and pleasure to welcome you to the 2025-2026 school year! I hope you all have had a relaxing and fun summer break. I am extremely proud to serve as the principal at Sunnyvale Elementary. This will be my 24th year in education and my 11th year in Sunnyvale. I am very blessed to get to work in such an incredible district. I can't wait to “gitty-up” into a great school year with our school theme - DEEP IN THE HEART OF RAIDER LAND!

I would like to welcome all of the new families, whether your child is just starting school in PreK or Kinder, or if your family has just moved to the area. We are excited to share all that Sunnyvale Elementary has to offer with you and believe you will soon feel, as we do, that Sunnyvale Elementary is a very special place for ALL of our little Raiders. Our teachers, support staff, and families are ready to welcome you to Raider Nation!

The amazing staff at SES has been working tirelessly to finalize their classrooms, fine tune our instructional models, engage in professional learning opportunities, and prepare to make your child feel loved and welcomed into their new classroom family. Our teachers are eager to meet their new students and begin this year’s journey with them. Our goal is to ensure academic success of our students through targeted instruction and progress monitoring, as well as attend to the needs of the whole child through social, emotional, and character development. Our school motto is Be A Raider. Throughout the school year, students will learn what it means to Be A Raider- how to be RESPONSIBLE, be HONEST, be HELPFUL, be KIND and be POSITIVE. We will use this common language throughout our school. Don’t hesitate to ask your child about what it means to be a Raider!

I am looking forward to getting to see our returning little Raiders and parents, as well as getting to know our new little Raiders and families! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you need anything! We are looking forward to a wonderful year at Sunnyvale Elementary!

Sincerely,
Sherrie Koerner
Principal

You asked for more consistent communications and we're delivering.

Introducing Thrillshare —SISD’s new communications platform. Thrillshare powers both SISD’s new website and school-branded app, bringing everything for all SISD communications into a single place.

Now, you will no longer need to download multiple apps to keep up with your Raider and they will be able to message their Raider’s teachers directly for quick questions and information. Parents can download in one, custom-built Sunnyvale ISD app to quickly locate information about information related to Sunnyvale ISD. Benefits:

1️⃣ No longer a need to download multiple apps to keep up with your Raider. Use one app for all communications needs; 📅 Access news, calendar, documents, staff information and alerts all in one convenient place;

📍Quickly locate transportation, dining, grades and documents all in one spot;

📚Using Thrillshare's "Rooms" feature, parents and students may review schedule and class information and message teachers directly in a safely monitored and secure environment.

Download on the iOS Store or Google Play Store Today!

SISD has partnered with School Cafe for cafeteria payments!

With School Cafe, you can apply for free and reduced meal plans, manage your Raider's lunch balance and check out nutrition information. It's easy!

The School Cafe app will be available in the Sunnyvale ISD App!

Click on the School Cafe Set Up Quick Card to set up your Raider's new lunch account! All students who wish to pay for lunch using their student account number must register with School Cafe.

Contact robin.plett@sunnyvaleisd.com for more information.