Sunnyvale Middle School is located in the Sunnyvale Elementary School District in Sunnyvale, California. It is one of the two grade 6–8 middle schools located in the ten-school district, the other being Columbia Middle School. Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Clara Government  - Mayor Otto Lee Area  - City 22. ... Middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two. ...

The school opened in the 1960s as Mango Junior High School. In 1982 the name was changed to Sunnyvale Junior High School and it became the only grade 7-8 junior high school in the district. In the 1990s the school became Sunnyvale Middle School. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Middle school and junior high school cover a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education and serve as a bridge between them. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

In 1992 and 1999, Sunnyvale Middle School was recognized as a California Distinguished School, an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational programs.^[1] 24. ...

During the 1999-2000 school year, the school was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.^[2] The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created to honor schools. ... The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building[1]) , ED headquarters in Washington, DC A construction project to repair and update the building facade at the Department of Education Headquarters building in 2002 resulted in the installation of structures at all of the entrances to protect employees and visitors from...

Notable alumni include:

• Teri Hatcher (when the school was Mango Junior High School)
• 2006 Nobel Laureate in medicine, Dr. Andrew Fire (when the school was Mango Junior High School)
• Adragon De Mello (when the school was Sunnyvale Junior High School)

Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and author as well. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... Andrew Z. Fire Andrew Zachary Fire (born on April 27th 1959) is an American professor of pathology and of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. ... Adragon DeMello (b. ...

External link

• Sunnyvale Middle School home page

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