Resurrection
School is a Catholic elementary school located in Sunnyvale, California,
in the heart of Silicon Valley (map).
The school draws from a multi-ethnic mix of students, providing an
opportunity for a Catholic education to the children of our parish and
the community at large.
We offer before and after-school extended
care. Our curriculum supports Junior Kindergarten through eighth
grade. It is recommended that children enrolling in our Junior Kindergarten program
should be 4 years old on or before September 1st of the school year they are
applying to. Children entering
Kindergarten must be 5 years old on or before December 1st in the school
year they are applying to. Arrangements
for tours of our school can be made throughout the year. (tour
information)
Our History:
The property for the Parish of
the Resurrection, located in Sunnyvale, CA, was purchased in 1954, by
the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Father Nicholas Farana was
appointed the founding pastor in 1963. From the beginning, the
parish's strong commitment to the school was evident, as the first
building erected on the site was a school building serving first through
fourth grades.
The school opened in September, 1965,
with 157 students. Three sisters from the order of Saint Joseph of
Carondelet, and one lay person staffed the school. In 1984, a
Kindergarten program was added and, in 1985, our Extended Care Program
was included in the overall program. Three years later a
Junior Kindergarten and Summer Program were added. Ahead of its
time, our Kindergarten program was extended in 1995 to an all-day
program providing our children a broader education in a better-paced
environment.
It became clear in the mid-nineties that
the school and parish were outgrowing the facilities and, additionally,
our curriculum was changing to meet the challenging needs of technology
and science so prevalent in this valley. An extensive study by the
parish and school resulted in a capital campaign for a new school
building. Bishop Patrick McGrath dedicated our new school
building, in memory of Father NIcholas Farana, in May, 2001.
With the generosity of our parishioners and school families, this
building houses a state-of-the-art science lab, a library, a
Kindergarten classroom, and a computer lab with 35 new iMac computers,
enough for an entire class.
In 2008, the school once again reviewed
the facility needs and determined that our advanced mathematics
curriculum needed a separate classroom. A mathematics classroom
was constructed on the school grounds near the junior high grades to
support 5th - 8th grade mathematics.
Today, the school is led by Ms. Linda
Knox. For more
information call the school for
a tour.
