Welcome to the Sunnyside
Environmental School Home Page

Our History

The Sunnyside Environmental School is an expansion of the Environmental Middle School, which has been in operation since 1995. The Environmental Middle School curriculum has successfully moved a diverse student body through the exuberant years of early adolescence, utilizing an academically challenging educational model intended to develop a sense of community, responsibility and creativity. The philosophy, teach practices and commitment to environmental education that built the Environmental Middle School is now being infused in all grades including K through 5th grades.

Mission Statement..

The Sunnyside Environmental School is a community of students, educators, parents, neighbors, and alumni, working together to create a safe, nurturing, and educationally excellent learning environment for young people. We are a small, multi-cultural urban public K-8 school drawing students from all of Portland’s diverse neighborhoods. We are actively teaching and learning a holistic, integrated curriculum. Exploring themes of our many overlapping environments, students develop academic knowledge and skills while demonstrating personal and social responsibility for all living systems

Welcome to the Journey!


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