About Sunrise

Sunrise Middle School is focused on the 21st Century learner.  Our commitment to student success is evidenced in a variety of ways.  Please allow us to share some of these ways with you.

Within our Digital Learning Center (DLC) for the Gifted, we offer a variety of technology resources to further enhance the learning experience.  The DLC provides students with a cross-curricular exploration which will take students through the 7th and 8th grade English, science and social studies standards.  We are proud that we have achieved maximum enrollment within the DLS program with a comprehensive waiting list the past three school years.

Our brand new magnet program is Dual Language Immersion (DLI).  The DLSI (Spanish) program is most prominently characterized by a "block" of classes including science, social studies and Spanish, all taught in Spanish.  The DLMI (Mandarin) program features a two-period block of elective classes including Mandarin Language Arts and Chinese Culture.

The Sunrise commitment too challenge students is evident in the variety of our honors programs.  We offer Honors English, science and social studies as well as advanced high school math courses for high school credit.

Our fine arts department has a storied past, and the future looks even brighter.  Our students have consistently excelled at the high school level having been prepared through their performance experiences at Sunrise.  We currently offer art, dance, dance performance, drama, theatre performance, concert band, guitar, strings and various levels of choral groups.

Through our career and technical education department, students at Sunrise have opportunities to explore a variety of electives providing them a complete educational experience.  Sunrise is truly a STEM hub as we have comprehensive Robotics and Science Clubs.  These clubs participate at the state level in various competitions.

Finally, Sunrise has taken it place among the best middle schools in our district and across the valley.  Evidence of this is our recent performance on AzM2 testing where we scored near the top of middle schools in PV as well as having the highest percentage of students achieving mastery, among middle schools, on 3 of the 4 tested areas within the 2021 AzM2 testing cycle.  This is but one of many reasons that it is great to be a Sunrise Aztec!