Sunnyside High School, opened in 1955, is home to two thousand students located on the south side of Tucson, Arizona. Sunnyside offers a variety of extracurricular programs, advanced placement courses, and specialized career and technical training programs. It is a part of the Sunnyside Unified School District.

History

Sunnyside High School opened in 1955 with 9th and 10th grade classes. The original mascot logo for Sunnyside used a variation of Arizona State University's Sparky mascot. The school was forced to change after the university learned of this use when Sunnyside played a championship game at ASU's Sun Devil Stadium.

Campus

Sunnyside High School is located on the south side of Tucson, Arizona.

Curriculum

There is a widespread of curriculum that is offered at Sunnyside High School.

Departments of Instruction

Sunnyside High School offers these courses either for class credits, or elective credit:

Courses or college credit

Below are courses available to students, for both high-school:

Academics and enhanced courses

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Sunnyside High School is a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and is classed in its 5A conference. A wrestling powerhouse in Arizona, Sunnyside has won 30 state championships (14 in a row, 1998–2011). It lost a dual-meet December 12, 2015, where Green Valley (NV) snapped a 314 win streak stretching from 1999 to then, and only has lost ten since 1969. However, Sunnyside Wrestling regained its championship title in 2018. The teams are known as the Sunnyside Blue Devils. Athletic teams are fielded in boys volleyball, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, and swimming. The varsity football team was featured on the Great American Rivalries Series in 2009 against Salpointe Catholic High School.

Arizona State Championship titles

Music

There are various musical performing groups at Sunnyside. Performing groups as well as their director(s):

The Pride of Sunnyside Marching Band

History Recent directors Recent field shows Under Alli Coyle: Under Scott Matlick: Under Matthew Hoolsema: Under Armando Salas: Under Rusty Carle-Ogren:

Student groups

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

Two faculty members have been recognized as Arizona Teacher of the Year, Marguerite Johnson Caldwell in 1983 and Rich Mayorga in 2003.