Sunshine Elementary

09/02/2026

TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY | When North Carolina releases annual school accountability results, one of the most visible measures is each school’s School Performance Grade. It provides an overall assessment of performance outcomes from the previous school year by combining two measures: student achievement and academic growth.

ACHIEVEMENT represents 80% of the School Performance Score, and GROWTH represents the remaining 20%.

The resulting School Performance Score is converted to a letter grade:

A: 85–100 | B: 70–84 | C: 55–69 | D: 40–54 | F: Below 40

Because achievement accounts for four-fifths of the calculation, the overall grade is influenced much more heavily by how students performed than by whether they met or exceeded expected academic growth. The School Performance Grade provides a useful summary of performance, but it does not tell the whole story.

09/01/2026

💙☀️Blue skies, sweet treats, and a great start to the school year—it’s a wonderful week to be a Sunshine Bear! ☀️🐻💙

Our students and staff filled the school with blue today as we celebrated another fun day at Sunshine! 😎🎉

Today is also the perfect opportunity to share this beautiful—and delicious—cake generously donated to our staff by Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Thank you for thinking of us and for continuing to support and encourage our Sunshine family! 💙 💙

🖤💛 Don’t forget to wear black and gold tomorrow for Sunshine Spirit Day! 🖤💛

08/31/2026

☀️ Small but Mighty—100 Years Strong! ☀️

We have so many wonderful moments happening at Sunshine, and we want to begin sharing more of them with our families and community!

These pictures are from the Rutherford County Schools Opening Celebration, where our current students and staff were joined on stage by former staff members and Sunshine alumni. Together, we began our celebration of 100 years of Sunshine School and showed everyone what it means to be Small but Mighty! 💛🖤🐻

A special thank-you to Shytle Signs for supporting our school and creating the amazing signs that helped bring our presentation to life. We truly appreciate your generosity and continued support of Sunshine School!

One hundred years strong—and the best is yet to come!
Rutherford County Schools, NC

08/27/2026

TESTIMONIAL THURSDAY

A passion for Career and Technical Education is a passion for preparing students for what comes next.

This week, we’re highlighting how CTE provides RCS students with hands-on experiences, valuable credentials, career-ready skills, and clear pathways to the workforce, college, and beyond.

It’s about helping students discover their strengths, explore their possibilities, and prepare for their future.

08/26/2026

08/24/2026

Myth Buster Monday | RCS Education Matters

Extreme weather guidelines aren’t just for student-athletes.

At RCS, weather safety applies anytime students are outdoors — including recess, PE, field trips, school activities, and athletics.

Schools consider the heat index during hot weather and wind chill during cold weather, along with students’ ages and the type of activity, to determine when outdoor activities should be limited or moved indoors.

From the playground to the athletic field, student safety always comes first.

08/20/2026

💬 Testimonial Thursday | Principal of the Year

“Students are not simply part of the work we do—they are the reason for it.”

For this week’s Testimonial Thursday, we’re proud to feature Tony Wall, Principal of CHASE High School and the 2026–2027 RCS Principal of the Year!

Mr. Wall shares what makes Rutherford County Schools special: a commitment to putting students at the center of everything we do. Whether students discover their strengths through academics, CTE, athletics, the arts, leadership, service, or simply by overcoming a challenge and realizing what they’re capable of, RCS provides opportunities for every student to find a place to belong and succeed.

And for Mr. Wall, that commitment is personal. The same district that supported and encouraged him as a student is now the district he is proud to serve as a school leader.

Students first. Opportunities to grow. A place to belong. That’s why education matters.

Congratulations again to Mr. Wall on being named the 2026–2027 RCS Principal of the Year, and thank you for your dedication to the students of CHASE High School and Rutherford County Schools!