Sunnydale School
Sunnydale is a private school located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It uses English as the medium of instruction but puts equal emphasis in Bengali. It offers preschool to A-Level courses.
| Sunnydale | |
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| Type | English medium |
| Established | 1985 |
| Founder | Late Abdul Mannan Khan, Zeenat Afroza, Tazeen Ahmed |
| Chairman | Dr. Tanvir Ahmed Khan |
| Principal | Tazeen Ahmed |
| Website | sunnydale |
Sunnydale was founded by Late Abdul Mannan Khan, Zeenat Afroza and Tazeen Ahmed in 1985. It started with a few children and one room at Road-7, Dhanmondi. The 3500sq ft house was the paternal home of Co-founder Zeenat Afroza. Currently there are over a thousand students and over a hundred faculty members in the school. The aim of Sunnydale is "not only to educate the children but also to help them develop into confident and independent individuals".
Campuses
Sunnydale currently has 5 campuses.
Junior Section 1: House# 2/A, Road# 8, Dhanmondi R/A, Ph: 01713389795, 01777759640
Junior Section 2: House# 5/2, Gaznavi Road, Mohammadpur, Ph: 01713330499, 01755550239
Middle Section 1: House# 66, Road# 11/A, Dhanmondi R/A, Ph: 01713330497, 01713330498
Middle Section 2: House# 10, Road# 13, Dhanmondi R/A, Ph: 01730339265
Head Office, Senior Section: House# 34, Road# 7, Dhanmondi R/A Ph: 9117856, 01713016396, 01730320354
Curriculum
Sunnydale offers primary, secondary, and high school programs leading to the GCE examinations which are conducted by the British Council. Till 2009, Sunnydale's O-level and A-Level examinations were held under Edexcel Examination board. Since 2009, Sunnydale's O-level and A-level examination has been administered by Cambridge International Examinations. In order to be well prepared to start the Ordinary Level syllabus in Grade IX, the whole curriculum from Grade I to Grade VIII is designed in such a systematic and methodical way that strives to develop the intellectual, creative and physical abilities of a child needed in each class till Advanced Level.
Laboratory
Sunnydale has science laboratories which are up to the standard required for O-Level and A-level examinations. It also has computer laboratories in the Middle Sections and Senior Section, where students learn Project Work.
Library
Sunnydale always encourages its students to read books along with their textbooks. To ensure this, the school has libraries full of interesting books appropriate for all ages. It includes famous book series' like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Sherlock Holmes etc. It also has story books. Since a great emphasis is put on Bengali, the libraries also have a huge variety of Bengali books.
Extracurricular activities
The students of Sunnydale participate in extracurricular activities nationwide. Sunnydale debate team has won in several competitions. Sunnydale also has basketball, handball and volleyball teams. The basketball team has underaged players who played in U-12. The school has a Boy Scout and a Girl Scout unit. Scouts from these units have participated in local, national, and international events like jamboree, regional camp, and district Camp. In line with the previous years, the 6th Sunnydale Annual Scout Camp 2015-16 was held at Lalmai Hills, Comilla in December 2015. The 7th Sunnydale Annual Scout Camp 2016-17 was held at NSTC, Mouchak, Gazipur in December 2016. On July 13, 2017 Scout Rafid Ahmed Munjid of Sunnydale School achieved President's Scout Award from His Excellency President of People's Republic of Bangladesh.