Sunrise Elementary School history

Emma Carson was the first teacher in Puyallup and had four students in the Blockhouse School in 1861.

• 1864 - Franklin School opened (also called "Log School")

• 1871 - Liberty School opened (also called "Green School")

• 1884 - Woodland School opened

• 1886 - Central School opened

Central School began the 1889-90 school year with four classrooms:

• 1890 - Meeker Elementary School opened (also called "Pink School")

By 1891, settlers were flocking to Puyallup, having heard that it was a thriving agricultural center, and that it had a new "state-of-the-art" school.

• 1895 - Firgrove School opened

• 1910 - Puyallup High School opened

• 1923 - Stewart Elementary School opened

Mary McMillan). She opened the doors for instruction in September 1937 with 16 students, 10 boys and 6 girls.

• 1938 - Edgemont School opened

However, when school opened in September 1955, the overflowing enrollment of first graders was too large for Mrs.

• 1957 - Hilltop Elementary School opened, Edgemont School became Edgemont Junior High School

• 1965 - Fruitland Elementary School opened

• 1970 - Ballou Junior High School opened

• 1974 - Northwood Elementary School opened

On September 4, 1979, our first principal, William “Bill” Berkeley Martin, welcomed 613 students to the brand new Sunrise Valley Elementary School.

• 1981 - Ridgecrest and Pope elementary schools opened

She moved into her niece’s home in Vienna, Virginia, in 1987, and was later “adopted” by Sunrise Valley Elementary School.

• 1990 - Hunt and Brouillet elementary schools opened

• 1993 - Stahl Junior High School opened

Did you know that Sunrise Valley was the first elementary school in Fairfax County to have a telephone in every classroom? The phones were installed in the summer of 1995, thanks to the generous support of our then business partner AT&T and Sunrise Valley’s PTA.

• 2000 - Emerald Ridge High School opened

An addition consisting of four classrooms was added to the building in the summer of 2013. It opened in August 2010 with 463 students enrolled.

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