Sunrise Mountain High School

We're happy to introduce Sunrise alumna Kristine Walter, who is joining us as one of our Behavior Interventionists. Her connection to Sunrise makes her a wonderful addition to the Mustang community!

Tomorrow, July 31, Peoria Unified will be closed as all staff are on a furlough day. During a furlough day, all district schools and worksites are closed to the public, employees do not work and are not paid.

Last November, the community did not approve the override funding for our schools, resulting in a loss of approximately $11 million from this year's operating budget, or our maintenance and operations fund. This, coupled with declining enrollment has caused the district to cut a total of $21 million from our current budget. One way the budget shortfall will be addressed is with three furlough days this school year: July 31, February 12 and May 12. These furlough days will result in an average pay decrease of 1.5 to 1.7% for all staff members.

All school and district offices will reopen for normal hours on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, for the first day of school.

Learn more about Peoria Unified's fiscal reality at peoriaunified.org/fiscalrealities.

We are pleased to introduce another new Mustang, Steinar Christianson! We are excited to see the impact he will have on and off the field as an ELA Teacher and Varsity Offensive Line Football Coach.

We are excited to introduce our new Band Director, Dr. Malcolm Jones! He is already hard at work with our Mustang band as they prepare for another exciting season of performances. We can't wait to see all they'll accomplish this year!

Please welcome our next new staff member, Brady Rath, who will joining us as an ESS ARISE Teacher. We are excited for him to join our Sunrise community!

Help us give a warm Mustang welcome to one of our newest staff members, Kristen Gronewold. We are thrilled to have her join our Math Department for the 2026–2027 school year!

Help support the Pride of Sunrise Mountain Band. Thursday July 23, 2026 - Nationwide

Another successful day of Freshman Bridges! We had so much fun meeting our new Mustangs and can't wait to see what this year has in store. We're looking forward to an amazing school year together!
A huge shout-out to our Band, Choir, Cheer, Pom, Student Council, National Honor Society, Theatre Tech Crew, and our Staff Bridges Team for making the last two days so welcoming, fun, and meaningful. Thank you for helping our newest Mustangs feel right at home from day one.

Today, we welcomed the first half of our newest Mustangs at our Freshman Bridges event! We can't wait to meet the rest of the Class of 2030 tomorrow. Welcome to the Mustang family!

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