Desert Sands's Instructional Materials Adoption Process

Instructional Materials Adoption Process

Desert Sands Unified School District follows board policy and state guidelines for adopting curriculum for our TK-12 instructional programs. Resources and policy documents as they relate to the adoption process are located under the Quick Links heading.


Below is a list and timeline of adoptions that includes the prior school year, current school year, and potential for future school years.


2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR

High School

Board Approved March 5, 2024:

Advanced Placement - Pre-Calculus
Pearson, 2024, Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, and Algebraic 11th ed.

Advanced Placement - Statistics
BFW, 2024,The Practice of Statistics, 7th ed.

Board Approved May 7, 2024:

Advanced Placement - U.S. History
Pearson, 2024, By the People, 3rd ed.

Board Approved June 4, 2024:

Advanced Placement - Chemistry
Norton, 2021, An Atoms-Focused Approach

Advanced Placement - Language and Comp
BFW, 2023, The Language of Composition, 4th ed.


2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR

(projected based on funding and state recommendations)

Elementary School 

Board Approved August 13, 2024

Music Curriculum

MusicPlay - Themes and Variations, 2024

Board Approved December 17, 2024

Art Curriculum 

Explorations in Art - Davis Publishing 2024

 
Middle School

Mathematics

Pending  board approval             

 IM360 - Imagine Learning

 
High School

Financial Literacy

Publisher under review, pending approval

Financial Algebra: Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications, 3rd edition - Cengage

African American Studies

Publishers under review, pending approval

Freedom on My Mind, 4th ed. - BFW

From Slavery to Freedom, 10th ed. - McGraw Hill

The African-American Odyssey, 7th ed. - Pearson

Black History 365: An Inclusive Account of American History - BH365

 

2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR

(projected based on funding and state recommendations)

Elementary School

Math

ELA

 
 High School   

ELA

 

2028/2029 SCHOOL YEAR

(projected based on funding and state recommendations)

Elementary School

ELA

 

 

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