The district's commitment to offering a challenging curriculum with high standards has long been recognized as a high priority.
Setting long-term curriculum goals and standards, complete with the highest quality assessment techniques for programs, students, and staff, is an ongoing practice.
- All district curriculum is aligned with the current state adopted curriculum.
- The district offers a balanced reading program with a phonetic emphasis.
- The mathematics program stresses the importance of attaining basic skills as a prerequisite for mastering higher-level problem solving strategies.
- These are significant factors in the district's continuing high test scores at all schools.
Adopted Curriculum:
Mathematics:
- Grades K-2: Houghton Mifflin CA Mathematics
- Grades 3-5: Harcourt Mathematics
- Grades: 6-8: Holt Mathematics
Reading/Language Arts:
- Grades K-5: Open Court Reading
- K-2: Handwriting Without Tears
- 3-5: D'Nealian Handwriting
- Grades 6- 8: Holt Rinehart Winston:
Literature and Language Arts
Science:
- Grades K-5: Scott Foresman Science
- Grades 6-8: Prentice Hall: Science Explorer
Social Science:
- Grades K-5: Scott Foresman;
- History-Social Science for California
- Gr K - Learn and Work
- Gr 1 - Time and Place
- Gr 2 - Then and Now
- Gr 3 - Our Communities
- Gr 4 - Our California
- Gr 5 - Our Nation
- Grade 6-7: Prentice Hall;
History-Social Science- Gr 6 - Ancient Civilizations
- Gr 7 - Medieval and Early Modern Times
- Grade 8: Glencoe/McGraw Hill;
CA Discovering Our Past- The America Journey to WW1
- The America Journey to WW1
