Welcome
Desert Sands Unified School District, serving K-12, provides comprehensive educational programs and services with significant special education, vocational, early childhood and adult education programs to a multiethnic student population with diverse socioeconomic and cultural interests.
DSUSD also offers many staff development programs, giving teachers an opportunity for career advancement.
Our Mission
The mission of the Desert Sands Unified School District, a dynamic system of challenging educational choices, is to ensure that every student develops the knowledge, skills and motivation to succeed as a productive, ethical, global citizen by assuring equal access to student-centered learning provided by caring, committed, collaborative staff working in partnership with our families and diverse communities.
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New Principals Announced
Jackson, Franklin, Reagan, Horizon & Summit will start the school year with new Principals. . . |
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Whooping Cough
The California Department of Public Health has declared an epidemic of Pertussis (whooping cough) in the state. This year five babies have died from this disease - all of them from Latino families. All told, 910 cases have been confirmed, with several hundred more under investigation. This outbreak could be the largest in the state in 50 years.
www.cdph.ca.gov
Pertussis is a highly contagious disease that is preventable through vaccination. Children should be vaccinated against the disease and parents, family members and caregivers of infants need a booster shot.
Here is the Riverside County DOPH, Disease Control Website dedicated to Pertussis. It will have the most recent updates regarding the epidemic locally.
www.rivcoph.org
WhoopingCoughFlyer
WhoopingCoughFlyer (Español)
PertussisFAQs
More Information to follow before school starts. . . |
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