Palmdale / California / United States
Desert Sands Charter High School develops a personalized learning and independent study learning plans for the students with a goal of moving them towards graduation. Its educational program allows students to focus on one or two subjects at a time, and students visit the campus once a week to meet with their teachers for counseling, guidance and instruction. It emphasizes math skills that help the students broaden math proficiency, which includes basic math skills, pre-algebra, algebra 1, geometry and algebra 2. Its power reading classes helps students enhance their reading skills, become faster readers and improve reading comprehension. The school additionally offers elective classes in art, Spanish and computer technology and a senior portfolio class that provides a learning experience that gives each student the opportunity to be familiarized with the process of decision making, job searches, employment applications, participating in job interviews and college applications.
