Our Mission
Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy's mission is to prepare students to succeed in competitive colleges and to empower them to use public policy to create a more just, free, and equal world.
Chavez History
Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy opened with a dream to provide DC youth with a quality high school education that focused on public policy. In 1998, Irasema Salcido founded the first school in a grocery store basement with 60 eager students. From the beginning, the goal was to prepare students to pursue a college education and take an active role in addressing important social issues in their communities.
Today Chavez provides a rigorous college preparatory curriculum, a unique public policy program, and a safe and supportive learning environment with comprehensive support services.
Our Values
Our core values are driven by our desire to empower scholars to become change agents in their communities and in the world. These values guide the ways we interact with our scholars, our partners, and with the community at large.
