Chávez High School (Phoenix, Arizona)
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Type | Public high school |
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Principal | Scott Gayman |
Faculty | 168 |
Students | 2843 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Location | Laveen, Arizona, USA |
District | Phoenix Union High School District |
Colors | Purple and Silver |
Mascot | Champions |
Website | Official website |
Cesar Chavez High School is a public high school located in Laveen, Arizona, opened in 1999. It is a member of the Phoenix Union High School District.
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[edit] Academic areas - classrooms
Academic areas/classrooms held at Cesar Chavez High School are Agribusiness, Art, Business Education, English, English Language Learners, Evening School, Family and Consumer Science, Industrial Technology, Instructional Specialist, JROTC, Library, Math, PE/Health, Performing Arts, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Technology and World Language.
[edit] Clubs and groups
Clubs and Groups at Cesar Chavez High:
- American Asian Association - The clubs mission is to promote awareness about Asian culture.
- Choir
- College Bound Club
- Drama
- FCCLA - Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for students in Family and Consumer Sciences Education.
- FFA - Concluds mostly of student counsil.
- JROTC - The groups goal is to motivate and develop students. Their motto is "Ready to Lead."
- MEChA - MEChA is a campus activist group dedicated to promoting Chicanismo, supporting our raza (race), and struggling to achieve equality for the Latino community.
- Peer Leadership - This class is to take students and develop their leadership skills and abilities in the class, wheter is being tutoring, etc.
- Special Olympics - The Students compete in Special Olympic events such as Bowling, Basketball, Floor Hockey, Baseball and Track every year. They have fundraisers and such to raise money each year, also.
[edit] Demographics
- Attendance Rate: 96.7%
- 4-Year Graduation Rate: 81.4%
- Annual Dropout Rate: 3.2%
[edit] School Diversity
- Hispanic - 68.4%
- Anglo - 7.2%
- African American - 17.8%
- Native American - 3.9%
- Asian - 2.7%