News & Announcements
Enrolling at Chavez
Posted by Mr. Rickenbrode 71 days ago on 03/04/08
tags: capitolhill, homeoffice, parkside, prep
Applying to Cesar Chavez Charter Schools
We are accepting applications for the 2008-2009 school year. The application period will begin October 29, 2007 and end March 11, 2008. If there are more students applying than spaces available, we will conduct a public lottery on March 12, 2008. Letters will be mailed on March 18, 2008—no phone calls, please.
- Chavez Capitol Hill is now accepting grades 9 and 10
- Chavez Parkside is now accepting grades 6 through 10
- Chavez Prep is now accepting grades 6, 7, and 8.
(mark “Chavez Columbia Heights” on the application)
Please note that Chavez does not enroll students in 11th and 12th grades.
Cesar Chavez is a public school free of charge serving students who reside in the District of Columbia. We do not discriminate against anyone because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
Download the Student Application
Please complete the application below and mail or bring them to Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools, Attn: Home Office – 709 12th Street SE.
- Student Application
Microsoft Word Version: (English | Spanish)
- Student Application
Adobe Acrobat Version: (English | Spanish)
Open House Schedule
Chavez Capitol Hill
Open House: Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00pm
Shadow Days: First Tuesday in March, April, & May Call Campus to RSVP
Chavez Prep
Open Houses: Thursday, Feb. 21, March 20, and April 17 at 5:00pm
Shadow Days: Tuesdays 8:00 – 10:00am Call Campus to RSVP
Chavez Parkside
Open House: Saturday, February 23 at 10:00am
Shadow Days: 9:30 – 10:30am Call Campus to RSVP
An open house is a presentation at one of our schools.
A shadow day permits you to see what a school day is like for our students.
DC Association of Chartered Public Schools Recruitment Fair March 29th
Posted by Mr. Rickenbrode 64 days ago on 03/11/08
tags: capitolhill, homeoffice, parkside, prep
Find out all of the great things that Chavez has to offer at the:
DC Association of Chartered Public Schools
2008 Annual Charter School Recruitment Fair
Saturday, March 29 10:00am – 4:00pm
Kennedy Recreation Center
1401 7th Street, NW
www.dcpcsa.org
Capitol Hill February Achievements
Posted by Mr. Rickenbrode 70 days ago on 03/05/08
tags: capitolhill, homeoffice
2008 Science Fair (February 20, 2008)
Science Fair Winners Thanks to the Science department for a wonder first annual Science Fair. Our students did a great job and there was much excitement throughout the school over the event. It was great to see a number of parents present for the event.
1st Place Jamal Farmer – Tooth Decay
2nd Place Nia Caracciolo – Rusted Metals
3rd Place Liset Sandoval – Chemical Reactions
4th Place Maria Ventura-Lopez – Emotions and Heartrate
5th Place Jordan Johnson – Rockets
6th Place Adriane Hicks – How does the amount of soil affect plant growth?
7th Place 4-way tie
Darnisha Martin – Are you right sided or left sided?
Tanisha Tate – Which type of makeup attracts the most bacteria?
Jason Rubi – How does the number of megabytes affect the size of the burn on a CD?
Rene Velasquez – How does sun affect plant growth?
8th Place 2-way tie
Elida Guzman – Do plants grow better in water or soil?
Brittany Morris – Does using a different substance make a difference in plant height?
9th Place Jacquelin Sorto – Do boys or girls have a faster resting heart rate?
10th Place 2-way tie
Krittiyaporn Kaeo-Khao – Freezing Liquids
N’Dea Stewart – How well do disinfectants kill bacteria?
11th Place Karen Montesino – Anger Management
12th Place Greizel Guerrero – Temperature and Seeds
13th Place 2-way tie
LaQuita Liggins – Freezing Liquids
Aziza Kearse – Polymers
“We would like to say thank you to the entire Chavez Community for helping us make this science fair happen. We would especially like to thank the many parents who were able to donate refreshments, prizes and, most importantly, time to help and support their children. We would also like to thank Nancy Pile, Rebeka Fergusson-Lutz, David Krakow, Maurice Myers and Jill Clark for their help with our rubric, Tom Fenske for the use of his comfortable library during our many planning meetings, Bill day for his last-minute IT support and Mr. Pigford for his help with set-up. Finally, we would like to thank our terrific judges. We hope that you learned a lot from our students and enjoyed the fair!” - The Earth Science Teaching Team
AFFIRMATIONS ASSEMBLY and BLACK HISTORY BOWL (February 29, 2008)
Thanks to all who contributed to these important celebrations in our school. Also, thanks to all who made an effort during the month of February to emphasize contributions African-Americans have made to our country and to the world.
BOOK AWARDS (February 29, 2008)
This month’s book awards were presented to the following students, by their following peers:
- Bijan Tyson presented The Breadwinner to Jamila Weatherly
- Corey Johnson presented The Kiterunner to Krishaun Johnson
Congratulations to both students for receiving the book awards!
SPORTS – GIRLS’ SOCCER
Congratulations to the girls soccer team! In the January/February Issue of RISE Magazine, they were mentioned as having had an award winning season. They started their season with their first victory in Cesar Chavez girls’ soccer career history, in a 4-1 win over Roosevelt HS. The team continued to improve during the season and ended with a 1-2-2 record, and it will be an exciting group to watch next year.
PARAGUAY TRIP
Congratulations to the three students who are going to Paraguay with Ms. Anne Love this summer: Brenda Balcarel, Luz Flores, and Montel Yancy. They are going with a program called LearnServe through the Washington International School. They will be going with other teachers and students to work with local urban and rural communities on various projects. These include community building (creating gardens, painting, etc.), computer training for students and teachers, and environmental training. They will be going from June 20th-July 7th.
Here is a website that briefly describes what the program is all about:
http://cie-wis.org/lsp/
CH Second Quarter Honor Roll
Posted by Mr. Rickenbrode 77 days ago on 02/27/08
tags: capitolhill, homeoffice
| Seniors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Honors | Honors | |||
| Cruz, Italo B. | 4.33 | Brown, Breyon | 3.47 | |
| Baptista, Jean C | 4.20 | Vera, Guadalupe | 3.33 | |
| Rivera, Jaqueline E. | 4.17 | Guinn, Katrina | 3.33 | |
| Duran, Nathan | 3.89 | Hailmicheal, Selena | 3.28 | |
| Pena, Maricela | 3.89 | Galvez, Miguel B. | 3.17 | |
| Gibson Jr., Tyrone Fostilla | 3.73 | Rodriguez, Jacqueline | 3.07 | |
| Hernandez, Sindy M | 3.72 | Fuentes, Jose A | 3.00 | |
| Graham, James L | 3.67 | Hernandez, Janet D. | 3.00 | |
| Mejia, Grizelda E. | 3.67 | Molina, Roxana | 3.00 | |
| Manning, Christina M | 3.50 | Pope, Rohnisha L | 3.00 | |
| Sanchez, Karen Y | 3.00 | |||
| Sanchez, Yesenia K. | 3.00 | |||
| Juniors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Honors | Honors | |||
| Brooks, Ayanna | 4.06 | Paz, Cecilia | 3.40 | |
| Flores, Luz E | 4.06 | Rucker, Angel L | 3.39 | |
| Blackwell, Devontez D | 4.00 | Harrod, Mariah M | 3.39 | |
| Liddell, Michael | 4.00 | Black, Bijan | 3.33 | |
| Ballard, AiJewel | 3.95 | Guinn, Kiana | 3.33 | |
| Middleton, Raekala R | 3.95 | Ruano, Cesar A | 3.28 | |
| Montesino, Hancy | 3.89 | Harris, Marque A | 3.28 | |
| Balcarcel, Brenda Leticia | 3.72 | Valentine, Alexis J | 3.22 | |
| Umana, Diana M | 3.72 | Harris, Pearl | 3.17 | |
| Johnson, Symone | 3.67 | Davis, Diamond Y. | 3.06 | |
| Berrios, Keybi | 3.61 | Greene, Jeryle | 3.00 | |
| Rogers, III,Allen T | 3.56 | Edmondson, Kevante | 3.00 | |
| Holland, Diamond Y | 3.50 | |||
| Lazo, Martha M. | 3.50 | |||
| Mejia, Fransheska J | 3.50 | |||
| Sophomores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Honors | Honors | |||
| Thompson, Nina | 4.00 | Nelson, Jwan | 3.33 | |
| Yancy, Montel | 4.00 | Shearin, Destiny | 3.33 | |
| Felix, Adacia | 3.95 | Strong, Alexis | 3.33 | |
| Maheda, Jose | 3.89 | Bullock, Briana | 3.28 | |
| Stewart-Young, Ashley | 3.89 | Cross, Denai | 3.28 | |
| Mejia, Karen L | 3.83 | Somerville, Jaztina | 3.28 | |
| Rivera, Leticia | 3.83 | Mondragon, Christian | 3.22 | |
| Johnson, Corey | 3.72 | Queen, Yvonne | 3.22 | |
| Guerrero, Ely Gustaro | 3.56 | Zelaya, Claudia Arely | 3.17 | |
| Carela, Joel | 3.50 | Diaz, Kimberly | 3.11 | |
| Green, Elizabeth | 3.06 | |||
| Dyson, Jaleel | 3.00 | |||
| Hawkins, Sage-Marie | 3.00 | |||
| Freshman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Honors | Honors | |||
| Ventura Lopez, Maria | 4 | Reyes, Roberto | 3.45 | |
| Montesino, Karen | 3.89 | Feimster, Jaleel | 3.39 | |
| Hicks, Adriane | 3.89 | Jefferson, Warren | 3.39 | |
| Velasquez, Rene Bladimir | 3.89 | Kaeo-Khao, Krittiyaporn | 3.39 | |
| Peterson, Cierra Aneisha | 3.83 | Tate, Tanisha | 3.39 | |
| Rubi, Jason Armando | 3.83 | Adair-Graham, Alexus | 3.33 | |
| Boykin, Marcus | 3.78 | Guerrero, Geizel | 3.33 | |
| Jones, Jasmyn Mariah | 3.72 | Caracciolo, Nia | 3.28 | |
| Guzman, Elida | 3.67 | Colvin, Kendall C.T. | 3.28 | |
| Perla, Walter | 3.67 | Guzman, Reina E | 3.28 | |
| Salley, Terik | 3.67 | Carroll, Kayla Jasmine | 3.22 | |
| Johnson, Lisa | 3.61 | Grate, Jareb Emanuel | 3.22 | |
| Williams, Rome | 3.61 | Johnson, Shanice Nichet | 3.17 | |
| Stewart, N’Dea | 3.56 | Rivera, Joel Enrique | 3.17 | |
| Bello, Kathya-Yaire | 3.5 | Roberson, Joshua | 3.17 | |
| Mackey, Tierra | 3.5 | Gould, Gabrielle | 3.11 | |
| Johnson, Jordan | 3.11 | |||
| Morris, Brittney | 3.11 | |||
| Roberson, Jasmine | 3.11 | |||
| Martin, Darneisha | 3.06 | |||
| Moreno, Magaly | 3.06 | |||
| Neal, Chardee’ | 3.06 | |||
| Settle, Jaquan | 3.06 | |||
| Smith, Brittnie LaVonya | 3.06 | |||
| Umana, Cesar Osmin | 3.06 | |||
| Guzman, Ruben | 3 | |||
| Lewis, Sharmaine A | 3 | |||
| Walker, Sade | 3 | |||
| Wilson, Jenay M | 3 | |||
February Open House Schedule
Posted by Mr. Rickenbrode 99 days ago on 02/05/08
tags: capitolhill, homeoffice, parkside, prep
Chavez Capitol Hill
Open House: Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00pm
Shadow Days: First Tuesday in March, April, & May Call Campus to RSVP
Chavez Prep
Open Houses: Thursday, Feb. 21, March 20, and April 17 at 5:00pm
Shadow Days: Tuesdays 8:00 – 10:00am Call Campus to RSVP
Chavez Parkside
Open House: Saturday, February 23 at 10:00am
Shadow Days: 9:30 – 10:30am Call Campus to RSVP
An open house is a presentation on one of our schools.
A shadow day permits you to see what a school day is like for our students.
Capitol Hill February Principal's Letter
Posted by Mr. Rickenbrode 98 days ago on 02/06/08
tags: capitolhill, homeoffice
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January 30, 2008
Dear Parents/Guardians:
We have just completed the second quarter and we are half way through the academic year. Many of our students are very successful. All our seniors have completed most of their applications for college. A number have already been accepted at major colleges. We are proud of all of them. We hope we will have an increase in the number of students who make the second quarter Honor Roll. We want and believe all our students can and should make the Honor Roll, but it is hard work.
Reports Cards
Second Quarter report cards have been mailed home. Review carefully the grade and the comments with your child. If your child received a C or lower, comments should explain why your child did not do well and the steps your child must make to improve. A teacher should be able to provide parents and scholars, at their request, a print out of how each grade was calculated. Please feel free to contact any teacher. If you have any difficulty contacting a teacher please contact Mr. Martinez, Mr. Spears, or me.
Parent Teacher Conferences: February 6 4:30-7:00pm
Parents can meet with individual teachers to get a clearer idea of their child’s progress in each class by meeting face to face with the classroom teacher. It is important that you try to meet with teachers. You may also receive your child’s attendance record for the first half of the year.
Attendance and Hard Work
Your child must be in school every day. Your child will not pass if he/she has poor attendance. Only in extreme emergencies should a child miss school or any class. Remember that if your child has been absent for 25 days for any reason other than long-term medical issues, he/she may be retained. If your child has less than 90% attendance we will notify you and we may notify proper DC authorities.
Poor attendance and missing or incomplete assignments are the primary reason why students perform poorly. Parental supervision, interest and support of studies will help overcome these problems.
Depending on the grade-level, your child should be spending anywhere from 1.5 hours to 2.5 hours a night studying. If your child does not have specific assignments to do, he/she should review material or read a book during this time. For your child to learn, there is no alternative to hard work. We offer a number of support programs to help your child complete their work at school:
After School Help: Each teacher has after school help hours. You child should stay at least once a week with a teacher in a class in which they are having difficulty.
Tutoring Study Halls: Tuesdays-Thursdays after school, three tutoring organizations are at school premises to help students with their homework. Please contact Mr. Gunthrope with any questions.
Saturday Academy. We have piloted a program where selected 9th grade students attend Saturdays to work on math. We hope to expand this program in the future.
DC CAS Prep for 10th Graders
- Mandatory After School Sessions: The math department will select students who need extra time learning math to reach proficiency in order to pass Math and be successful with DC CAS Test in April. If your child needs such support we will be sending a letter shortly. We expect all students selected attend the after school sessions
- Mondays. Every other Monday selected 10th grade students will be required to stay to work on math and prepare for the DC CAS Test in April.
After School Activities
If your child is to be successful you must encourage him or her to be a full participant in the life of the school. You child should be engaged in after school activities, sports and attendance at special events. In the second semester we are offering new Robotics Club, Dance Group, Male Group, Rugby for men and Women, and Musical Theater in addition to our other clubs.
Upcoming Events
- February 1: Dance at Parkside Campus. 7pm—10pm Transportation provided to metro.
- February 6: Parent Teacher Conferences: 4:30-7:00pm
- February 6: Watch on School TV the Wizards play the 76ers. For every point the top two Wizards score Chavez CH will receive a $100!
- February 15: School Valentine Party 1:30-3:30
- February 15-17: School Ski Weekend
- Black History Celebration and Dinner 6:00-8:pm, February 27th
Thank you for giving us the honor of teaching you child and working with you to support your child with their goals and dreams.
Sincerely,
Garrett Phelan, Principal