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. The school is part of the

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, and serves grades nine through twelve. Chavez serves several areas outside the

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in southeast Houston, including the neighborhoods of Glenbrook Valley, Gulf Freeway Oaks, and Park Place. Chavez High School serves a mainly Hispanic population located near

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. The school is named for civil rights activist

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. HISD's Environmental Science magnet program is offered at Chavez. The school's principal (as of June 2019) is Dr. Luis Landa. The "Lobo" (

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for "wolf") is the school's official mascot. The school became an

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school which started offering Diploma Programme classes in 2017-2018.

History

By 1991 the

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area schools Austin High School and

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had among the largest enrollments in Texas. In December of that year school district trustees voted to construct a new high school in September 1995 instead of 1997 due to the severity of overcrowding. By 1997 the new high school had not yet been constructed; area community leaders and parents anticipated the construction of Chávez as Austin and Milby were still overcrowded. In the fall of 2000, Chávez opened and took most of Milby's traditional neighborhoods. In turn Milby absorbed some students from Austin. A group called the Unidos Contra Environmental Racism (UCER) protested the school's proximity to many chemical plants before it was opened; the school is less than from plants owned by Texas Petroleum, Denka Chemical, USS Chemical, and Goodyear Chemical. Juan Parras, the leader of the UCER group, stated that the school would take the brunt of a chemical leak. Heather Browne, a spokesperson for Houston ISD, stated that the Chavez site was tested for environmental hazards in the air and soil in 1992 and 1996; no problems were found in the tests. Browne also stated that one park, three public swimming pools, the City Hall of

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, and one golf course are within of Chavez. In 2007, an Associated Press/

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study referred to Chávez as a "dropout factory" where at least 40% of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year. During that year 21% of high school age children zoned to Chávez chose to attend a different Houston ISD school. In 2014 HISD superintendent

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stated that Chávez should reduce its enrollment to around 3,000 students.

Operations

Students at Chávez use the former Kay Elementary School in

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as a "

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Demographics

For the 2012-13 school year: * African American: 11.6% * Hispanic: 82.9% * White: 1.7% * American Indian: 0.2% * Asian: 3.1% * Pacific Islander: 0.5% * Two or More Races: 0.0% * Economically Disadvantaged: 79.9% As of 2009 Chávez's enrollment mostly consists of low income Hispanic and Latino students.

AP Courses Offered at Chávez

*AP World History *AP United States History *AP English Language and Composition *AP English Literature *AP Spanish Language *AP Spanish Literature *AP Economics *AP United States Government *AP Calculus AB *AP Calculus BC *AP Chemistry *AP Physics *AP European History *AP Biology *AP Environmental Science *AP Computer Science

Athletics and Arts

Chavez fields eighteen varsity teams in the University Interscholastic League's Region III, District 20-5A with the Houston Independent School District's largest high schools. The campus has a field house that includes an athletic training room, weight room, team meeting rooms, coaches' offices, coaches and officials' lockers, and large locker room areas for male and female athletes. Other campus athletic facilities include an 8-lane all-weather track, 4 tennis courts, an outdoor basketball court, a practice gymnasium, basketball court, secondary weight room, natatorium with olympic-sized competition pool, football, baseball, softball, soccer fields, and a cross country running course over wooded terrain. Varsity sports offered at the school include: *Cross Country (boys, girls) *Volleyball (girls) *Football (boys) *Soccer (boys, girls) *Baseball (boys) *Softball (girls) *Basketball (boys, girls) *Wrestling (boys, girls) *Golf (boys, girls) *Tennis (boys, girls) *Track & Field (boys, girls) Chavez High School has a band and orchestra program, as well a choir and piano class. Chavez also has a Theatre program that consists of acting, musical theatre, and tech. Also, Army JROTC (Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps).

In media

In the 2011 novel ''

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'', the sports team of the Houston high school attended by the main character is the "Loyal Lobos".Pérez,

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(First page of Chapter 2): "Over the weekend, the sign for our high school got vandalized again. Supposedly we're the Loyal Lobos, .. Chávez High's real-life mascot is the "Lobos", and the novel's author, Ashley Hope Pérez, once worked as a teacher at Chávez.A Q&A with Ashley Hope Pérez, Author of “What Can’t Wait”
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. February 4, 2011. Retrieved on November 7, 2015. In the acknowledgements section Pérez thanked the students of Chávez High.Pérez,

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Feeder pattern

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'' *Rucker (partial) *Sanchez (partial) Middle schools that feed into Chavez include: *Ortiz *Deady (partial) *Stevenson (partial)

Notable alumni

* Juan Díaz -

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- US Army soldier who was killed by another soldier at

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on April 22, 2020

References

External links

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