The César E. Chávez Learning Academies, also known as Valley Region High School 5 (VRHS #5), is a public high school of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located in the City of San Fernando in the San Fernando Valley region of the

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, in the

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. It is named after

César Chávez Cesar Chavez (born Cesario Estrada Chavez ; ; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merg ...

. The school opened in 2011, relieving overcrowding at

San Fernando High School San Fernando High School (SFHS) is a high school of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles, in the northeastern San Fernando Valley, California. It is near and also serves the City of Sa ...

, Sylmar High School, Kennedy High School, and

Verdugo Hills High School Verdugo Hills High School (VHHS) is a public school located in the Tujunga community of Los Angeles, California, United States, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school serves students from several areas of Los Angeles, inclu ...

. When the school opened it had 1,600 students. Its design was based on historical California missions. The school campus is divided into four academies: Technology Prep Academy, ArTES, Social Justice Humanitas Academy, and San Fernando Academy of Scientific Exploration (ASE).

Athletics

The Eagles finished the 2016 football season with a record of 8-2 that gave them the home field advantage throughout their first two playoff games, advancing all the way to the city semi-finals, led by head coach Rodrigo Nuñez. In the 2016–2017 season the Eagles went undefeated against their rivals, Verdugo Hills High School and James Monroe High School; and their division one rivals, Arleta High. In 2018, the junior varsity football team became the first undefeated team in the school's history.

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