About
Welcome to Cesar Chavez Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary School opened in September 2004. The two-story school is built on 2.5 acres near the intersection of Broadway Street and Golden Avenue. It offers 65,000 square feet of facilities, including gleaming , energy efficient classrooms, a workroom between every two classrooms, and a large gymnasium that is part of an innovative joint-use agreement with the neighboring Cesar Chavez Park.
Chavez Elementary was named in recognition of the enduring contributions of the National Farm Workers Association, Dolores Huerta, and Chicano activists within the organization to the farmworkers' labor movement and to advocacy for their families.
The founding principal, Susan Rivard, stated in the dedication program, "We emulate and teach the core values of equity, determination, knowledge, acceptance, and responsibility to one another. These are our guides in our pursuit of excellence for ourselves and our students."
Bilingualism is a bridge to success!
The Cesar Chavez Dual Immersion program merges the most successful aspects of bilingual education with a strong academic program. The program implements a 90/10 learning model of instruction. This means that starting in Kinder, students are fully immersed in both English and Spanish! DI empowers students to achieve the highest social and linguistic skills to give them the edge now and for future success. The program goals are:
- Ability to think, speak, read and write fluently in two languages!
- Have daily opportunities to practice a new language!
- To foster knowledge and appreciation of other cultures!
Learn more about our program!
The Cesar Chavez Spanish Dual Immersion program launched during the Fall of 2020, with two kindergarten classrooms, on zoom, mid pandemic. Since then we have grown each year with students from our downtown community as well as many from across Long Beach. Our students and community represent our culturally and socioeconomically diverse city. Our goal is to foster bilingualism through culturally responsive pedagogy and support all students within their zone of proximal development.