Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools For Public Policy

Cesar Chavez PCS emphasizes a rigorous, college-preparatory education in a safe and supportive environment where students are “safe, known, and loved,” and learn through multiple modalities while demonstrating mastery through authentic intellectual work. (chavezschools.org) Their teaching approach is tightly connected to public policy: students build skills like researching, writing, presenting, and advocating through a framework that blends classroom instruction with experiential/service-learning projects (e.g., advocacy projects, capstone-style work, and a culminating senior thesis). (chavezschools.org)

Cesar Chavez PCS participates in the My School DC common lottery and states it only accepts the My School DC application; families create an account on MySchoolDC, apply/rank Chavez, and if matched (or later offered a seat) complete Chavez’s enrollment steps including the Infosnap form. (chavezschools.org) For SY2026–27, the My School DC lottery deadlines are February 2, 2026 (Grades 9–12) and March 2, 2026 (PK3–Grade 8, which covers Chavez’s Grades 6–8 applicants), with lottery results/waitlist positions posted March 27, 2026; matched students must complete enrollment by the common deadline of May 1, 2026. (myschooldc.org) Chavez lists required enrollment items such as submitting a DC Residency Form and supporting documents, student birth certificate, academic records, DC health/oral health forms, and (if applicable) IEP/504 documentation (and it also references a home visit form). (chavezschools.org) If you miss the lottery deadline, Chavez directs families to the My School DC post-lottery application; Chavez says post-lottery applicants go to the bottom of the waitlist below lottery applicants, and it contacts families by phone/email when seats open and reviews/sends acceptances daily. (chavezschools.org) Chavez explicitly notes a priority/preference category for siblings of current students, who can receive preference and move up the waitlist (including in the post-lottery period). (chavezschools.org)