Updated on January 2020.
Based on the registration forms turned in, our school demographics consist of 87% Hispanic students. The majority of our peers who are immigrants come from Latin countries such as Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, etc. We also have a growing immigrant population from Vietnam and other countries. Some of these students are undocumented or have family members who are.
Many of us at Chavez HS, are part of a mixed-status family. This is where family members have different immigration status. (For example, parents may be undocumented, one child may have DACA, younger children may be U.S. citizens.)
When President Trump terminated DACA, on Sept. 5th, 2017, many people in our community were affected.
The Butterfly Project was created by a group of students who wanted to fight back against the current anti-immigrant administration and help our community.