Dolores Huerta Preparatory High School
| Dolores Huerta Preparatory High School | |
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| Address | |
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2727 W 18th Street Pueblo, Colorado 81003 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°17′4″N 104°39′3″W / 38.28444°N 104.65083°WCoordinates: 38°17′4″N 104°39′3″W / 38.28444°N 104.65083°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Charter School High School |
| Motto | Building a Legacy of Success, Si Se Puede |
| Established | 2004 |
| School district | Pueblo City Schools |
| Principal | Crystal Gallegos |
| Faculty | 18 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 400 |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Color(s) | Blue, Gold |
| Athletics conference | 3A - Tri-Peaks East League |
| Mascot | Scorpion |
| Average ACT scores | 18 |
| Feeder schools | Cesar Chavez Academy |
| Website | http://www.chpa-k12.org/ |
Chávez Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy is a charter school system in Pueblo, Colorado. It is divided into two campuses: César Chávez Academy (CCA), the elementary-middle school; and Dolores Huerta Preparatory High School (DHPH), the only charter high school in Pueblo. DHPH serves roughly 400 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's charter is held within Pueblo City Schools (District 60). In 2013 and 2014, DHPH was the only Pueblo area high school, including those in both District 60 and Pueblo County School District 70, to be nationally recognized by the U.S. News & World Report as a best high school in the nation.
Dolores Huerta Preparatory High (DHPH) was established in 2004 as an extension of the K-8 Cesar Chavez Academy (CCA), and as Pueblo County's first charter high school. The founders, Lawrence Hernandez and Annette Hernandez, envisioned a mission-driven network of excellent schools serving a diverse cross-section of Colorado's students. Lawrence Hernandez, a Stanford Ph.D. and former Harvard professor, spent one year traveling around the country to gather the most effective elements of transformational education. What would become DHPH followed CCA's educational excellence model by providing the students of Pueblo County an additional option and alternative to traditional education offered by Pueblo City Schools. DHPH moved from the campus of CCA to its own building in 2007. DHPH and CCA were the core in what was the Cesar Chavez School Network (CCSN). The CCSN was composed of CCA, DHPH, the online high school, GOAL Academy, CCA-Denver, CCA-Central, and CCA-Colorado Springs. The CCSN proved to be a powerhouse in educational excellence. Lawrence Hernandez and Annette Hernandez were recognized by two Presidents, Clinton and Bush, for their accomplishments. After 10 years of what Lawrence Hernandez and his wife Annette describe as "the most inspirational period in our lives", they were fired by the CCSN School Board from their positions as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer in 2010 amid allegations that the Hernandez family, along with other administrators, were "squandering taxpayer money". Following the State Board of Education's audit on the school network and the removal of the top administrators, Henry Roman was hired as the new Executive Director of CCA and DHPH. Under the guidance of Henry Roman, Cesar Chavez Academy and Dolores Huerta Preparatory High were joined together as one K–12 charter school in Pueblo City Schools rather than two separate. Collectively, the schools are now called the Chavez Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy (CHPA); however they are still called Cesar Chavez Academy and Dolores Huerta Preparatory High, respectively. It is only recipient of recognition by US News and World Report as a "Best High School" in the Pueblo community.
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