César E. Chávez High School is a secondary school located at 8501 Howard Drive in Houston, Texas, United States.The school is part of the Houston Independent School District, and serves grades nine through twelve. Chavez serves several areas outside of the 610 Loop in southeast Houston, including the neighborhoods of Glenbrook Valley, Gulf Freeway Oaks, and Park Place.Chavez High School serves a mainly Hispanic population located near Hobby Airport. The school is named for civil rights activist Cesar E. Chavez.HISD's Environmental Science magnet program is offered at Chavez. The school's principal (as of June 2013) is Rene Sanchez. The "Lobo" (Spanish for "wolf") is the school's official mascot.The school became an International Baccalaureate school which started offering Diploma Programme classes in 2017-2018.HistoryBy 1991 the East End area schools Austin High School and Milby High School had among the largest enrollments in Texas. In December of that year school district trustees voted to construct a new high school in September 1995 instead of 1997 due to the severity of overcrowding. By 1997 the new high school had not yet been constructed; area community leaders and parents anticipated the construction of Chávez as Austin and Milby were still overcrowded.
