Dance tickets are on sale for our February 14, 2012 dance.   Special BONUS!!!  All Cougar Card members and students who earned a GPA of 3.2 or higher will go for FREE!!! Woo hoo!

For the second consecutive year, the Associated Student Body (ASB) leaders of Chavez Middle School have been recognized as the Top Activities Program in the state.  Students from Chavez were presented the prestigious award by the California Association of Student Leaders (CASL) at the recent state convention in San Jose.

The Chavez ASB program is headed by Christina DeSanto. Way to go Cougars!

Pictured: Sandi Kurland (left) CASL Coordinator, Diana Fisher (center) Chavez ASB Vice President, and Erin Leonard, CASL State President.  

Welcome to

Chavez Middle School!

Home of the Cougars!

202 Oleander Drive
Oceanside, CA  92057

(760) 966-4900 Office

Attendance Line

(760) 966-4901

(760) 945-4665 Fax

Front Office Hours

7:00 am - 3:30 pm

Student Services

Office Hours 7:15 am - 3:15 pm

V.I.P.s invited-

that's Very Important Parents! 

Once a month, on the second Wednesday, from 9:00 - 10:30 am, 5 lucky parents will  have coffee with Mrs. Frazier and  get up close and personal with the amazing work that happens here at Chavez Middle School.  This is a great opportunity to visit classrooms, explore our facilities, and most importantly, see what your child experiences every day.  For more information and dates, check out our Parents Page.

The 11-12 PLUS team received a $1,120 grant from the Current Wisdom Foundation to go to the Museum of Tolerance.

PG&E in cooperation w/ Ocean Connections have generously given 7^th grade science 6 classroom presentations and field trips valued at more that $1100. Only 2 schools in North County were chosen to participate in this program-Yeah Chavez!  Students will be helping to restore a wetland habitat in Del Mar (San Diegito Slough) by planting natural vegetation and studying samples of algae and water samples, and counting migrating geese.  Pictures to follow in Jan and March.

Ms. Christina DeSanto was awarded $1050 from the Current Wisdom Foundation to pay for the registration fees for the Leadership Team to attend the Area G Conference at Del Mar in November.

Mrs. Cindy Johnson received a grant for classroom materials for US History from Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which is supported by the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH).

Mr. Mike Florio received a $638.20 grant from Genentech to host a Family Science Night called "Go Green."

Ms. Christina DeSanto received $150 grant from the LIFE Foundation and $105 from the Current Wisdom Foundation to purchase Scrabble for the Classroom!

Grant Recipients from previous years:

Ms. Xye Sanders received a$150  grant from the Current Wisdom Foundation to purchase pedometers for a  wellness program. (2010-2011)

Mrs. Van Diepen received a grant of $999 from the Education PLUS! Fund at Coastal Community Foundation to fund a school wide keyboarding program. (2010-2011)

The Chavez Leadership team was awarded a grant of $1,350 from the Current Wisdom Foundation for leadership training!  (2010-2011)

The Chavez PLUS team received a grant of $2,100 from the Current Wisdom Foundation for a trip to the Museum of Tolerance!  (2010-2011)

AVID Teacher Ms. Chambers received a grant of $700 from Target to pay for transportation for AVID to go to the Museum of Tolerance! (2010-2011)

Way to go Cougars!