'It makes me feel like I can do something on my own,' said sixth grader Imelda Herran, speaking about Chavez's legacy. 'I'd like the students to feel empowered to make change within their own lives – that they won't just be rule followers, that they'll question fairness and equality,' he said.įor many of the students screaming 'si se puede' as loudly as they could, the message seemed to ring true. Hughes said there are still a handful of instructors at the school who were there when Chavez dedicated the school, and his words are 'alive in the teachers.' Named after an American hero, it continues to carry out a vital mission to our country and to our region – to carry on Cesar Chavez's legacy by educating children to be socially responsible citizens of our community,' the remarks read in part. 'For a quarter century the Cesar Chavez Elementary School has provided young scholars form the Coachella valley with a top rate education. Ruiz's office also read remarks which were entered into the Congressional Record the day before, commemorating the school's anniversary. Students sang 'Go My Son,' a song sung during the opening ceremony of the school 25 years ago.

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