Though the 2020-21 school year brought unimaginable challenges and unanticipated changes, we never wavered in our commitment to Twin Cities students. Our students and families, volunteers, staff, leaders, and supporters stepped up to the plate – and we’re excited to share the results with you!

Opened in 2001 and located in Saint Paul's Eastside community, Academia Cesar Chavez is a tuition-free public charter school that is dedicated to providing dual-language education which prepares critically thinking, socially competent, values driven, and culturally aware bilingual and bi-literate learners.

This October, our students will tackle ACES’s original “Athlete Health” curriculum unit. In addition to learning about goal setting and perseverance (two key social-emotional skills), our 6th grade students will use reasoning about multiplication and division to solve ratio and rate problems. Get a sneak peek at what they’ll be working on by trying your hand at the October Problem of the Month!

ACES students are back in the classroom and a few of our Athlete Ambassadors shared special back-to-school video messages to help them star the year strong. Check out what Minnesota United Midfielder Adrien Hunou, Minnesota Vikings Safety Cam Bynum, and Minnesota United Defender Michael Boxall had to say to our all-stars!

Grab a delicious craft brew and help tackle the academic opportunity gap! On Thursday, October 21 from 4-10pm, Tin Whiskers Brewery will donate $1 to ACES for every pint and crowler sold in their Saint Paul taproom. Grab your friends for a fun evening of games, free raffles, and athlete appearances – all in support of ACES’s transformative programming for Twin Cities students!

ACES has partnered with the Saint Paul Saints for more than a decade to tackle the academic opportunity gap and prepare Twin Cities students for success in school, career, and community. We are honored to have been selected as the Saints’ community partner for Major League Baseball’s “Homer’s That Help” Triple-A initiative.

ACES’s 2021-22 school year kicks off with one of our favorite curriculum units: Training Camp! Using ACES’s custom lesson plans, our 8th grade MVPs will practice decimal and fraction notations, determine equivalent fractions, and solve equations using the order of operations. Try your hand at one of our Training Camp math drills with the September Problem of the Month!

ACES is heading back to the classroom and we’re looking for enthusiastic, dedicated leaders to join our team as Academic Coaches! Building relationships with students and leading classroom programming, Academic Coaches are ACES’s most powerful agents of change. This part-time position is an impactful leadership and growth experience for up-and-coming educators and youth workers, and benefits include professional development and leadership opportunities, participation in Minnesota sports events and games, a semester-end bonus, and more.

Go behind-the-scenes in an ACES classroom with our Problem of the Month! This August, try your hand at averages --- an important concept our students covered in summer programming.

We are thrilled to announce First Pitch, a one-of-a-kind ACES back-to-school celebration – and we want YOU to be there! Enjoy drinks and upscale ballpark fare, take in the Saint Paul skyline with exclusive access to CHS Field and its City of Baseball Museum, and mingle with Minnesota sports stars – all while supporting ACES’s transformative programming for Twin Cities students.