Welcome
This is the official webpage of the New Orleans Capstone Project, which finds its home at the Capitol Hill Campus of the César Chávez Public Charter School System. The mission of our schools is “to develop young people who will make this world a better place by influencing the public policies that affect their communities.”
Each summer, the students of our schools spend two weeks engaged in policy projects. The summer of sophomore year is spent engaged in a Community Action Project (we call them CAPstones for short).
The New Orleans CAPstone Project travels to New Orleans to engage in the rebuilding of a community. Our aim is to explore the dynamics of community (more how we live, rather than where we live), and return home with a new perspective on our local environment.
New Orleans is a choice location for this project. First, the residents of this city still need large amounts of volunteers to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Secondly, Katrina exposed as much as she destroyed. This community offers students a glimpse of the faultlines that divide our communities, both geographic and socio-economic.
Here you’ll find our mission statement, photos, blogs, moments, memories, and messages.