The WhatsApp directory.
One community, a stack of groups, and one rule: you are only added to what you ask for. Every group is invite-only and admitted by hand.
Start with Announcements. Add the rest when you want them.
Start here
The one to join first.
Announcements
Announce-only, no chat. A few messages a month. If you join one thing, join this — everything important goes here first.
General
The open conversation for the whole school. Lost jumpers, snow-day questions, does anybody have a spare bike.
Cesar Chavez Español
For families who would rather talk in Spanish. Same subjects, different language, not a translation of the English group.
By committee
If you work on something.
Committee groups are for people doing the work. Quiet most weeks, busy before an event.
Welcome
Social Fridays, swaps, new families. Plus a separate group for incoming kindergarten.
Wildcat Way
Workdays, planting, weekend use of the outdoor classroom. Open to anyone, not just the committee.
Advocacy
Action alerts land here first. Silent for weeks, then urgent when a hearing is coming.
Communications
This site, the socials, the calendar.
¡Sí Se Puede!
Busy from winter through May, then quiet until next year.
Bicibús
Friday route, weather calls, last-minute changes.
By grade
Your child’s cohort.
Grade chats are run by families rather than the PTO. They are where the day-to-day happens — homework questions, birthday parties, who has the field trip form.
Names go by the year the class graduates high school, not by the grade they are in. A group called 1st Grade is wrong every August; Class of 2038 is right until they promote.
Tidy-up in progress
The names need work, and we know it.
Right now the same idea is spelled four different ways — CCDSI, CC, C. Chavez, and no prefix at all — and years are written as SY26-27, 2026-2027, SY 24-30 and Class of 2028, which are three different systems. It is nobody’s fault; groups get made when they are needed. But it means a new family cannot tell what is theirs.
Two prefixes, one date rule. CCPTO · for anything the PTO runs. CCDSI · for family-run grade and interest groups. Years always as the high-school graduation year.
| Group today | Members | Suggested name |
|---|---|---|
| CCDSI Kindergarten 2026-2027 | 66 | CCDSI · Class of 2039 |
| CCDSI 1st Grade (SY26-27) | 90 | CCDSI · Class of 2038 |
| CCDSI Second Grade Parents (SY 24-30) | 48 | CCDSI · Class of 2037 |
| CC Third Grade Parents (SY23-29) | — | CCDSI · Class of 2036 |
| CC Fourth Grade SY 26-27 (Class of 2028) | 33 | CCDSI · Class of 2035 |
| C. Chavez 5th Grade Group | 24 | CCDSI · Class of 2034 |
| Former 5th Grade (now 6th) CCDSI Parents | 12 | CCDSI · Class of 2033 |
| General | 75 | CCDSI · General |
| Cesar Chavez Español | 55 | CCDSI · Español |
| Pride Dance Parents | — | CCDSI · Pride Dance |
| PTO Welcome Committee | — | CCPTO · Welcome |
| Communications Committee | — | CCPTO · Communications |
| Wildcat Way Outdoor Classroom Supporters | — | CCPTO · Wildcat Way |
The arithmetic, once: in 2026–27, kindergarten is the Class of 2039, 1st grade 2038, 2nd 2037, 3rd 2036, 4th 2035, 5th 2034. Last year’s fifth graders are the Class of 2033.
“Former 5th Grade (now 6th)” is the argument in one line — accurate for about ten months. Note also that the fourth grade group says “Class of 2028,” which is the year they leave CCDSI. Graduation year is the more durable choice: it survives the move to middle school, so a cohort keeps its name the whole way through.
One more: Teacher appreciation Friday 5/9 food truck (22 members) is an event group from last May. Those should be archived once the event passes rather than left in the join list.
House rules
What keeps these usable.
Announcements is announce-only. Everything else is a conversation, but keep it to the group’s subject.
No photos of other people’s children without asking the parent first. This one matters more than the rest.
No canvassing for candidates. We are a 501(c)(3) and these groups carry the school’s name.
Family circumstances stay private. If a household needs help, route it to the committee, not the group chat.
Spanish and English are equal here. Post in whichever you prefer; somebody will help if it needs translating.