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Mission: 

As CHEA, our job is to understand, dismantle, and transform the social determinants that contribute to health inequities in our community:

• Housing

• Food

• Money

• Social Environment/Relationships

• Education

• Safety

CHEA students and educators understand that a quality education is one of the most important tools our students have to take back East Oakland from the grips of gentrification and build a community where everyone can reach their full health potential.

The Castlemont Health Equity Academy (CHEA) activates students as agents of change by: 

• Developing knowledge of self, including strengths, interests, and leadership;
• Deepening our understanding of the Social Determinants of Health and health outcomes;
• Supporting opportunities to practice skills and apply knowledge through work-based learning and action research. 

Work Based Learning 

• Employment: Public Health is a leading Bay Area employment sector.
• Skills: Research, health care, communications, cultural relations, social design
• Degrees/Careers: Health worker, counselor, nutritionist, therapist, Early childhood, policy writer, business owner among others

Course Sequence 

9th – Health Careers  

10th – Public Health Reading, Writing your way to a better world 

11th - Public Health Solutions 

12th – Senior Seminar 

Dual Enrollment Berkeley City College: Early Childhood Development Class and Apprenticeship 

CHEA Student Outcomes 

• Critical Thinking
• Health Advocacy
• Action Research 
• Collaboration