Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, Adult education center in Washington, D.C., United States

Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School is an adult charter school with two campuses: the Harvard Street Campus at 1100 Harvard St NW in Columbia Heights and the Sonia Gutierrez Campus at 514 V St NE in Eckington. The Harvard Street building opened in 2004, and the Sonia Gutierrez Campus opened in 2013. The school serves more than 2,500 students.

The institution started in the 1930s as a program for Latin American adults and became the first public charter school for adult education in the United States in 1998. This founding made it a pioneer in serving adult learners in the nation's capital.

The school welcomes students from around the world and helps them learn English while gaining job skills. You will find classrooms where people from different continents study side by side.

The school operates two campuses: the Harvard Street Campus at 1100 Harvard St NW in Columbia Heights and the Sonia Gutierrez Campus at 514 V St NE in Eckington. Classes run in English as a Second Language, GED preparation, citizenship test preparation and career academies in culinary arts, health and technology. A multilingual team assists speakers of Amharic, French, Spanish and Vietnamese.

The school was the first adult public charter school in the United States, approved in 1998 after director Sonia Gutierrez raised $150,000 from her basement to reopen it when the district closed its adult education programs in 1996.