| June 1999 | Pilot Summerbridge program at San Jose State for 6th-8th graders |
| December 1999 |
San Jose Unified Board of Trustees
unanimously appoves charter petition |
| September 2000 |
DCP opens with 104 9th graders and 6 teachers
with an opening ceremony at Cesar Chavez Park in downtown San Jose led by Father Mateo Sheedy and Mayor Ron Gonzales |
| May 2001 | DCP's robotics team, "Big Chicken Dinner", wins first of four straight top-five finishes in the Tech Challenge at the Tech Museum of San Jose |
| September 2002 | Due to expanded enrollment and lack of a permanent facility, DCP is forced to operate at three different sites--St. Paul's Church, Grace Baptist Church, and YWCA |
| October 2002 |
DCP moves to a single site at 355 W. San
Fernando, a renovated fitness club |
| April 2003 | 11th graders take
the first California college trip, visiting 13 colleges statewide |
| September 2003 | 12th graders on the Honor Roll go on a week-long East Coast college trip, visiting colleges in Washington D.C., New York, and Boston |
| March 2004 | First DCP students receive full scholarships to private schools, including Santa Clara University and Mount Holyoke |
| June 2004 | First DCP graduation: 54 students prepare to be the first in their families to attend four-year college |
| August 2005 | DCP records highest high school growth in STAR scores in Santa Clara County |
| December 2005 | DCP moves to
a new campus, a renovated SJUSD elementary school funded by a $4 million SJUSD facilities bond |
