Walking into a new school can be quite intimidating for freshmen. However, the Clemente Wildcat freshmen are not your typical freshman class. Already, students are open-minded enough to communicate with each other just four weeks into the start of the school year. In their world studies class, all freshmen participated in our Socratic Seminar. As...
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Clemente Football Team vs Phoenix
HELLO WILDCATS FANS!! Quarterback Ri’chard La Bon’s 150 yards rushing and 100 yards passing wasn’t enough to get the Wildcats over the hump in Friday’s disappointing 26-6 loss to Phoenix Military at Hanson Stadium. This loss dropped the Wildcats from 1st to 4th place in a close race for Second City Division’s #1 spot. When...
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STAR Scholarship
The STAR Scholarship is a scholarship given to students in need of financial aid. It is specifically awarded to students attending the City Colleges of Chicago. To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be a high school graduate with a 3.0 GPA or higher and have an ACT score or placement test score that...
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Sweet & Simple Scholarship
The Sweet & Simple Scholarship is sponsored by UNIGO. It provides financial assistance to high school students who will be furthering their education. Their tagline is “Big Things Come in Small Packages”, which means that even the smallest gifts can have much more value and meaning than a more extravagant gift. Have you ever...
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Class of 2020 Collaborates with Artists to Change Social Injustice
As a response to the gun violence epidemic in Chicago, the freshman Class of 2020 is currently investigating and researching gun violence statistics, stories about victims, and ways in which they can raise awareness and evoke a change in the rising homicide rates and social injustices in the city. Krista Wortendyke, artist and activist, presented...
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School is back in session and sophomore Wildcats are ready to learn!
Since the school year started, Team 10 has been working to prepare our sophomore students for the PSAT coming in October. With this year’s implementation of the SAT test, students and teachers are being proactive with practicing SAT questions and reviewing test-taking strategies. Every teacher and every subject, from math to physical education, is...
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Clemente’s CTE Students Interview Lin-Manuel Miranda
“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.” These words come from Alexander Hamilton, an American historical icon that inspired the hip-hop Broadway smash musical Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda the creator and writer of this Broadway sensation was honored on September 22, 2016 by the National Museum of Puerto...
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Boys Soccer: KELVYN PARK VS CLEMENTE
On Tuesday September 6th, the Clemente Wildcats Boys Varsity soccer team hosted conference rivals, Kelvyn Park Panthers, at the Humboldt Park Allstate Turf field. This marked the first game of the season for the Wildcats. Clemente began the game with new freshmen goalie, Kelvin Aguirre, displaying some of his skills as he punched away a...
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Roberto Clemente Community Academy at Fiesta Boricua 2016
On September 3rd and 4th, Roberto Clemente Community Academy hosted a booth as well as a variety of activities at the Back to School Education Corridor at Fiesta Boricua hosted by Community as a Campus. Along with a table that offered information regarding the academic and extracurricular options offered at Clemente, our students and staff...
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Roberto Clemente Community Academy – Up and Coming Neighborhood School
Roberto Clemente Community Academy – Up and Coming Neighborhood School Chicago Public Schools has released the 2016 Graduation Rates, and it is clear that Roberto Clemente Community Academy is a neighborhood school on the rise. Clemente’s current four-year graduation rate of 80.1%, up from 75.7% last year Clemente’s four-year graduation rate is 6.6% higher than...