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Sophomore Trip to Carthage College By Rebecca Seemann US History Teacher Tuesday March 8th was college visit day for our Sophomores at Clemente. One of the many schools that we visited was Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The first thing we noticed when we arrived at the campus was how wonderful the environment of the...

Clemente Freshman Invest in Politics Through Film Director Josh Rech recently visited the Clemente freshmen to show the students his movies. All freshmen will be creating original films, and Rech provided tips and tricks for students to use as they begin to make their own movies. In World Studies class, students have been studying ideology...

Clemente Cooks! It was a busy week for the Roberto Clemente culinary arts department. The students and instructors were out and about in the community making a difference with their culinary skills. On Sunday, the cooks were participating in a scholarship fundraising showcase put on by the Careers through Culinary Arts Program (CCAP). CCAP is...

Financially Preparing for the Future: The Wentcher Scholarship by Rosaly Gonzalez The mission of the Wentcher Foundation is to provide college scholarships to Chicago high school seniors based on the student’s’ academic merit, financial need and character. The Wentcher Foundation will award 50 plus renewable scholarships valuing up to $10,000 per year to Chicago seniors...

Learning about the Conservation of Energy through Roller Coasters! This unit, the Physics students have explored concepts of kinetic, potential and gravitational energy through the lens of roller coasters. Physics classes have investigated how altering roller coaster hills, mass of the roller coasters and the intricate designs behind roller coasters changes its energy; moreover, they...

Learning Author’s Purpose & Main Idea Through the Beatles It’s so much fun to learn about literary elements through music! When analyzing John Lennon’s song “Imagine” one day in class, Mr. Keddy, a charismatic history teacher from Ireland, popped into the room after hearing the song. He joined our class discussion and helped students gain...

Boys Basketball Wraps Up One of Its Best Seasons The Boys Basketball Team finished their season off in the IHSA Playoffs with a loss against Wauconda High School at St. Patricks High School in the Regional Semi-Finals. The Boys battled to a 65-61 loss. Junior Jamaul Perdue led the team in scoring with 21 points,...

Researching Colleges: North Park University North Park University was founded by the Evangelical Covenant Church in 1891. It is a small private university that is located on the north side of Chicago (Foster Ave. and Kedzie Ave.) It services 3,200 students from all over the country and world. Even though it’s a small private university,...

Kill Floor-The Power of Play For the past two weeks all of the freshman students at Roberto Clemente High School have been engaged in the Mosaic Program through the American Theater Company (ATC). This is a program in which ATC partners with Clemente and selects theater teaching artists and apprentices to go into the classroom...

A Temporary Congresswoman Jaileen Almonte Put yourself in someone else’s shoes and then you will understand what they going through. That is what I have learned in my Advanced Placement U.S Government and Politics class these past few weeks. During that time, we were assigned roles representing a senator or representative, a state or district,...