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Over the past two weeks, De Diego, Clemente’s largest feeder school, has begun an intramural soccer program for grades Kindergarten through 5th. Nearly 75 students came out to the two, introductory clinics featuring skill work, scrimmages, team building, and more! The Clemente soccer team came out to support the program. They had a blast working...

Over the past two weeks, De Diego, Clemente’s largest feeder school, has begun an intramural soccer program for grades Kindergarten through 5th. Nearly 75 students came out to the two, introductory clinics featuring skill work, scrimmages, team building, and more! The Clemente soccer team came out to support the program. They had a blast working...

The Communication and Impact of Political Ideology By: Reem Fakhoury and Alyssa Jimenez In World Studies class, we have been focusing on political ideologies. We have been doing this by looking at government systems and propaganda. First, we went through readings on both ideologies and worked to understand these ideologies conceptually. We then examined some...

Applying Mathematical Concepts in IB Geometry to… Oreos! How are formulas discovered? Where does pi come from? These are the questions that students explored this week in geometry. Leading up to this week, students discussed in general terms the ideas of order and chaos, and how we can make sense of the world by noticing...

Creating a Documentary Students of Roberto Clemente Community Academy’s Broadcast Technology Program will be immersed in a spectrum of social issues through documentary films. Our CTE (Career & Technical Education) Broadcast Technology Program has partnered with REACT to FILM an organization that aims to educate young adults by leveraging the best issue-based filmmaking to promote...

Creating a Documentary Students of Roberto Clemente Community Academy’s Broadcast Technology Program will be immersed in a spectrum of social issues through documentary films. Our CTE (Career & Technical Education) Broadcast Technology Program has partnered with REACT to FILM an organization that aims to educate young adults by leveraging the best issue-based filmmaking to promote...

Students Investigate Cruel & Unusual Punishment in the Real World Our junior wildcats have spent the last semester exploring the Bill of Rights and its real-life applications. While studying the 8th Amendment, our wildcats have interpreted the meaning of the phrase “cruel and unusual punishment” and its relevance in today’s society. To understand what “cruel”...

Boys Defeat Michelle Clark for the 13th Win of the Year: The Boys basketball team defeated Michelle Clark 61-57 for their 13th win of the year. Junior Joe Rhymes scored 17 points, had 3 assists, 4 rebounds, and went 9-10 from the free throw line. Fellow Junior Richard Labon scored 13 points, 16 rebounds, and...

Exploring IB Spanish for Heritage Speakers at Clemente     The students in our Spanish for Heritage Speakers classes have had lots of exposure to Spanish at home. They have family members that speak to them in Spanish. Some students interact all day, every day, with their parents and siblings in the Spanish language. Others...

Public Speaking: Getting Over Our Fear This week in MYP English 2, Clemente’s sophomores began tackling something that makes everyone feel nervous: presenting in front of a crowd. Students heard their name called, took a deep breath, grabbed their note card, and walked up to the front of the class to face their peers. After...