Author: RCCA (RCCA )

CULINARY SCHOLARSHIPS by Samuel Santiago Do you like to cook? Do you want to become a chef? Then Clemente’s Culinary Arts Program is for you! Our Wildcats participate in a program called Careers Through Culinary Arts Program(C-CAP). This program provides them with job training and internships, teacher training, curriculum enrichment, college advising, life-time career support,...

Occupational Safety & Health Administration at Clemente Training is TOUGH!   Yet, our dedicated future nurses, paramedics and doctors of the Allied Health International Baccalaureate Career Pathway Programme have conquered step ONE for future certification! As we all know, health & safety of our patients and our staff is our number ONE priority in the...

Running Our Own Presidential Campaigns With all the talk of the upcoming primaries and presidential race, students in Roberto Clemente Community Academy’s Advanced Placement US Government and Politics class were curious about what exactly it took to run a full presidential campaign and be elected into office … So they tried it! In groups, students...

Clemente is going to Sectionals! With the efforts of Charles Perdue, Noah Myers, and Keontay Knox, Clemente now has a ticket to Antioch, Illinois to compete in the Illinois high school association’s wrestling sectional tournament. The tournament is a two day competition held in Antioch, Illinois which requires the team to stay overnight and find...

Students are media and technology driven and are using technology at an unprecedented rate. From the moment they wake up, students are constantly engaging and interacting with technology. Teenagers are the leaders in using connected devices to consume media and information.[1] Roberto Clemente Community Academy (RCCA) sees the value in investing in technology that helps...

The Lady Wildcats finished up their home schedule for the 2015-2016 season with a decisive victory over Uno Garcia Soccer Academy. The lady Wildcats were on the move from the opening tip scoring 36 unanswered points to take a 36-0 halftime lead. The final score was 48-13. Many Lady Wildcats had season bests in points...

Roberto Clemente Wildcats Roar at the City Tournament The Wildcats had a two day tournament Saturday, January 23rd and Sunday, January 24th. On Saturday at Benito Juarez High School Charles Perdue, Keontay Knox, Noah Myers, and Larry Christopher started out the day by pinning their first opponent. Sophomore Nick Ramos, his 1st year as a...

Geometric Sequences This week juniors at Roberto Clemente Community Academy focused on geometric sequences and exponential functions in their Advanced Algebra & Trigonometry class. Students researched different sequences and found that we encounter sequences on a daily basis, but do not always realize it. They then went on to discover that sequences are present in...

Geometric Sequences This week juniors at Roberto Clemente Community Academy focused on geometric sequences and exponential functions in their Advanced Algebra & Trigonometry class. Students researched different sequences and found that we encounter sequences on a daily basis, but do not always realize it. They then went on to discover that sequences are present in...

Class of 2019 Embarks on an Epic Learning Journey In freshman English classes, students tackled Homer’s Odyssey, one of many college-level texts identified as recommended reading by the Common Core State Standards and the International Baccalaureate. When initially reading the Odyssey, some students admitted that it was quite difficult, but they persevered through the challenge...