This week a group of our Clemente culinary seniors participated in the Healthy School Campaign’s “Cooking Up Change” competition. For this competition, our students were challenged to create a healthful school lunch using ingredients available to the school cafeterias. The lunch had to fit the federal guidelines for nutrition, and in addition, had to cost...
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Constructing Geometric Structures
Geometry students spent the week designing houses, stadiums, spaceships, and other geometrical structures as part of their unit assessment. Over the past week, students have applied their learning to design a blueprint on both paper and on AutoCad, a computer engineering program. First, students came up with a plan for a structure, then used compasses,...
Clemente Freshmen tackle population, pollution, and the pursuit of preservation
This week, Clemente students have been discovering their role in saving the world. It all started with ecology, the study of organisms and their relationships with each other and their natural environment. Then, students used a combination of their own previous knowledge and videos, articles, and observations to explore a number of issues facing the...
Celebrating 40 Years of Latin American & Latino Studies at UIC
Last week, Clemente’s CTE Broadcast Technology Program partnered with UIC’s Latin American & Latino Studies (LALS) Program to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Second-year students of the Broadcast Technology program earned field work production credit as they video-taped a series of short interviews with community representatives and leaders who were involved in the creation of UIC’s...
A Look at Gentrification
English 2 students at Clemente have completed their first research project of the year! After reading A Raisin in the Sun and examining how people may be displaced from their communities due to how others perceive them, students dove into research about what gentrification is. Most importantly, students looked at how gentrification has and is...
Roberto Clemente is at the top of their game, both on the field and in the classroom.
ThinkCERCA Roberto Clemente is at the top of their game, both on the field and in the classroom. There has been a major push at Clemente to increase technology in the classroom, and both the teachers and students have seen the benefits of it. Students in Mr. Newquist’s English II class have been working on...
12th Grade Civics Students Prepare for the Job Market
Civics students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy have been preparing for the future. What do they want to do when they leave? How will they achieve their goals? How will they land their dream job? Students have been researching their future career fields to discover what employers are looking for in future employees. Using this...
12th Grade Civics Students Prepare for the Job Market
Civics students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy have been preparing for the future. What do they want to do when they leave? How will they achieve their goals? How will they land their dream job? Students have been researching their future career fields to discover what employers are looking for in future employees. Using this...
Interdisciplinary Unit Enlightens Understanding of World Conflict
By Daya Stanley, grade 9 As we roll into fall and the end of the first quarter, the World Studies and English teachers came together to give the freshmen class a taste of how World Studies and English intertwine. In the interdisciplinary unit, students examine the conflict between Israel and Palestine while learning the importance...