Author: RCCA (RCCA )

In our final year of IB candidacy, everyone in the building has been pulling their weight to ensure we are meeting the standards to bring this world-class education to Roberto Clemente students. As part of implementing the IB Middle Years Programme, this includes all of our sophomores engaging in a Personal Project this year, assisted...

Students from Roberto Clemente traveled to Normal, Illinois to visit Illinois State University on October 31. Their visit began with a presentation geared specifically towards juniors, addressing both preparing and paying for college. Afterwards, Clemente students had the opportunity to ask a panel of current ISU students about their personal experiences transitioning to college and...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...