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Clemente Seniors Visit Hispanic College Fair Choosing a post-secondary path can be a hard choice for high school seniors. To gain more exposure to their options, Clemente Seniors attended the October Hispanic College Fair at Daley College. Over 50 in-state and out-of-state universities were represented at the fair, including: Ball State, Central Michigan, Kent State,...

Wildcats Get Involved Our students are showing school pride by getting involved in an array of after-school activities and sports. Many students are involved with at least one of the 25 clubs offered at RCCA, in addition to the 4 fall sports currently running (football, girls’ volleyball, girls’ swimming, and boys’ soccer). In a recent...

Roberto Clemente Community Academy is once again a Level 2 school per the CPS Performance Policy. Clemente attributes the success to comprehensive reform measures over the past two years. Major areas of improvement that contributed to the Level 2 score include: diminishing one-year dropout rates to 1.9%, increasing attendance to 81.5%, and supporting freshmen with...

Celebrating Latino Heritage at Clemente The Clemente community is celebrating Latino Heritage Month through various academic, cultural and extracurricular events. Several teachers are implementing Latino-focused assignments that revolve around identity, cultural awareness, and historical memory. In Art, students painted self-portraits with a written narrative about what their cultural heritage means to them. English I classes...

On the morning of September 23, Clemente’s freshmen embarked on a scavenger hunt to discover all they could about the Humboldt Park community. They sought information about many of the murals along Division Street, plus other locations like Monarch Community Garden and Cyclo Urbano. At La Casita de Don Pedro, students received a private tour...

Clemente sophomores recently participated in a Socratic Seminar for the first time this school year. Socratic seminars are named for their embodiment of Socrates’ belief in the power of asking questions. They prize inquiry over information and discussion over debate. Socratic seminars acknowledge the highly social nature of learning and align with the work of...

This fall, a group of RCCA juniors is receiving free ACT tutoring through a collaboration with Griffith Tutoring and Google, helping them to increase their scores on this important gatekeeper test. Griffith Tutoring developed the six-week curriculum, and has assigned Google as the corporate partner implementing the training with RCCA. Participating students receive one-on-one ACT...

Clemente Receives Creative Schools Certification Clemente has just received Creative Schools Certification, with recognition for having a Strong Arts Program based on the goals and priorities outlined in the CPS Arts Education Plan. Our rating is based on offering daily fine and performing arts instruction to all grade-levels, utilizing partnerships with organizations such as the...

Clemente’s freshman team kicked off our first Attendance and Supports Rally of the year this last Wednesday with a bang and a FLIP! City Year corps member David Gueringer MC’d the event and started by introducing just some of the freshman class’ most avid sponsors and advocates. The assembly began by cheering on both Ms....