For the last few weeks, Roberto Clemente Community Academy’s IB Diploma Programme History of the Americas students have been examining the causes of World War II and how decisions made by different leaders around the globe may or may not have lead to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the destruction caused by the war....
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Freshmen Experience Adventures of Post-secondary Education
On Thursday, January 27, all freshman students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy embarked on their second college field trip of the school year. For the first quarter, all students attended an informational session and college tour at DePaul University. For second quarter, post-secondary exposure was designed a bit differently as it was created to...
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Inauguration Day
By Mr. Berkely The American election season has officially come to an end with the inauguration of President Donald Trump. It has been one of the most unpredictable and divisive elections in history. My IB US History class began the year learning about the United States constitution. Our semester theme has been answering questions and...
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Freshmen Explore the Mystical world in Mythology Unit
For the past several weeks, freshman students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy have been exploring many key concepts, related concepts, and global concepts in the International Baccalaureate (IB) unit about mythology. Students started the unit reading international creation myths from cultures such as Iroquois, Norse, Native American, and Japanese. This allowed students to have choice...
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Clemente’s Not Throwing Away Their Shot
The Sophomore class at Roberto Clemente Community Academy has been selected to participate in the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Hamilton Education Program. Thanks to their generous funding from their partners, 100 Sophomores will be attending a matinee performance of Hamilton: An American Musical at Chicago’s own PrivateBank Theater. Clemente gives a special thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda,...
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Give Clemente a Look, Bucktown Parents Say As High School Improves
By Alisa Hauser | January 19, 2017 9:39am Source: DNAInfo WEST TOWN — Roberto Clemente Community Academy is named for a Hall of Fame baseball player, so perhaps it’s not surprising that its principal would liken the high school’s transformation to the film “Field of Dreams.” Says Marcey Sorensen: “If you build it, they will...
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Clemente Wrestlers Grow Together
Roberto Clemente Community Academy wrestlers, Antonio Nieves and Donnell Howery, competed in the Frosh/Soph tournament Saturday, January 14th at the Quest Center Multi-Sport complex. Antonio wrestles at the 138 pound weight class and started the day ready to compete. This is his first year wrestling and he has made the transition from a 9th grade...
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Clemente Boys Basketball Team Reaches Double Digit Wins
The Roberto Clemente Community Academy Boys Basketball team has reached the mid-point in their successful season. The boys have already reached double digit wins and have gotten notable press while doing it. In their conference season, the Wildcats are 3-2, making them second in conference. If the team can stay in second place, they will...
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How to maintain an active lifestyle
How can we engage ourselves in healthy lifestyles? How can we maintain active lifestyles without playing a team sport? These are some of the questions 11th and 12th grade IB students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy are exploring. In their Physical Education classes, students participate in warm-up activities when entering the gym, and from that...
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Sophomores Explore Occupational Health at UIC
By, Mr. Menez On January 11, 2017, IB students from Roberto Clemente Community Academy attended the College of Applied Health Sciences at UIC. The students took a tour of the College and explored the many departments and programs within the College through information sessions hosted by UIC graduate students. In the various informational sessions, our...