After months of early morning practices and hours of working together, the Roberto Clemente Community Academy Drill Team competed in the City Wide JROTC Drill Meet held at Harlan High School. This has been a challenging year for the team, as they have faced many obstacles and challenges. The competition is comprised of the following...
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Winter Festival 2016
The Roberto Clemente Community Academy Fine Arts Department was well represented at the Winter Festival on Friday, December 9th. The Winter Festival was a night highlighting the many programs that Clemente has to offer. Students ranging from freshman to seniors performed in the Steel Drum Ensemble, Beginning Concert Band, and Drumline. The students in the...
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Conference Wrestling Win
The Roberto Clemente Community Academy wrestling program is led by head coach and sophomore physical education teacher, Mr. Tolene. The Wildcat team has been putting in hard work on the mat since November 7th. With the support of assistant wrestling coach and math teacher Mr. Gazver, the Wildcats earned their first conference victory over Dunbar...
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Clemente Girls Basketball vs Collins Academy High School
The Roberto Clemente Community Academy Girls’ Basketball season is underway and it looks like it is going to be a successful one! In the Lady Wildcats’ first game against Collins Academy High School, there was a lot to be excited about. Both varsity and JV teams came out with enthusiasm and pride. The varsity team,...
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Columbia College
Columbia College is a four-year, non-profit, liberal arts college which focuses on media, visual arts, and music. The college was founded in 1890 and was originally named the Columbia School of Oratory. The name was changed to the Columbia College of Expression in 1927. The co-founders were Mary A. Blood and Ida Morey Riley. Both...
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Making Connections Across History Through Debate
Over the course of the semester, Roberto Clemente Community Academy, IB Diploma Program History students have been studying various movements, all with the goal of gaining freedoms or gaining independence. These movements include the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, the movement to end Apartheid in South Africa, and the independence movement in India....
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Linear Equations in the Real World
What is the optimal quantity of a product to manufacture? Which cell phone plan offers the most data and minutes at the best price? Junior IB students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy will be answering these and other questions by modelling linear equations and systems of equations. Students will be working on creating data presentations...
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Transformative Transformations
In this Unit for Geometry, students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy are focusing on being IB Communicators by presenting new terminology, concepts, and examples of geometric transformations to their teachers and classmates. Transformations in geometry include translations, reflections, rotations, as well as dilations of shapes. Students are exploring the relationship between rigid motions and the...
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Healthy Moments Wow Freshman Students
As educators, we live for the moments when our students understand the complex key concepts, skills, and topics they have been focusing on and practicing throughout an International Baccalaureate unit of study. The moments when our freshman students say, “Ohhhh I get it now!” and “That’s amazing!” are priceless. As the new Physical Education/Health teacher...
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Do Not Resist
The Roberto Clemente Community Academy Freshman IB MYP honors students and the junior Theory Of Knowledge students went on a field trip to see a film at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the Art Institute of Chicago. Students watched Do Not Resist, a documentary on the militarization of American police departments. The documentary taught...