Category: School News

Student Leadership Day at Illinois Holocaust Museum by Liz Kelley IB Middle Years Programme Coordinator On December 3, six Clemente students spent the day at the Illinois Holocaust Museum engaging in a Student Leadership forum. These students were nominated for their leadership attributes and desire to make positive changes in their community. Once at the...

Boys Basketball 3-1 in Season-Opener Tournament The Clemente Boys Basketball team finished up their opening week of basketball with a 3-1 record. Participating at the First Annual Clemente Classic, the team finished in third place overall. They defeated Golder, CICS Larry Hawkins, and Alcott High School, all by a score of 15 or more. Their...

by Manu Spooner 9th Grade Biology teacher This week, students in Mr. Holmes, Ms. Fuentes, and Mr. Spooner’s biology classes have been learning how to save the world! After exploring the damaging impact humans can have on their living and non-living environments, students have been tasked to research, discuss, and promote different types of renewable...

The game started with Terra McKethan at point guard, Amari Rios at shooting guard, Sierra Davis at small forward, Jazlin Torres at power forward, and Isabella Garcia-Ding at center. Clemente maintained a lead over UNO-Garcia for the entire game. The halftime score was 9-5, with 5 points scored by Jazlin Torres and 4 points scored...

By Becky Seemann 10th grade US History teacher This week all of our sophomores are dedicating time to researching their personal projects. Personal Project is an IB program component that all sophomores are required to complete. The purpose of this project is to give students the planning, research, and development skills they will need throughout...

Graphing with Desmos By Traci Zuniga (12th grade Math Teacher) and Sam Santiago (12th grade student) This week in Ms. Zuniga’s College Algebra class at Roberto Clemente Community Academy, students are learning exponential functions on Desmos.com. Desmos is an interactive website that helps students with graphing and plotting points, building functions, and creating tables. Students...

Investigating Slope By Eduardo Narvaez 11th Grade Advanced Algebra Teacher This week, juniors at Roberto Clemente Community Academy focused on finding and interpreting the change of rate in their Advanced Algebra & Trigonometry class. Throughout their math education, many of them have studied the change of rate of different scenarios (as interpreted by slope) but...

by Sean Lawler, 9th grade Spanish teacher Sometimes lighthearted, other times heartfelt, the stories students in the Heritage Spanish classes have been presenting about their ancestors have inspired all. Everyday a new student presents to the class an artifact and a story about an ancestor of theirs, many of whom have strong links to Puerto...

By Chef Keith Morris Culinary Arts instructor On October 29th, Clemente competed with 16 other culinary teams from across the city to cook up change! A team of three junior and two senior culinary collaborated to plan, prepare, deliver and serve a healthy school meal. Their school lunch design was presented to a panel of...

Sophomore College Trips By Reine Pavlik 10th grade Chemistry teacher This week was college field trip week for the younger wildcats. On Wednesday, November 4, the freshmen had their first college visit at Depaul University. While there, students had an introduction to college life and what it’s like to be on a college campus. The...