Category: School News

Located about 30 miles north of Clemente in Chicago’s North Shore suburbs, Lake Forest College is a four-year private liberal arts college. The campus is an hour drive from the city, and the Metra rail line is a short walk from campus. In 1857, Presbyterian ministers formed Lind University as a Presbyterian alternative to Northwestern...

Roberto Clemente Community Academy is proud to offer three different CTE (Career and Technical Education) programs for our students: Allied Health, Radio and TV Broadcasting, and Culinary Arts. During their 8th grade year, students from all around Chicago apply to Clemente to be a part of these prestigious career programs. These CTE programs are a...

Wow, it’s almost the end senior year already! It amazes me how fast time flew by. I have learned and I have grown so much here at Roberto Clemente. I have dropped many tears; good tears and sad tears. I still remember the first day that I transferred in to Clemente from a charter school...

Roller Coaster Physics This unit in Physics, junior students will be investigating the physics behind roller coasters. As the culmination of the unit, students will be visiting Six Flags Great America to experience science in action! Before they get a chance to enjoy the thrill of roller coasters in person, Clemente juniors are experimenting with...

Sophomores Prep for Summer Post-Secondary Experiences While most high school sophomores in Chicago will be enjoying their summer on vacation, Clemente sophomores will be on college campuses being college students! For the past few weeks sophomores have been applying for summer college programs offered by some of Chicago’s top universities. Students have applied for The...

GEAR UP Student Performs at the Story Week Festival On Saturday, March 21, Clemente GEAR UP staff Yesenia Villalobos and Noemi Roman attended the Story Week Festival for the Young Author Playlist performances. One of Roberto Clemente Community Academy’s very own GEAR UP students – Michael Glenn (class of 2016) – participated as a final...

The University of Chicago is a private college located in Chicago’s Hyde Park community. Ranked #4 in the nation by US News and World Report, the University of Chicago boasts some of the best business, medical, and law programs in the country. In addition to their phenomenal academic programs, this university also offers 19 varsity...

A Critical Look at Catcher In The Rye Senior students in Ms. Fugo’s classes are acting as critical readers as they answer this unit’s conceptual line of inquiry: “How might a narrator’s perspective impact audience imperatives?” As students read the anchor text, Catcher In The Rye, they are exploring the perspective of the novel’s main...

Roberto Clemente High School Freshmen Finish PARCC! Written by Imyah Manuel Tuesday March 24, 2015 the freshman class started a new web-based test called “PARCC.” The PARCC test is a new assessment that measures students’ reading, writing, and math skills. The skills are outlined in the Common Core State Standards, which students work on throughout...

SPEAKING OUT. STANDING UP. MAKING A DIFFERENCE. THAT’S THE POWER OF ONE. On Thursday March 19th, forty Roberto Clemente sophomores visited the Illinois Holocaust Museum and had the opportunity to experience the profoundly moving exhibits. The visit was planned in conjunction with the end of our US History unit studying World War 2 and the...