Category: School News

Do Teamwork Challenges Help Math Skills? By Alfredo Figueroa and Peter Rios In Algebra, we have been doing teamwork challenges once a week. In one challenge we worked together to build a tower out of spaghetti and marshmallows. For a couple weeks, we did yoga poses which helps keep us calm. We tried to stack...

ACT Testing: Done! Last week, the hard work from our juniors finally paid as they took the ACT on Tuesday. Students woke up bright and early and ready to succeed on Tuesday morning. At school, juniors were greeted with a catered breakfast served to them by their biggest motivators, the administration and teachers. For students,...

Dueling Accounts of the Sierra Leone Civil War In 9th grade World Studies classes, we are focusing on the Sierra Leone Civil War. We are reading two novels intermittently; A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier and The Bite of the Mango. Both of these novels are from the perspective of teenagers. A...

Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a 4 year university located in Dekalb, Illinois. It has a total student population of 21,138. For students who live in Illinois, the cost of tuition is only $13,636, although out-of-state students pay $22,914. The school has a number of sports teams for men and women in...

University Spotlight: Pace University Pace University is a private school located in New York City with other campuses in White Plains, Westchester County, Pleasantville, and Briarcliff Manor. Pace offers a variety of both undergraduate and graduate degrees specializing in business, liberal arts, and law. Some of the most popular majors at Pace are: Business Management,...

Student Offered Full Ride to Howard University at Siemens College Fair A selection of junior and seniors student attended the Siemens College Fair which is an annual event that helps students gain admissions to historically black colleges and universities. In addition to admission, this fair aims to provide students with the scholarships and funding needed...

Learning About Hunger Sparks Food Drive Students in Mr. Holmes’ freshman biology class participated in a unit about world hunger, which then grew into the first official service learning project for the Class of 2018. Students read about hunger and poverty throughout the world and then realized that they wanted to actually do something to...

ROBERTO CLEMENTE JROTC CADETS HONORS AND TRADITIONS By 1LT Alfredo Albiter, Wildcats Battalion Flag Detail Commander The flag of the United States is the most notable symbol of our nation, recognized by people all over the world. Every day, at all military installations and government buildings you will see this symbol of our nation displayed,...

Culinary Arts: Making Stock The junior Culinary Arts students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy have just begun their study of stocks, soups, and sauces. The students begin with stock, which is considered a principle part of any professional kitchen. Stock adds a natural boost of flavor to a dish without artificial colors or flavorings that...

Spotlight by Fernando Barrientos Located in Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a public, state-funded university. The university campus, located in the Near West Side, is the largest university in Chicago with nearly 30,000 students. UIC also has the largest medical school in the nation. The medical school educates a large majority...