Category: School News

Inspiration for Concentration This week the AP 2D Studio Art students took a field trip to investigate different artistic inspiration for their portfolios. The students had two different objectives to collect inspiration. First the students were tasked with photographing the environment in order to record inspirational imagery, but also to view art from contemporary artists...

Mathematical Modeling of Student Life For the last 4 weeks the juniors at Roberto Clemente have been gathering data on their everyday routines. The juniors gathered data from Jan 5th to Jan 19th about an activity that they do every day, such as: watching siblings, points scored in a pickup basketball game, and time spent...

Teachers Partner with Discovery Education On Saturday, January 31st, 19 of Roberto Clemente Community Academy’s amazing teachers became members of the Digital Leadership Corps (DLC) and began a professional development journey to transform their classrooms into the digital age while addressing the Common Core State Standards and the International Baccalaureate pedagogy. These 19 teachers have...

HOW IT FEELS TO BE A SENIOR AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR!   By: Uquasia Brown, Senior @ Clemente High School I’ve known since 3rd grade that the year of 2014-15 would be my senior year of high school. Surprisingly, even back then I didn’t have any misconceptions or misguided notions about what the...

University Spotlight: Roosevelt University Spotlight by David Roman Roosevelt University is a private university based in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois that focuses its curriculum on the principles of social justice. Chicago classes are held within Roosevelt’s historic Auditorium Building, which is a few blocks from the famous Magnificent Mile. The Auditorium Building houses the Auditorium...

Sophomore Students Explore Real World Geometry Connections Sophomore geometry students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy have spent the last four weeks learning about mathematical proofs and the Pythagorean Theorem. This week, to better understand how these math concepts apply to the real world, students presented examples of right triangles in real life and explained how...

World Religions Course Pilot As an IB Candidate School, Roberto Clemente Community Academy is piloting a new course – World Religions – that will hopefully be offered as part of the Diploma Programme starting next fall. Throughout the course, students are exploring the core beliefs and practices of different religions by answering the following questions:...

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Spotlight by Joseph Garcias Northeastern Illinois University is located in Chicago, Illinois. The 67-acre campus serves more than 11,000 commuter students and is located in a residential neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago. Many students that attend Northeastern are considered non-traditional: there are many evening classes, they are supportive of the...

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Spotlight by Joseph Garcias Northeastern Illinois University is located in Chicago, Illinois. The 67-acre campus serves more than 11,000 commuter students and is located in a residential neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago. Many students that attend Northeastern are considered non-traditional: there are many evening classes, they are supportive of the...