The Boys Basketball team won their home opener this year against neighborhood rival Wells High School, by a final score of 74-73. Seniors Michael Calhoun and Albert Mendez led the team in scoring. Albert scored 14 points going 3-4 from the 3-point line and tied the game with 30 seconds left. Freshman Teshawn Stokes then...
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Wrestlers Medal at Tournament
The Clemente Wrestling team competed in a 16-team tournament November 29th at Guerin Prep High School. Our Wildcats ended the day with a 5th place finish from Chris “Mad Dog” Willis, a 3rd place medal from Alex Dejesus, and 2nd place medal at heavy-weight from Alejandro Valencia. Each wrestler worked hard battling through his bracket...
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Lady Wildcats Play Strong
The Lady Wildcats played two more games this week versus Westinghouse and Ogden. While the Wildcats came up short in both games, Coach Rezek and his staff are very proud of how hard these young athletes are playing and improving. There are only 4 players on this year’s Varsity team that have played any organized...
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World Hunger
World Hunger By Kayla Vaughn Around the world the painful growls awaken children and adults struggle from day to day not knowing when or where their next meal will come from. They savor whatever they can get their hands on, hoping that one day it’ll all be over. Then there are people in this world...
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Driving Knowledge
Driving Knowledge As part of our junior level Algebra and Trigonometry course, students have been exploring exponential functions and financial decisions. The first week of December students spent class time learning about compounded interest and how this applies to major purchases and loans. Many of our students recently got their driver’s licenses and are interested...
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University Spotlight: Illinois College
University Spotlight: Illinois College By Ashley Stone Illinois College is located in Jacksonville, IL which is four hours away from Chicago. It is a small liberal arts college that is affordable and has a beautiful campus. Illinois College has an enrollment of 1,000 students with a variety of majors. They also offer more than 45...
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Antacid Exploration
Antacid Exploration This past week sophomores in chemistry focused on how efficient various form of antacids were in relieving heartburn and indigestion. Students started off the week by reading about the health affects of heartburn and how antacids can help to relieve it in the body. Students then performed an inquiry-based lab that allowed them...
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Fundraising Success!
Thanks to all who came out and supported the Boys Basketball Team at their Intrasquad Scrimmage Fundraiser on Friday, November 24! Highlights included: A senior vs staff three-point shootout, which the staff controversially won with a final score of 17-16 Clemente cheerleaders’ first performance of the winter sports season A debut of the varsity basketball...
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2014-2015 Season Preview & New Coaches
The Boys Basketball team will try to improve on their undefeated conference season last year. Due to their conference championship last year in the CPS Blue West conference, the boys are now in CPS White West conference, a step above last year. As the competition increases, the team will have to continue to improve. The...
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Quadratic Modeling Of AIDS Cases
By: Felisha Rodriguez This week in Ms. Zuniga’s College Algebra class, students learned about different cases of AIDS, specifically within young children under the age of 13. The students attempted to figure out how many people from the years 1984-1996 were affected by this disease and how this changed over the years. Students discussed factors...