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Hot Chocolate Volunteers

On Saturday, November 8th, students from Roberto Clemente Community Academy volunteered their time at one of the expo days for the Hot Chocolate 5K/15K races. The event benefitted the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Students volunteered their service by assisting participants at the expo before the race. Students helped runners try on gear and directed them...

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Team 9 Interdisciplinary Unit

These past 5 weeks, all of our freshmen have been participating in an exciting learning experience. The World Studies classes teamed up with the English classes to provide our students with an interdisciplinary unit focusing on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Students have been studying the conflict from both a Social Science and English lens. In their...

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First-Annual HOSA Leadership Convention

RCCA says PRESENTE at HOSA Convention HOSA is a national student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of ACTE. HOSA’s two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. Students that...

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Alright, Stop: Yoga Time!

The students at Roberto Clemente High School are receiving a unique learning experience in PE III/IV that pushes many of them beyond their previous experiences with fitness. As Mr. Tolene – a PE instructor at Clemente – states, “One of our goals is to produce students with intimidating test scores, but who also think and...

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Personal Project Kicks Off

In our final year of IB candidacy, everyone in the building has been pulling their weight to ensure we are meeting the standards to bring this world-class education to Roberto Clemente students. As part of implementing the IB Middle Years Programme, this includes all of our sophomores engaging in a Personal Project this year, assisted...

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Clemente Juniors Visit Illinois State University

Students from Roberto Clemente traveled to Normal, Illinois to visit Illinois State University on October 31. Their visit began with a presentation geared specifically towards juniors, addressing both preparing and paying for college. Afterwards, Clemente students had the opportunity to ask a panel of current ISU students about their personal experiences transitioning to college and...

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Cooking Up Change 2014

This week a group of our Clemente culinary seniors participated in the Healthy School Campaign’s “Cooking Up Change” competition. For this competition, our students were challenged to create a healthful school lunch using ingredients available to the school cafeterias. The lunch had to fit the federal guidelines for nutrition, and in addition, had to cost...

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Constructing Geometric Structures

Geometry students spent the week designing houses, stadiums, spaceships, and other geometrical structures as part of their unit assessment. Over the past week, students have applied their learning to design a blueprint on both paper and on AutoCad, a computer engineering program. First, students came up with a plan for a structure, then used compasses,...

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Clemente Freshmen tackle population, pollution, and the pursuit of preservation

This week, Clemente students have been discovering their role in saving the world. It all started with ecology, the study of organisms and their relationships with each other and their natural environment. Then, students used a combination of their own previous knowledge and videos, articles, and observations to explore a number of issues facing the...

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Celebrating 40 Years of Latin American & Latino Studies at UIC

Last week, Clemente’s CTE Broadcast Technology Program partnered with UIC’s Latin American & Latino Studies (LALS) Program to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Second-year students of the Broadcast Technology program earned field work production credit as they video-taped a series of short interviews with community representatives and leaders who were involved in the creation of UIC’s...

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