Category: School News

Last Sunday, a group of students from Roberto Clemente Community Academy volunteered at the 2013 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Clemente students were responsible for setting up and maintaining water stations to hydrate the long-distance runners. Positioned at mile 15 on Ogden Avenue, Clemente’s aid station was just past the halfway point in the 26.2...

The Roberto Clemente Steel Band was started in the 1960’s by S. Thomas Henry, who then followed the program to the newly-built Roberto Clemente High School in the early 1970s. The steel band has been known throughout the Chicago area ever since, performing for the Puerto Rican People’s Parade, Dia de los Ninos Parade in...

They say participating in extracurricular activities—sports, clubs, student government, etc—is one of the best ways to make your high school experience a great one. At the Clemente Union League Boys & Girls Club we agree wholeheartedly and are thrilled to be part of the Roberto Clemente Community Academy. This year we are excited to offer...

Clemente freshmen are responding positively to the use of SMART Boards as an instructional tool in math class. Recently, this technology as been used to supplement class instruction on graphing on a Cartesian plane, demonstrating and manipulating 3-dimensional object shapes, adding text to diagrams, and utilizing online resources such as Khan Academy. Students with diverse...

On Saturday October 12th, juniors Felisha Rodriguez (flute), Margarita Colon (clarinet), and sophomore Christian Dejesus (clarinet) from Mr. Frazee’s advanced band will be representing Clemente at All-City Regional Band auditions at Schurz High School. If selected, students will begin rehearsals in November with other high school musicians from around the city to prepare for an...

Last week freshman students completed their first full scientific investigation, an experiment that they designed individually and conducted in small groups within their biology classes. The investigation focused on the rate of photosynthesis, measured by how quickly spinach leaf disks were able to rise to the top of a sodium bicarbonate and water solution. Students...

Clemente Seniors Visit Hispanic College Fair Choosing a post-secondary path can be a hard choice for high school seniors. To gain more exposure to their options, Clemente Seniors attended the October Hispanic College Fair at Daley College. Over 50 in-state and out-of-state universities were represented at the fair, including: Ball State, Central Michigan, Kent State,...

Wildcats Get Involved Our students are showing school pride by getting involved in an array of after-school activities and sports. Many students are involved with at least one of the 25 clubs offered at RCCA, in addition to the 4 fall sports currently running (football, girls’ volleyball, girls’ swimming, and boys’ soccer). In a recent...

Roberto Clemente Community Academy is once again a Level 2 school per the CPS Performance Policy. Clemente attributes the success to comprehensive reform measures over the past two years. Major areas of improvement that contributed to the Level 2 score include: diminishing one-year dropout rates to 1.9%, increasing attendance to 81.5%, and supporting freshmen with...

Celebrating Latino Heritage at Clemente The Clemente community is celebrating Latino Heritage Month through various academic, cultural and extracurricular events. Several teachers are implementing Latino-focused assignments that revolve around identity, cultural awareness, and historical memory. In Art, students painted self-portraits with a written narrative about what their cultural heritage means to them. English I classes...