Roberto Clemente Community Academy (commonly known as, Clemente High School or, Clemente) is a public secondary school located in the West Town

West Town, Chicago

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 community area of Chicago

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, Illinois

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, United States

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Improvement

Clemente was one of 16 schools nation-wide selected by the College Board

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 for inclusion in the EXCELerator

EXCELerator

' is a school improvement model developed with the College Board. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation agreed to fund a five-year pilot project with a $16 million grant...

 School Improvement Model program beginning the 2007-2008 school year. The project was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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The school is a part of the Small School

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 Initiative of Chicago Public Schools

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. The school was opened in between the academic year of 1974-1975 and was named in honor of Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball right fielder. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. Clemente played his entire 18-year baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates . He was awarded the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in...

. It replaced Tuley High School.

Small schools

The Small School model is a way of creating focused communities within the school population. Clemente offers a number of Small Schools including; International Studies Preparatory Academy(ISPA); Journalism, Communication, and Law Academy (JCLA); Roberto Clemente Military Academy(RCMA); Math, Science, and Technology Academy (MSTA); and the Roberto Clemente Achievement Academy (RCAA). These small schools provide students with general education classes as well as classes germane to each program.

Additional programs/Features

Clemente offers a Night School program.
Clemente also offers different after school programs.
Features
Clemente's recreational facility include an Olympic-styled swimming pool, two indoor gyms, a fully equipped weight room, a baseball field, soccer field, softball field, and several outdoor basketball courts.

Clemente's Wildcats Student Health Center offers free medical care and counseling services to students.

Clemente has nine computer labs, four portable laptop labs, and an Internet-ready computer in every classroom.

Clemente television production classes produce a news bulletin broadcast in most classrooms daily.

Clemente sponsors dozens of clubs, including Drum Line, Band, Chorus, Steel Drum Band, School Newspaper, Yearbook, National Honor Society, Academic Decathlon, Mayor Daley's Book Club, African American Club, Mexican Club, Student Government, Play for Peace, Science Club and more.

Notable alumni

• Ramon Ocasio III
  Ramon Ocasio III
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  - 6th Judicial Subcircuit Judge
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  , Cook County, Illinois
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   and former President of the Puerto Rican Bar Association
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   of Illinois

Feeder patterns

Several K-8 schools feed into Clemente High School. All of the attendance zones of Chase, De Diego, Goethe, Moos, Pritzker, Von Humboldt, and Yates feed into Clemente. In addition portions of the zones of Avondale, Brentano, Chopin, Columbus, Funston, Lafayette, Pulaskim, and Stowe feed into Clemente.

See also

• Chicago Public Schools
  Chicago Public Schools
  Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians and officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, is a large school district that manages over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois...
  
  
• List of schools in Chicago Public Schools
• Roberto Clemente
  Roberto Clemente
  Roberto Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball right fielder. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. Clemente played his entire 18-year baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates . He was awarded the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in...