Roberto Clemente Community Academy

Teacher Wendy Baxter was awarded the 2011-2012 Woods-Lindley Prize for Excellence in English Teacher Education for outstanding mentorship of her University of Illinois at Circle student teacher, Ms. Celina Bondie.  Demonstration of excellence in mentoring a student teacher's success is the focus of the award.  The prize includes an award of $500 to both the mentor teacher and the student teacher.

Mr Hough and two other teachers from the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system received a study grant provided by the Department of Education and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and traveled to the University of Hawai'i Manoa (over spring break) to study issues surrounding Southeast Asia and human rights. These CPS teacher delegates participated in lectures, attended a school and were welcomed by the Governor of Hawaii, Neal Abercrome.

Students of Mr. Hough and Scandariato’s social studies class received an invitation to take part in the 2012 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, made possible in part by the Chicago Community Trust and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights. The Kennedy center, headed by the late senator's daughter, Kerry Kennedy, has worked with CPS teachers to develop a human rights curriculum on the lives of some of the laureates, focusing on causes such as slavery, the environment, religious freedom and political activism.