School Background
Replacing Tulley high school in 1974, the school originally opened its doors to the Humboldt Park community as Roberto Clemente High School. Named after Pittsburg Pirates centerfielder and humanitarian Roberto Clemente, the high school has remained a part of Chicago Public Schools for 40 years. During this time the school has withstood FBI investigations and the coming and going of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. This year marks a particular new historical shift in that the campus has been selected by Mayor Rahm Emmanuel as one of the first schools in the world to use the International Baccalaureate candidate model of "wall to wall" education. This means that Clemente will be recognized as one of the first urban, public schools to offer International Baccalaureate candidate curriculum to all neighborhood students.
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