DeWitt Clinton School

DeWitt Clinton Elementary School
Address
6110 N Fairfield Ave Chicago, Illinois 60659 United States
Information
School type	Public Elementary
School district	Chicago Public Schools
Principal	Eduardo Donato Cesario
Grades	preK-8
Enrollment	1,154^[1]
Campus type	Urban
Website	clinton.cps.edu

DeWitt Clinton School is a Chicago Public School on the north side of Chicago, Illinois.

"One Year Older, One Year Smarter" Program

In 2003, alumni Jim Mills donated $1 million to the Clinton School to help start the "One Year Older, One Year Smarter" program.^[2] This progressive achievement program offers the following cash awards.

$25 to any students who score higher on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) than they did the year before.
$50 to the best improvement in the class
$100 to the two students who score highest in their class.
$1,000 to the person who scores highest in their grade and to the student in each grade who has improved most from the year before.
$5,000 to the student who shows the most improvement from the previous year.

In addition, each year Mills presents a $10,000 savings bond to the student with the highest score in the school. Overall, Clinton has scored highest in the statewide ISAT test for three consecutive years.

Other Facts & Famous Alumni

The school mascot is the Clinton Cougar and the school colors are green and gold. Every year 7th graders take a trip to Springfield, Illinois, and the 8th graders go to Washington D.C.

One of the school's most famous graduates is the late celebrity and movie critic Gene Siskel, one-time host (along with Roger Ebert) of the TV show, "At the Movies".^[3]

References

↑ "DeWitt Clinton Elementary School". Chicago Public Schools. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
↑ "OMNIBUS REPORT: AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANTS" (PDF). Chicago Board of Education. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
↑ Rabin, Nathan (Jul 7, 2009). The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture. Simon and Schuster. p. 322. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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