DeWitt Clinton School

DeWitt Clinton Elementary School
Location
6110 North Fairfield Avenue Chicago , Illinois 60659 United States
Coordinates	41°59′34″N87°41′55″W / 41.9929°N 87.6987°W / 41.9929; -87.6987
Information
School type	Public Elementary
School district	Chicago Public Schools
Principal	Maureen Delgado
Grades	preK-8
Enrollment	1,154 [1]
Campus type	Urban
Colors	Green and Gold
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, alumnus 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Other facts and notable 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

1. "DeWitt Clinton Elementary School". Chicago Public Schools. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
2. "Omnibus Report: Authorize the Acceptance of Grants" (PDF). Chicago Board of Education. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
3. Rabin, Nathan (July 7, 2009). The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture. Simon and Schuster. p. 322. ISBN   9781416556206 . Retrieved January 16, 2016.