Graphic Design students recently created a custom made board game with character pieces, playing cards for the game, and instructions with the use both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Through the process, students were asked to think about incorporating multiple elements into a sophisticated, unified design and visualizing digital artwork in three dimensions.

In mid-February, students in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs at both Clemens and Steele high schools were profiled by News 4 WOAI News . The interview highlighted how students in high school can receive not only credit needed for graduation but also industry certifications in high-demand careers like medicine, welding, coding, and robotics. Check out the interview here - archived on their website. While the bulk of the interview focused on the medical program at Steele High School, students from the CTE program at Clemens were also featured.

Ms. Dufault’s AP Biology classes recently went around campus swabbing for bacteria. They were out to find which objects contained the most bacteria. Surprise: it wasn’t student cell phones. Rather, it was the keyboards in the computer labs, used by students over the course of the day—obviously with not always with the cleanest of hands.

Our Unified Sports Team held an intramural soccer game on February 21st in the cafeteria. Both our special needs and mainstream student body came together for a night of camaraderie and fun. Unified Sports will continue to host fun activities once a month. A huge thanks to Coach Tollison and Ms. Woods for promoting inclusion on our campus. All Means All!

Samuel Clemens’s new book club, Project LIT Community, is a part of a nationwide movement to get kids and school community members not only reading but also talking about what they’re reading—and with each other. The first book Clemens Project LIT Community will be reading is the The Children of Blood and Bone by first-time author Tomi Adeyemi. The next meeting of Project LIT Community to discuss the novel will be held on March 19th at 4:20 PM in the library.

Want to join the discussion? A limited number of copies are available for students in Ms. Merriner’s room, D205.

In an effort to to address the increasing popularity of vaping, Clemens hosted a community presentation on February 7th to educate students, parents, and the community at large on the dangers of vaping.

The presentation was made by Clemens nurse Teresa Watson and Schertz police officer Martin Trevino. Slides from the presentation have been archived on the campus website.