DeWitt Clinton DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist. He served as a United States senator, as the mayor of New York City, and as the seventh governor of New York. In this last capacity, he was largely res ...

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on the north side of

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, 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. This progressive achievement program offers the following cash awards. * $25 to any students who score higher on the

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(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

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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 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

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, 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 Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the ''Chicago Tribune''. Along with colleague Roger Ebert, he hosted a series of movie review programs on television from 1975 until his d ...

, one-time host (along with Roger Ebert) of the TV show '' At the Movies''.

References

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