We have a lot to celebrate thanks to our great kids, amazing staff, and the generous support of our donors and local business sponsors! Here is our brag list: Added MakerSpace Workshops at both middle schools – In partnership with District 97, we had MakerSpace...
This year OPEF VEX Robotics piloted an exciting new program at Julian Middle School called the In-House League. This program was designed for the student with little or no experience in coding and building VEX robots. The program allowed students to dip their toes...
On Saturday, 13 OPEF VEX Robotics teams from Brooks and Julian Middle School competed in a thrilling day of intense competition at the Illinois Middle School VEX Robotics State Championship. The event was held at Julian Middle School and was hosted by the Oak Park...
[pexnivoslider pex_attr_sliderid=”164″][/pexnivoslider] Middle Schoolers from Julian and Brooks became 2017 Battle of the Bots Tournament Champions before a crowd 300 strong last Saturday after battling teams from Berwyn, Elmwood Park, Riverside,...
Both Brooks and Julian had a very busy weekend in an exciting start to our Competition Season! Brooks Competitive Club hosted a scrimmage for a few local teams in their Robotics lab. This afforded Brooks an opportunity to test the effectiveness of their robots and...
