by Amanda Young | Mar 11, 2020 | Battle of the Bots, Brooks, D97 Schools, Events, Julian, News, OPEF Programs, VEX Robotics
It took a lot more than luck for the “Lucky Llamas” to take home the top honor at the Battle of the Bots middle school robotics competition this weekend. For this all-girl team of 7th graders from Julian Middle School, winning the VEX Robotics Excellence Award... 
by Laura Garcia | Oct 9, 2019 | Art Start, Brooks, D97 Schools, Featured, Julian, News, OPEF Organization, OPEF Programs, Spoken Word
Brooks Middle School 7th graders are being encouraged to write poems about what’s important to them in their daily lives. Spoken Word teaching artist Mo Santiago, one of our latest Oak Park Education Foundation additions to the team, led last week’s class with... 
by Laura Garcia | May 17, 2019 | Brooks, D97 Schools, Julian, News, Poetry Slam, Spoken Word
OPEF Spoken Word students shook the house at the School of Rock with their raw honesty and powerful words last week. The poetry slam, titled Respect the Mic, fostered creativity and self-expression while giving kids the opportunity to speak about their lives in a... 
by Marta Segal Block | Oct 19, 2018 | Brooks, News, Spoken Word
Fall is here and poetry is in the air. Seventh grade students in Ms. Stringham’s Language Arts classes at Brooks received the first Spoken Word residency of the year. Spoken Word artist Christian Robinson (also known as rapper Rich Robbins) met with... 
by Marta Segal Block | Mar 22, 2018 | Art Start, Beye, Brooks, Irving, Lincoln, News, OPEF Programs
Thanks to Camille Wilson White, art from OPEF’s Art Start program is now hanging in the Oak Park Area Arts Council Hall Gallery at Village Hall. Artful Portraits (Brooks), Why Triangles? (Irving), Who Are the Peacemakers? (Lincoln) and Meditation, Yoga &... 
by Mary Beth Hausken | Mar 12, 2018 | Battle of the Bots, Brooks, Julian, VEX Robotics
Slideshow photos of the tournament courtesy of Kristi Braun and other photographers. On Saturday, March 3, the OPEF 2018 Battle of the Bots set a number of records, including the most teams in attendance (42!) and the largest crowd of spectators ever. It also kept...