by Marta Segal Block | Nov 29, 2017 | Brooks, D97 Schools, News, OPEF Programs, Spoken Word
Fresh off their one-week in-school Spoken Word residency with Spoken Word artist Christian Robinson, Brooks’ seventh graders were eager to perform their poems to audiences of parents and classes throughout the day the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Robinson... 
by Marta Segal Block | Nov 6, 2017 | Brooks, D97 Schools, Julian, OPEF Programs, Spoken Word
Our Spoken Word residencies are off to a great start. Our new spoken word artist, Christian Robinson, worked with more than 100 7th graders from Ms. Nefret Stringham’s Language Arts classes last week at Brooks Middle School. The 5-day residencies are planned to... 
by Marta Segal Block | Sep 29, 2017 | BASE Camp, Brooks
On a beautiful fall evening that felt more like summer, about 50 people gathered at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School for the dedication of the Gwendolyn Brooks tribute mosaic. The 330-square-foot mosaic includes depictions of Brooks, Maya Angelou, Jane Addams,... 
by Mary Beth Hausken | Sep 12, 2017 | Brooks, News, VEX Robotics
OPEF VEX Robotics is thrilled to announce the In-House League program will be introduced at Brooks Middle School this year. This program was tested at Julian last year and got raves from students and parents. With the introduction of this program, OPEF hopes to be... 
by Mary Beth Hausken | Aug 22, 2017 | Brooks, Julian, VEX Robotics
Do you know a student who’d like to learn how to create a robot or code? OPEF VEX Robotics is an award-winning, after-school program for middle schoolers. Teams of students design, build and program robots to compete against other schools at local competitions.... 
by Mary Beth Hausken | Aug 22, 2017 | Brooks, Julian, News, VEX Robotics
Imagine a robotics season in which a team who struggles with tech problems at the start of the season comes from behind to win it all at the Championship. This season it could happen! OPEF VEX Robotics is thrilled to announce that this year its Competitive...