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... 
by Mary Beth Hausken | Jan 25, 2018 | Brooks, Julian, News, VEX Robotics
Select the photo below to see a slideshow of great photos courtesy of Kristi Braun from the OPEF VEX Robotics competition on 12/09/17. 
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...