Last week we were thrilled to be asked to stop by Holmes’ STEM night. It gave us a chance to visit the amazing replicas of Chicago buildings created by Holmes students in Architecture Adventure. We also got to see all the creative ways students found to play...
It’s hard to cope with winter weather like this, but the first graders of Holmes may be able to help us all. Through our ArtStart program, the entire 1st grade class at Holmes Elementary has been working with Kim Vulinovic of YogaKids Oak Park to learn the...
Third graders at Holmes finished their Geared Up study of simple machines by learning about a situation where a simple machine actually changed a girl’s life. The story from World Bicycle Relief is about 15-year-old Ethel walked more than two hours across hilly...
Lessons about simple machines came alive for more than 100 third graders from Holmes Elementary this week during a field trip to the Oak Park Public Works facility–the culmination of a Geared Up residency provided by OPEF. As a street sweeper rumbled to life, Geared...
[pexnivoslider pex_attr_sliderid=”166″][/pexnivoslider] We’ve had an exciting few months filled with dancing and yoga-loving teaching artists, creative scientists, and math-inspired visual artists visiting our schools and giving our kids hands-on projects...
Whittier 3rd graders in Mrs. Swanson’s class took a field trip to Oak Park’s Public Works Center as a part of their Geared Up lessons on simple machines. Hosted by John Wielebnicki, Director of Public Works for Oak Park, the students saw real simple...
