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Irving 5th Graders tour Oak Park architecture with 8 experts

Irving 5th Graders tour Oak Park architecture with 8 experts

by Shari Noland | Mar 22, 2016 | Architecture Adventure, Irving, News

What do you get when you combine architectural diversity and a community of educated, generous people? Magic! As a part of the OPEF Architecture Adventure program, 8 expert volunteers from 6 different organizations (plus parent chaperones) guided all Irving 5th...
Art Start student work on display at Village Hall

Art Start student work on display at Village Hall

by Shari Noland | Mar 16, 2016 | Art Start, Beye, Hatch, Holmes, Irving, Lincoln, News, Whittier

Student work from recent Art Start projects is currently on display in the Hall Gallery at Village Hall. This show has become a yearly tradition kindly offered to OPEF and Art Start by Camille Wilson White, Executive Director of the Oak Park Area Arts Council, a...
Irving 3rd graders celebrate World Falconry Day with Alvin

Irving 3rd graders celebrate World Falconry Day with Alvin

by Shari Noland | Nov 16, 2015 | Irving, Science Alliance

Irving 3rd graders hosted Craig Hendee from the Middle East Falcon Research Group and his 5-year-old peregrine falcon, Alvin for World Falconry Day. Craig’s Science Alliance visit is part of an ongoing Mongolian Artificial Nesting project. The Irving students are...
Everything was awesome at the 1st annual LEGOpalooza

Everything was awesome at the 1st annual LEGOpalooza

by Shari Noland | Nov 12, 2015 | Beye, Brooks, Hatch, Holmes, Irving, Julian, LEGOpalooza, Lincoln, Longfellow, Mann, Whittier

The Oak Park Education Foundation’s first ever LEGOpalooza was a fun LEGO-building competition and fundraiser! Held at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn, the event featured 18 teams of between 4-6 people, and many more came to cheer on the builders. The funds raised by this...
Irving 3rd graders learn about the birds with Science Alliance

Irving 3rd graders learn about the birds with Science Alliance

by Shari Noland | Nov 4, 2015 | Irving, Science Alliance

Science Alliance partner, Dr. Emily Minor, Associate Professor from UIC, came to Ms. Browning’s 3rd grade classroom to share her passion for Urban Landscape Ecology. The Irving students learned about the native birds of Oak Park – where they lived, what...
Arboretum Adventures BASE Camp was “brilliant for kids”

Arboretum Adventures BASE Camp was “brilliant for kids”

by Shari Noland | Oct 16, 2015 | BASE Camp, Beye, Hatch, Holmes, Irving, Lincoln, Longfellow, Mann, Whittier

Nearly 90 Oak Park area children joined us for Arboretum Adventures on Monday, October 12, our first ever BASE Camp on the Columbus Day holiday. The kids enjoyed a fabulous fall day at the Morton Arboretum, with each age group experiencing a special adventure. The...
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