by Shari Noland | Feb 27, 2017 | Beye, Brooks, D97 Schools, Hatch, Holmes, Irving, Julian, Lincoln, Longfellow, Mann, Whittier
[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... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
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...