Happy Holidays OPRF! See you in 2017!

 

The Studio Art Gallery is LIT 🔥

Please take a moment to visit the Studio Art Gallery on the 2nd Floor.  It is absolutely amazing!  For us non-millennials out there....LIT means really really awesome, turnt up, etc.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natalie Ungaretti....50 Meter State Champion

This just in....by 1/100 of a second...our very own Natalie Ungaretti has won the 50 meter freestyle!

Congratulations Natalie!  We are so proud of you!

OPRF GIRLS SWIMMING STATE CHAMPION 200 METER RELAY!

Congratulations to our  2016 GIRLS STATE CHAMPION 200 Medley Winners:

Natalie Ungaretti
Hanna Blankemeier
Alex Gill
Samm Nielson

What an awesome performance!  Here are some pics from yesterday's preliminary races at Evanston:

Congratulations Ms. Linda Carlson!

Physical Education Teacher of the Year!  Please congratulate Ms. Carlson on this wonderful accomplishment!

Our Marching Huskies

Good Morning-


Here is an awesome story from the Wednesday Journal about our Marching Huskies.  Congratulations on an awesome season!

More than just crowd appeal

http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/11-9-2016/More-than-just-crowd-appeal/

What do you say?

Good Afternoon-


I know it's been a while since my last blog, but I thought that I would share this on behalf of our students expressing concerns regarding the outcome of the election based upon some of the verbiage used by President Elect Trump during the campaign:


What should I say to my students after the election if Trump wins?” a principal asked me recently. Good question. What should we tell our children?

 

Tell them, first, that we will protect them. Tell them that we have democratic processes in the U.S. that make it impossible for one mean person to do too much damage...

Tell them, second, that you will honor the outcome of the election, but that you will fight bigotry. Tell them bigotry is not a democratic value, and that it will not be tolerated at your school. Tell them you stand by your Muslim families...  Your gay students. Your Black families. Your female students. Your Mexican families. Your disabled students. Your immigrant families. Your trans students. Your Native students. Tell them you won’t let anyone hurt them or deport them or threaten them without having to contend with you first. Say that you will stand united as a school community, and that you will protect one another. Say that silence is dangerous, and teach them how to speak up when something is wrong. Then teach them how to speak up, how to love one another, how to understand each other, how to solve conflicts, how to live with diverse and sometimes conflicting ideologies, and give them the skills to enter a world that doesn’t know how to do this...

Teach them, third, how to be responsible members of a civic society. Teach them how to engage in discussion—not for the sake of winning, but for the sake of understanding and being understood. Students need to learn how to check facts, to weigh news sources, to question taken-for-granted assumptions, to see their own biases, to take feedback, to challenge one another. We need to teach students how to disagree—with love and respect..."

My hope is that this will provide some direction for us all as we continue to move forward in unity as a nation.

Thanks Khalida! 

10/28 Video Announcements...

Please check out this week's video announcements....

·         In-Building: https://goo.gl/qm4zKH

·         Out of the building: https://youtu.be/Zo5ACWEGw1U

       Enjoy!

Teacher Collaboration Teams

Did you know that your OPRF teachers meet in professional learning communities- that we call teacher collaboration teams to talk about best practices across divisions that are helping students be successful?
Here is a pic from one of today's Teacher Leader sessions. Each team has a teacher leader that meets with colleagues from divisions across the school to talk about their work.
OPRF teachers are working incredibly hard to find ways to better support student academic growth! Most TCTs meet on late arrival Wednesdays.

Felony Franks at OPRF

Today I was invited to a presentation for our Reading Essentials classes during 3rd Period. Deno Andrews, 1989 alum and owner of Felony Franks, spoke to our students based upon an article they were reading about a company similar to Felony Franks, but out in LA called Homeboy Industry that hires individuals who have been incarcerated. Special thanks to Mr. Cohen for the invite!!!

TEAM OPRF Lunch Snacks are HERE!

The TEAM program has set up a snack table in the Studio Study Area to continue their work on social skills, real life math skills and organization.  They will be selling snacks on Tuesday and Thursday.  Here is a cool advertisement describing their menu along with a pic from Tuesday.  Enjoy!

My Sophomore English Teacher

I went back home a few weeks back and ran into my Sophomore English Teacher...Ms. Sitter from Elgin High School at a golf outing. I asked her if I can take a pic for my blog and she was cool with it.  I am grateful to still be in contact with her and be able to show appreciation to the adults that have helped me become the person I am today.  I hope that you are able to do the same OPRF! 

Who says Math can't be fun!!!

This morning I visited Mr Mulvaney's 2nd Period Calc 3 class as they presented their group projects consisting of 3D slice forms that they created to represent formulas that they have been studying...

Homecoming 2016.....Party Gras at OPRF!

It's Sports Jersey Day OPRF!

What Unity Looks Like

Thanks for the support- OPRF

Homecoming is on its way.....Boom Entertainment is here!

Boom Entertainment is here to promote our Homecoming Dance next Saturday, October 1st.  They also have a request box for students to select songs that they would like to hear during the dance.  Check them out during the 2nd half of your lunch period today!

Our Marching Huskies say....COME SEE US at a COMPETITION OPRF!

After school yesterday, I was presented with some Huskie Marching Band Swag by OPRF Drum Majors Maya Taylor, Abby Sacks, Gabe Krauter, and Lydia Woolley.  Besides providing me with the cool fleece I'm wearing in the picture, they also invited me to a few of their upcoming band competitions.  They mentioned that we as a school often

 see them perform at football home games, but they feel that their competitions are when they are at their sharpest and most dignified.  I then thought to myself-  hey...how cool would it be for us to cheer on the very group that gets us all hyped and ready to go for all things OPRF...our Marching Huskies!  here are some of their upcoming events:

Geneseo Maple Leaf Classic, Geneseo High School: September 17th  

NOHS Marching Band Classic, Benedictine University: September 24th, 4:30 PM

ISU Marching Band Competition, Illinois State University: October 22nd, 4:45 PM

It looks like the competition at Benedictine University next Saturday, September 24th might be the best time to catch them in competition.  I'm going to check in with the Huskie Spirit Council and see if we can get the Dawg Pound out there to root on our Marching Huskies!  It would be a great way for us to show our appreciation for our Band!  

State Championship Assembly

Today we celebrated the accomplishments of our very own 2016 IHSA 4A State Champion Softball Team!  Our Lady Huskies took Peoria by storm last June and won a very competitive, gut-wrenching title game.  I look forward to the REPEAT!  Here is a pic of me and our champions!

Staff Development Day

Hey OPRF....while you are off from school at play, we are having Staff Development Day!
Today our faculty and staff are hard at work providing professional development to one another on technology and a host of other division specific supports to help us better meet your needs!