Explore Chinese Fest...OPRF Style!

Overtime Thriller!

Congratulations to Coach Colletti and our Blue Team on their HUGE OVERTIME VICTORY over Park High 22-20 last week.  This was their final game of the season, and our student athletes had ice in their veins to seal the victory!  You are truly #1!

Chinese New Year Festival is coming....

Do you know what time it is???

IT's SOPHOMORE POETRY SLAM TIME!!!

Happy MLK Day OPRF!

OPRF Students Keeping it Classy....

Today we had our 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assembly...which centered around the theme..Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.  Students were asked to write an essay with the following prompt...Describe a song that you feel celebrates diversity”

Congrats to our top 3 essay winners of the 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King Essay Contest: 

• Our 3rd place prize, Sydney Jackson 

• 2nd place prize, Grace Johnson, who was the 1st place winner last year

• And our 1st place winner, Freshman Morgan Varnado who based his essay of of the song BlackMan by Stevie Wonder

A special thank you goes out to Mr. Rob Breymaier from the Oak Park Regional Housing Center, who provides the cash prizes for our winners. 

For the first time, OPRF had a presentation from a teacher-Mr. Costopoulos, who wrote a very heartfelt, thought provoking essay entitled The Orange Ribbon in the Sky- a reflection from his childhood describing the riots in Chicago after Dr. King was assassinated.  

We had amazing assemblies with very engaged and respectful audiences...THANK YOU OPRF STUDENTS FOR KEEPING IT CLASSY!

Have a wonderful 3-day weekend!

 

Ms. Hildner's Medea Trials

This afternoon I was a judge in Ms Hildner's 5th and 8th period English classes as they conducted their Madea trials.  Was she guilty????

OPRF Students Building Bridges

Congrats to the following students who have received awards for their winning bridges (they head to IIT to compete against the rest of Chicago on the 19^th) . 

 1^st Place:  Faith Clark  and   Kyesha Harris

2^nd Place: Maeve Hillengas

3^rd Place: Taylor Varnado

4^th Place: Raniayah Flowers

They will be representing OPRF at the  Chicagoland IIT Bridge Building Competition January 19^th.

Special thanks to Science teachers Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Podolner for their work with these students!

Remember This?

I went to Brooks Middle School today to talk about incoming frosh night for the Class of 2020!  How time flies!  

Here is Julian from Monday..

Little Shop to Theater Fest Send Off!

Come wish luck to the OPRF Musical Cast of Little Shop of Horrors before they compete at Theater Fest this weekend!

 

The send-off will beTOMORROW(WEDNESDAY) at 7:45amin the Student Center!