Our 15th annual William C. Staszak Award Dinner will begin at 6:00 pm; dinner is at 7:30. The lively evening will include both live and silent auctions, featuring one-of-a-kind vacation homes, sports and show tickets, food and wine, behind-the-scenes tours, and much more. Tickets to the Staszak Dinner are $100 each, and tables for 10 are $900.
The dinner's award is presented in honor of William C. Staszak in recognition of his outstanding commitment as a member of the Board of Directors of the Oak Park Education Foundation. He was also a very popular trustee of the Village of Oak Park. The award recognizes those who demonstrate the humanitarian spirit, devotion and service exemplified by Bill Staszak.
Watch teams compete with robots designed, built and programmed by middle school students. Junior Varsity teams and their remote-controlled bots will take on the Uber Tube Challenge, while Varsity teams have programmed their bots to score autonomously in the Ping Pong Fling. See the innovative designs students have devised for their robots to complete these tasks!
Our Architecture Adventure program was featured in: "Longfellow students to unveil mini-golf course," Oak Leaves, January 14, 2009. Speaking about the architectural models students built with architects as obstacles for a mini-golf course, project co-coordinator Sophia Lyman said, "They're quite large. The Sears Building is 5 1/2 feet tall. They've also done the Pritzker Pavilion, and it's 5 feet long, 3 feet wide."
Our Geared Up program was featured in "Learning, Lego by Lego," Wednesday Journal, December 10, 2008. "It's really hands-on," said teacher Ms. Martin. "Instead of listening to me talk or sitting and reading out of a book, the students can learn by actually doing it. That's how most kids learn."