Save the date: Saturday, April 25 at the Oak Park Country Club. The Oak Park Education Foundation will honor Ade Onayemi, an architect who has devoted countless hours to not-for-profit service and leadership in Oak Park and the neighboring Austin community. Ade is a former District 97 Board of Education President, former Oak Park Education Foundation Board member, and an Oak Parker since 1984.

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.



 

Everyone is welcome at the exciting Vex Robotics competition, Julian vs. Brooks, on Wednesday, February 11, 7 pm in the Julian gym, 416 S. Ridgeland in Oak Park.

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!