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General
Spotlight on our PE Teacher
Hello all, I’m George Sarantos and students can call me Mr. S. I grew up in Oak Park and graduated from OPRF in 2018. Following graduation, I went to Triton Community College in River Grove. After completing several courses, I transferred to DePaul University. I’m currently in my senior year majoring in physical education and […]
Joanna’s Homeschool Story
I started homeschooling before I had kids. I know, it sounds backwards! But, when we were dating, my (now) husband asked if I’d be willing to homeschool. He had been homeschooled for much of his educational years, and had good memories of it (kudos to my mother-in-law!). I had done all of it; homeschool, public, […]
Spotlight on our ASL Teacher
Our ODE families have been asking for ASL ever since the days of Mrs. York, and her fantastic ASL classes. It proved to be a big challenge to find someone, and we pursued many avenues only to hit a dead end. But last year, we were so delighted to find Mrs. Calix, and found she […]
Spotlight on our Academy Literature Teacher
We at ODE know that a well-educated, thinking person needs to develop a life-long love of reading. We have always had such wonderful literature teachers and, quite honestly, when our last one gave notice, I found myself wondering if that spelled the end of our program. It was unneeded worry (as most worry is) because […]
Spotlight on our Literature Teacher
The day ODE crossed paths with Mrs. Andrews was a wonderful one. She teaches our elementary literature classes, and has introduced our students to excellent books we occasionally miss in our literature lists because they are recent additions to the literary world. We have been so blessed with her kind and warm heart, well-prepared and […]