Teacher Spotlight

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We want to shine a spotlight on our art teacher, Ms. Ana. Last year, unexpectedly, we lost our well-loved and dedicated art teacher to a full-time job, and we worried and wondered how we would move on without her. Art has always been a huge part of our ODE days – there is no enrichment […]