NOTE - The Village of Oak Park is now charging visitors $5 per vehicle to enter the Scoville Avenue/OPRF Community Parking Garage at Lake and Scoville after 4 p.m. weekdays and all day weekends. (THIS FEE DOES NOT APPLY to school staff with S-2 stickers.) Limited street parking is available, with many areas designated "resident only," so please check all Village parking signs carefully to avoid getting a ticket!

EVENTS & MEETINGS:

Sat. May 17 – 2008 “Masquerade” Prom & Post Prom!

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Doors open for Prom admission at Hyatt

6:30 p.m. SHARP - Bus for Prom/Post Prom guests departs OPRF for Hyatt

11 p.m. - Bus for Post Prom only guests departs OPRFHS Front Entrance on Scoville for ESPN Zone

  
     We wish our juniors and seniors a safe, happy, and elegant evening at the downtown Hyatt and a successful first Post Prom event afterwards at ESPN Zone!  Click here for PDF version of all Prom info and guidelines. The only addition to information on the sheets is the Post Prom-only attendance. Students who only have tickets to Post Prom MUST arrive at the Main Scoville entrance/Student Center no later than 11 p.m. SHARP in order to catch the bus to ESPN Zone. Only Post Prom ticket holders who have taken this scheduled bus will be admitted to ESPN Zone. Students who also attended Prom will be taking a bus directly from the Hyatt to ESPN Zone.

      Also,  Wednesday Journal   PHOTO OPP!

    The Wednesday Journal , one of the donors making Post Prom possible, will be running photos from parents of their students getting ready for prom, walking the red carpet at the high school on the way to the luxury bus, or gathering for group photos before heading off to the dance. Digital photos only may be sent directly to the Wednesday Journal at  blomax@wjinc.com with "Attn: Wednesday Journal Layout/OPRF Prom" in subject line. 

IMPORTANT SUMMER & FALL DRIVER EDUCATION REGISTRATION INFO!

FALL CLASSES - Mon. May 19, 7 p.m., Auditorium

     Due to the volume of questions parents and students are asking about changes in state law, the Driver Ed Department is holding its MANDATORY Parent/Guardian/Student meeting for students taking FALL Driver Education on Monday, May 19.  If your student is enrolled in next Fall Semester Driver Education, you must attend this meeting.

  SUMMER CLASSES - May 21 - 7 p.m., North Cafe - 2nd mandatory meeting for students taking SUMMER DRIVER ED classes, No. Café
     This is the second of two mandatory Summer Driver Education registration meetings to register for summer classes. On May 21, students need to bring a learner’s permit and check for $330 in tuition and fees, made out to Oak Park and River Forest High School.
     Please contact Dan Kleinfeldt, Driver Ed Department Chair, at 708-434-3253 with questions.    

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 Sat. May 17 - 6:30 p.m. Prom at Hyatt Regency; 11 p.m. Post Prom at ESPN Zone!

Tues. May 20 – Thurs. May 22 - “Greater Tuna” – Studio 200. Tickets $5/$4.
      Written by Joe Sears, Jaston Williams, and Ed Howard and directed by senior Mara Dale, this play’s action takes place in Tuna, a small town in Texas. Through a series of vignettes, or short skits, the play satirizes rural American life during an ambiguous, timeless decade in American history. The show was originally played by two men performing 20 characters; the OPRF version will include seven actors. Times are:
· Tues. May 20 – 4 p.m.
· Wed. May 21 - 7 p.m.
· Thurs. May 22 - 4 p.m.

FRAME WAREHOUSE ART SHOW & AWARDS - 6: 30 - 8 p.m., Wed. May 21, 346 Harrison Street.
    
Frame Warehouse will host its annual OPRFHS student art awards and show at its 346 Harrison Street gallery and shop from 6:30 - 8 p.m. on Wed. May 21.
Frame Warehouse generously donates the frames and hosts this reception for Oak Park and River Forest High School student artists. During this four-year partnership, more than eight students have interned at Frame Warehouse and have gone on to specialize in the fine arts at colleges all over the country. OPRFHS and Frame Warehouse alumna Emily Williams is now studying in Sydney, Australia! Many come back and work summers and holidays while in school.
 
"I can't say enough about the fine young men and women that come out of art department at OPRF. They are so talented and hard working," Paul Hamer, Frame Warehouse owner, said.
The show is open to the public at the shop that has specialized in custom frames, oil paintings, photographs, posters, antique photographs and paper documents, children's art and more for the last 28 years. Fabric and hard to frame items are its specialty.

SPRINGS SPORTS UPDATE. CLICK HERE.

 
Summer Sports Camp information and registration are available until the first day of camp online at http://www.oprfhs.org/export/sites/oprf/academic_divisions/summer_school/sports_camps_2008.pdf

Summer School Walk-In Registration dates are June 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9 - 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - OPRFHS Student Center Ticket Booth, on a space available basis. Online registration for 2008 summer school classes is closed. The following classes/class periods are closed.
 
CLOSED CLASSES - As of 5/15/08

S200                    Pre-Algebra                 1st period
S201                    Pre-Int. Algebra           2nd period
S2132                  Int. Algebra F2A          2nd period
S4162                  Spanish 2                     CANCELLED
S501                    Health                           2nd period
S5048                   Practical Health           2nd period
S600                    Consumer Ed                2nd period
S604                    Keyboarding                 2nd period
S651                    Art Foundations            2nd period
S661                    Wheelthrowing     2nd period
S683                    Photography                2nd period
S9040                  Physical Ed.      2nd period

    INCOMING FRESHMEN REMINDERS – YOU MUST COMPLETE ENROLLMENT IN DISTRICT 200 - APRIL 30 DEADLINE HAS PASSED!

District 200 is a separate district from where your children attended elementary and middle school. Before your student can attend OPRFHS, you must enroll your child in the new district, District 200/Oak Park and River Forest High School.  Enrollment must be completed for each child, even if your family has other children currently attending OPRFHS.  
o Enrollment forms were due April 30. Please contact Deloris Collins in the Principal's Office at 708-434-3505 or dacollins@oprfhs.org with questions. 
o Shadowing has ended for the 2007-08 year. No more reservations can be accepted. If your family would like a tour of the school, you may contact OPRF Communications Coordinator K. Foran at 708-434-3099 or kforan@oprfhs.org to make arrangements. 

o Looking ahead:
o The scheduled Book & ID day for freshmen will be Tues. Aug. 19;
o The first day of the 2008-09 school year, Tues. Aug. 26, will be for FRESHMEN ONLY; freshmen parent/guardian orientation meeting will be at 7 p.m.

"AFRICAN AMERICAN SUCCESS AT OPRFHS" - Special presentation by Julian PTO/Our African American Children Committee - 7:30 - 9 p.m., Wed. May 21, at OPRFHS, Room 276.

     Both parents/guardians and eighth-grade students are invited to interact with a special panel of successful African American students from Oak Park and River Forest High School (OPRFHS) to get their perspective on what it takes to be successful and thrive at OPRFHS. The discussion is sponsored by the Our African American Children committee of the Percy Julian PTO. Questions for the students may be submitted in advance by emailing DADCOX@aol.com. (This program will start after the Project Scholar meeting across the hall, so there will be no scheduling conflict for families who want to attend both.)

 
COMMUNITY:

49 Lake Teen Center  – Serving Oak Park teens, grades 6-12 - Lower Level, Stevenson Center, 49 Lake Street.
    For information about the center, programs, membership and hours, visit the Park District's teen Web site, www.oakparkteens.com.

  Oak Park Public Library Teen Events:

 Weekly Writing Workshops - 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., Mondays through April – Small Meeting Room, Main Library
     Join Marcelis Wyatt, R & B performer and “Fire on the Mic” host, to explore the power of poetry. No prior registration.

   

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Questions, contact Katherine Foran, OPRF Communications/Community Relations, 708-434-3099 or kforan@oprfhs.org