OPRF 150 - Oak Park oakpark.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oakpark.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Founded as a one-room school at the corner of Lake and Forest Avenue in 1873, Oak Park and River Forest High School has become a community cornerstone. Today, the school spans a million-square feet over several buildings. It is home to over 3,400 students. Thousands of alumni fondly remember their days at the school.
Illinois’s first co-housing development saw shovels hit the ground last week, and membership chair Susan Stall said it is gratifying to see the project coming to fruition after years of planning.
OPRF teacher Tyrone Williams Jr. has been named the 2023 Illinois History Teacher of the Year by the New York-based Gilder Lehrman Institute, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to K-12 history education.As teacher of the year, Williams receives a $1,000 cash payment, a core archive of books on American history and Gilder Lehrman educational materials, and recognition at a local ceremony. He is also now one of 53 finalists for the 2023 National History Teacher of the Year award.Williams, 49, who is in his 19th year teaching at OPRF, was nominated for the award by OPRF senior Anna Miller and her parents, Amanda and Chris Miller. When she was a sophomore, Miller was in Williams’ AP U.S. History class, and his teaching sparked a passion for history in her.
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