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Helping Children Explore Their Curiosities Is Our Super Power Staszak Educator of the Year Award 2025 Elementary School Programs Our goal is to serve every student in D97 through our inschool programs and provide each child with hands on STEAM education to inspire a lifelong love of learning. Art Start K2nd Grade Oak Park Education Foundations Art Start Program provides D97 students the opportunity for special handson creative experiences in the classroom with community artists. Professional sculptors painters dancers musicians storytellers and fabric artists collaborate with teachers and students. VEX IQGears 5th Grade Through the Oak Park Education Foundations 5th Grade VEX IQGears Program D97 students work with VEX IQGears and other robotic programs to learn about the power of coding and using engineering principles to solve challenges.