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Recreation Destinations
Parks
- Program Guide
- Programs
Age-Based Interests
- Schedules
- Register
That’s why we are thrilled to announce an exciting collaboration with D97 to bring their Portrait of an Oak Park 8th Grade Graduate to life through Park District programs and activities. We’re aligning some of the School District’s Portrait dimensions to the Park District’s out-of-school programs for youth.
Scroll to read about the dimensions that make up the full Portrait of an 8th Grade Graduate, and discover Park District programs that support each dimension. Click the programs that interest you and your student to be redirected to the registration page.
Students will be knowledgeable about world languages and global issues, will value and understand their own and other cultures, and will develop attitudes and values that help them live respectfully with others around the world. Click the programs below to be redirected to the registration page.
Graduates will apply research-based practices to read, analyze, evaluate, and articulate information in order to make sense of, question, and challenge the world around them. Click the programs below to be redirected to the registration page.
Graduates will be innovators who collaborate with their community to ‘think outside of the box’ and turn their dreams into action. Click the programs below to be redirected to the registration page.
Magic Class
Knight Armor Demonstration
Chess Scholars
Students will develop skills to self-advocate for their physical, mental, and social well-being. Students will understand their changing identities and develop skills to love themselves for who they are, and others for who they are. Click the programs below to be redirected to the registration page.
Our community will have the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the world by using technology responsibly and safely, while making informed and respectful decisions. Click the programs below to be redirected to the registration page.
Graduates will make a positive impact locally and globally through civic engagement and sustainability practices. Click the programs below to be redirected to the registration page.
Graduates will explore a wide range of careers and their qualifications, including college and non-college/trade pathways. Through experiential learning and relationship development, they will practice behaviors and skills that are important for work, and connect with their own interests and passions. Click the programs below to be redirected to the registration page.
By practicing day-to-day financial life skills, graduates will make responsible and ethical decisions for the future.
