The orchestra director of Woodstock High School and Creekside Middle School has been selected as a quarter-finalist for the 2023 Music Educator Award, presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy […]
District 200 Director of Food Services Sue Malley will retire after 20 years with the district. Malley began her career after earning her degree from Northern Illinois University’s dietetic, nutrition, […]
Maribeth Dhom, the principal’s secretary at Dean Elementary School for the past 12 years, said her favorite time of year was “when the kids came back to school, and they […]
Used buses continue to be an economical option for Woodstock School District 200 – used buses with gasoline engines, if they’re available. The Board of Education last week agreed to […]
More than two dozen Difference Maker Awards were presented last week to people whose efforts were recognized by their peers in Woodstock School District 200. In a new tradition to […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Eighteen outstanding seniors from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools this year have received 2022 PRIDE Awards from the School District 200 Board of Education. The board […]
Not dead, but “resting.” That’s how the Board of Education last week left the idea of combining the athletic programs of the two high schools in Woodstock School District 200. […]
Garden at Creekside Middle Schools aims to touch on the senses Creekside Middle School life skills teacher Jennifer Moskowitz has received a D200 Education Foundation Impact Grant this year to […]
Any momentum that combining athletic programs at Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools might have had hit a wall last week when the results of a public survey were announced. […]
Sixty-one percent of nearly 3,000 survey responses voted against a merger of sports programs of Woodstock and Woodstock North High School. The matter was not scheduled for a vote at […]
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