The Woodstock North Thunder Service Club plans to work with many local agencies for its service projects during this school year. “I am very excited to bring my years of […]
Two outstanding Blue Streaks graduates have received Woodstock High School’s Distinguished Alumni Awards during the school’s homecoming festivities. This year’s designees are Dr. Victoria Carr-Brendel, a celebrated medical device inventor […]
Challenger Center for Space Science Education awarded a Certificate of Achievement to the Challenger Learning Center in Woodstock for flying the most student missions in 2022-23. “We were among the […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Enrollment didn’t grow this fall in Woodstock School District 200. It didn’t fall much, either, down about a quarter of a percent from 2022. Figures reported to […]
By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Laurie Singer started with the Transportation Department of Woodstock School District 200 as a great way to work while being a primary caregiver for her children […]
By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Among the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is a shortage of school bus drivers, a problem not unique to Woodstock. Some experienced drivers chose to […]
Woodstock High School was ranked 58th of all Illinois High Schools and is the second-ranked public high school in McHenry County, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report […]
Three 2022 graduates of Woodstock North High School have received the Education to Empowerment scholarship and mentoring opportunities offered through the Friends of McHenry County College Foundation. They are among […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent With an excessive heat warning in effect until 9 p.m. Wednesday and temperatures expected in the upper 90s Thursday, Woodstock School District 200 has notified parents that […]
Spending this past summer in Thailand was a special experience for Woodstock resident Jade Mikalauskis, a 2021 graduate of Marian Central Catholic High School. However, this time differed from her […]
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