An adventure farm visit for students with special needs, an elementary school safety patrol program, an improvisation workshop for budding actors – those are among many educational opportunities being funded […]
A first-of-its-kind Woodstock North High School club, which could eventually become a competitive IHSA team, is getting gamers together instead of home alone on the couch. The Thunder eSports Club […]
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 […]
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