Seven categories of PRIDE Awards have been reduced to one – with a monetary prize – in Woodstock School District 200. The Board of Education last week voted to recognize […]
“Reasonable suspicion” is the proposed standard in Woodstock School District 200 for requiring an employee to undergo drug or alcohol testing. Among 25 school policy revisions introduced last week at […]
Two local high school students began a much-needed business that is thriving. Declan Pivnicka and Joe Weinberger, seniors at Marian Central Catholic High School, started a business in May 2021 […]
“It feels like coming home,” said Gwen Harris, incoming head of Crystal Lake Montessori School. Harris is a life-long learner whose heart has long been rooted in the Montessori method. […]
As Jeriel McGinness retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year, he left behind a tangible reminder of his time at Creekside Middle School. The longtime middle school art […]
The sole purpose of the St. Mary of Woodstock School Foundation is to assist in maintaining and improving school facilities and technology, foundation board member Larry Rafferty said. Even if […]
Woodstock resident Melinda Malo, former Northwood and Creekside math teacher, grew up feeling like the Crystal Ice House was her “second home,” she said. “We were always here,” Malo said. […]
Westwood Elementary School is losing two longtime staff members to retirement. Rita Caywood was hired by School District 200 in 1997 as the principal’s secretary at Westwood Elementary School. Deborah […]
Julia Eastham news@the woodstockindependent.com Changes could be coming to Pride Awards in Woodstock School District 200 after the Board of Education discussed potential incentives and criteria for students during last […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North High School’s new principal is a McHenry County native who most recently was a principal in Mount Prospect in School District 59. Josh Segura will […]
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