The District 200 Education Foundation awarded a $600 Impact Grant to Maggie Jensen at Olson Elementary School to enhance the school’s Sphero Lightning Lab. The grant was titled “Lightning Strikes […]
Students in the Woodstock High School band program performed three times in just four days last month during s spring break trip to Los Angeles. WHS offers students the opportunity […]
Thirteen D-200 students from the Challenge Corps teams at Woodstock North High School and Northwood Middle School presented their hydro-dynamic ideas to the Illinois Lakes Management Association’s conference April 4 […]
Life Skills teachers at Greenwood Elementary School have received a grant to include all students in arts projects. The District 200 Education Foundation awarded an Impact Grant for a program […]
Autumn Brown was nominated for Student of the Week by Mrs. Etnyre because, “She is always very friendly to everyone.” Autumn has been on the High Honor Roll […]
Children at Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center enjoy the benefits of a year-round activity called ”Dierzen’s Little Chefs.” Funded by an Impact Grant from the District 200 Education Foundation, the […]
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