Woodstock High School Principal Corey Tafoya spoke of the importance and contributions some past WHS graduates have made in the world when addressing the Class of 2013 during the May […]
A total of 227 Woodstock North High School seniors gathered in the school’s gymnasium with hundreds of their closest family members and friends to celebrate the past, present and future […]
It is not every day that a classroom turns into a zoo in the literal sense, but that’s just what happened at Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center last week. The […]
The day before graduation, a handful of Woodstock and Woodstock North high school seniors can impress their families with their biggest school project ever — a house. The Woodstock School […]
One of Woodstock School District 200’s most colorful sports has just completed its most successful competition yet. The D-200 Special Olympics rhythmic gymnastics team participated in a regional competition March […]
The Woodstock Professional & Business Women organization recently named Laura Crain the Woman of the Year. Crain, the drug-free community support program project coordinator for Woodstock School District 200, said […]
Woodstock High School sent 35 choral students to Spain last month as part of an attempt to establish an exchange program in the region. In addition to the choir students […]
Northwood Middle School, Mary Endres Elementary School and Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center will receive funding from the McHenry County Department of Health to launch a joint initiative that teaches […]
When Woodstock School District 200 started its dual-language program eight years ago, it sought meaningful ways to teach its students using language techniques. After seeing and hearing about Project GLAD […]
Woodstock High School is set to host two St. Baldrick’s Foundation events to raise money to fund research and create funding priorities to make the greatest impact for children with […]
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