Katie Wright looked out at her classmates during the Woodstock North High School graduation May 19, telling them to seize the day and refuse to be passive. “I urge […]
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Students at Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center added a few gators, cows and monkeys, too. The Animal Sounds and Motion Program, presented […]
Woodstock School District 200’s second phase of staff reductions is now complete, ending with the elimination of 19 educational support positions for the 2012-2013 school year. The board of […]
Nearly 300 Woodstock High School and Woodstock North High School seniors spent a portion of last week immersing themselves in projects throughout the community. Since 1994, seniors have taken part […]
Eight years after it began, Woodstock School District 200’s dual-language program continues to attract interest from within and outside Woodstock. Enrollment has grown from 51 students in 2004 to […]
A group of students from Northern Ireland visited Woodstock High School as part of a Rotary International exchange program called Toward a Better Understanding. The group of six students […]
Question: What do Renoir, Michelangelo, Picasso and Monet all have in common? Answer: None of them have ever dabbled in the “Peeps” medium. Take a lesson from the […]
In conjunction with Music in Our Schools month, the Woodstock School District 200 Music Boosters are once again holding a used instrument drive. Last year, in its inaugural drive, […]
Just more than two years into its existence, Aurora University-Woodstock Center now has more than 30 students taking part in its programs. Linda Olbinski, recently named dean of academic […]
After raising $30,000 last year, organizers of Woodstock High School’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation event hope to double that amount this year. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity […]
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