Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Woodstock High School this weekend will involve a lot of looking back and a little looking forward. The Woodstock High School Centennial Celebration – “Celebrating a Century of Blue,” the program cover says – will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the school, 501 W. South St. Three alumni will […]
Current and former Blue Streaks as well as the general public are invited to help Woodstock High School celebrate its 100th anniversary of the South Street building next month. The building at 501 W. South St. was built in 1921, but organizers last year pushed the celebration into the 2022-23 school year to avoid potential […]
Students are using their school lockers again. Parents in lower grade levels are walking their apprehensive children into their new classrooms. Fall athletes are back in their locker rooms. And Woodstock High School will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its building on Sept. 25 – a year later than expected. “Our staff and families are […]
A century ago, plans designed by Hewitt & Emerson Architect of Peoria were transformed into one of the first new school buildings in the growing city of Woodstock, which was then the typewriter capital of the world. Dean Street School, originally built as an eight-room schoolhouse, still sits among the carefully restored Victorian homes just […]
As a high school junior, Quentin Crown, a Woodstock High School 2021 graduate, used his design skills to create a 100-year anniversary logo for the school. Today, as a college freshman, his logo flies high for the community to see. “It is pretty cool that my work will be visible in my hometown,” Crown said. […]
By Kevin Lyons District 200 As Woodstock High School prepares to observe the school building’s 100th anniversary, the committee working on the celebration has announced the first Distinguished Alumni Award for outstanding WHS graduates. Anniversary committee members are accepting nominations now, and the first winner or winners will be recognized at the 100th year celebration […]
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