When Faith Metze was asked last year to choose a Passion Project for her gifted program at Prairiewood Elementary School, the decision was easy based on her volunteer experience with […]
Raising money for PADS and recycling when possible were the semester goals of Northwood Middle School’s Challenge Corps students. For community outreach, students made recycled items to sell. Projects included […]
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 […]
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