Students in teacher Scott Becker’s class of third- through-fifth graders at Dean Street Elementary are learning with games and activities bought with an Impact Grant from the District 200 Education […]
The week leading up to Nov. 11 was a prime opportunity for Woodstock schools to celebrate Veterans Day. As has long been the practice, numerous schools held assemblies and breakfasts, […]
Maribeth Dhom, the principal’s secretary at Dean Elementary School for the past 12 years, said her favorite time of year was “when the kids came back to school, and they […]
Garden at Creekside Middle Schools aims to touch on the sensesCreekside Middle School life skills teacher Jennifer Moskowitz has received a D200 Education Foundation Impact Grant this year to complete […]
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 […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comAs students return to classes Aug. 16 in Woodstock School District 200, they will find six administrators in new roles.Three new principals, two assistant principals, and a new athletic […]
D-200 fourth-graders get to see their writing creativity come to life
Three schools in D-200 earn ‘exemplary’ rating
Discussion of the Dean Street Elementary School facility was on the agenda for the Feb. 13 meeting of the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education. After an address by […]
An award-winning Spanish author whose children’s books have been translated into a dozen languages visited Woodstock schools last week. Margarita del Mazo held storytelling sessions for kindergartners through fifth-graders and […]
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