Hedges leads boys’ sectional qualifying team By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Led by senior Elijah Hedges, Woodstock’s boys’ country team gained a strong fourth-place finish at the IHSA Class 2A Belvidere regional Oct. 24. Woodstock qualified as a team for the sectional meet. The Blue Streaks will be at their home course for the Woodstock North […]
By Jennifer Zittnannews@thewoodstockindependent.com The Sept. 22 Woodstock District 200 school board meeting was packed with families eager to see their high school students recognized. The 2026-27 budget was approved, Mary Endres staff members were recognized, and there was discussion of the proposed changes to school start times. 72 students earn academic honors Seventy-two District 200 […]
Young Authors share magical tales of kingdoms, outer space, more By Kevin Lyons District 200 When this year’s Young Authors competition approached, one Greenwood Elementary School second-grader had a sequel on her mind. Callie Hansen remembered “The Aliens,” the Young Authors manuscript that her mother wrote when she attended Greenwood. The book her mother read […]
By Kevin Lyons District 200 Reading and math scores of students in Woodstock School District 200 continue to soar, with the highest growth in McHenry County. Superintendent Mike Moan shared Illinois State Report Card data with the District 200 Board of Education at the Nov. 18 board meeting, highlighting student growth in comparison to the […]
Kevin Lyons District 200 High school graphics arts students put their skills to use last spring, designing updated logos for all of Woodstock School District 200’s elementary and middle schools. In the fall of 2023, a D-200 staff committee worked with Turnkey Digital in Woodstock to design a new district logo to replace the one […]
By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock High School students in Gerry Blohm’s woodworking class just completed a project that was funded by an Impact Grant from the District 200 Education Foundation. “Money from the foundation grant was used to purchase a ‘Pen Turning Starter Kit’ that included a bench-top wood lathe, lathe tools, pen component parts, […]
Trying to navigate flurry of immigration directives By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com Local officials are weighing the implications of increased enforcement of U.S. immigration law in the early days of the second Trump presidency, and some feel caught between state and federal efforts on undocumented residents of the community. The Illinois State Board of Education is […]
By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com Eight District 200 high school band members qualified to perform in a countywide concert at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Marengo High School auditorium, 110 Franks Road, in Marengo. They are Teagan Harvey, Kendra Heidtke, and Simon Shaffer of Woodstock High School and, from Woodstock North High School, Emiliano […]
By Kevin Lyons District 200 Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 had the highest eighth-grade reading scores in McHenry County and high reading scores across all grade levels when compared with other Illinois schools, according to recently released 2024 Illinois School Report Card data. Overall, Creekside Middle School earned an “Exemplary” designation from the Illinois […]
By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com Music students at Woodstock’s three high schools and two middle schools continue to excel in the annual auditions for the Illinois Music Educators Association. More than 25,000 teachers and students take part in ILMEA events. Every year, music students are invited to audition for the ILMEA’s honor ensembles. ILMEA offers audition […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
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