WHS, WNHS instructor named Illinois’ French Teacher of the Year By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com District 200 teacher Andrea Isabelli has been honored by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) as the Illinois Teacher of the Year. Sharing the honor with Isabelli was Lisa Shamrock of Naperville School District 203. Isabelli teaches French at […]
Every Westwood Elementary grade now has a raised bed garden of its own on the campus. First-grade teacher Jessica Backus and fifth-grade dual-language teacher Kathy Lacey-Anderson received a District 200 Education Foundation Impact Grant that provided funds to build three raised 4-by-4-foot garden beds to go with their previous two beds. The fifth-grade students […]
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 […]
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