Third grade math students at Greenwood Elementary School recently learned math skills in a very unusual way. Teacher Jeanine Bradtke and her resident teacher Molly Parker asked students to become surgeons in Array Hospital. An “array” is an arrangement of objects or numbers in columns or rows. It is helpful in understanding multiplication and division. […]
Fourth-grade students at Mary Endres and Greenwood elementary schools recently learned about the history of barn quilts before making a small version of their own. Art teacher Katie Wagner read a recent article in which the McHenry County Historical Society was seeking input from the community about area barn quilts. A barn quilt is a […]
Life Skills teachers at Greenwood Elementary School have received a grant to include all students in arts projects. The District 200 Education Foundation awarded an Impact Grant for a program the teachers call Artz for All. The money was used to buy adaptive art tools from the Zot Artz arts organization, which creates adaptive art […]
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