School ‘extraordinarily’ generous to veterans
November 6, 2019
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 a lamp made from old encyclopedias, a bookshelf from donated wood and old encyclopedias, and improved traffic signs for better safety and flow on campus. […]
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 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Crystal Lake. Their alternative energy solutions generated power by using existing rainwater runoff areas not being utilized. One […]
The Northwood Middle School Warhawks have reason to crow this year after seventh-grader Bob Gerloff bested 11 area students March 6 to become the McHenry County Spelling Bee Champion. Bob and his family, including father Brian Gerloff, former president of the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education, and his mother, Carole, a former District […]
Northwood Middle School eighth-grader Declan Beahan won his age category in a statewide art contest with the theme “Art Connects History with the Future.” His drawing, showing a magical art clock, was one of hundreds of student entries from across Illinois. His creativity won first place in the sixth- through eighth-grade category. The contest was […]
Students at Northwood Middle School coordinated two events for the benefit of the Woodstock Food Pantry, raising $1,250 and more than 1,100 food items. The Physical Education Department, under the direction of teacher Greg Spende, held a “Get Fit for a Cause” fundraiser for the food pantry. “We are very fortunate to have such amazing […]
On Thursday, Nov. 8, Northwood Middle School will have its 18th annual Veterans Day assembly from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the school gymnasium at 2121 N. Seminary Ave. The event, which invites veterans from around Woodstock, is free and open to the public. It has been a school tradition since November 2001. History teacher […]
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