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New school year sees administrative changes: Three principals, two assistants, one new A.D. on board

August 12, 2021

Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com As 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 director have started in their new positions, including some promotions from within D-200, according to a news release. Ryan Doyle, who has […]

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Olson students urged to read at least 40 books during this school year

January 8, 2020

Olson Elementary School is continuing a 40-book challenge throughout the school year. The effort is coordinated by teacher Crystal Christensen. Students are encouraged to read 40 books during the school year. Since books in first grade are much shorter than those in fifth grade, every five books read in first grade will count as one […]

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Space liftoff moving experience

October 16, 2019

Countdown … 4, 3, 2, 1 … liftoff! You hear – and feel! – the rumble in a full-sensory experience as your spaceship is launched into space on your latest mission to Mars. That’s the surround-sound sensation students have as they sit – and shake – during takeoff in the transport room of the new […]

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Challenger cleared for July liftoff

June 26, 2019

With the Board of Education’s earlier unanimous vote to have Woodstock School District 200 acquire the Challenger Learning Center, approval of the formal agreement among D-200, Aurora University, and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education was a mere formality last week. It didn’t even require a separate vote, as board members voted unanimously for […]

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Challenger Center move approved; ‘flights’ resume in September

May 29, 2019

Can a 1950s school building be transformed into a space education center with a “Wow!” factor for school children? Woodstock is going to find out. Board of Education members last week approved, with some hesitation, an administrative recommendation that Woodstock School District 200 acquire the Challenger Learning Center and move it to now-vacant space in […]

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