Woodstock High School alum, state champ and former WHS teacher and coach Mike Brasile will return home from Hampshire to lead the Streaks’ football program in the fall. Brasile officially […]
Veteran former teacher and administrator Dr. Art Vallicelli has been selected as the new principal at Woodstock High School. Vallicelli has been an assistant principal at WHS since 2013 and […]
Student of the Week February 14, 2018 Sponsored by: Aurora University Courtney Richter is a junior at Woodstock High School. She is the daughter of Craig and Shannan Richter, Woodstock. […]
Athlete of the Week February 14, 2018 Congratulations to Rachael Stieg, a senior at Woodstock High School. Rachael placed sixth in regionals and qualified for State Sectionals, where she put […]
Thirty girls ranging in age from first- to eighth-graders performed a dance routine Feb. 3 at halftime during the Woodstock High School Blue Streaks girls’ home basketball game. At the […]
The Woodstock High School Blue Streaks hosted a girl’s basketball youth night Jan. 25 in conjunction with the WHS vs. Woodstock North High School crosstown game. Young basketball enthusiasts of […]
Athlete of the Week Dylan Connell January 24, 2018 Congratulations to Edward J. Zurawski, a senior at Woodstock High School. Edward clinched the regional state bowling title and helped the […]
Student of the Week January 3, 2018 Sponsored by: Aurora University Our Student of the Week is Sara Hernandez is a senior at Woodstock High School. She is the daughter […]
Athlete of the Week Tyler Peake January 3, 2018 Congratulations to our Athlete of the Week, Tyler Peake, a senior on the Woodstock High School varsity basketball team. He is […]
Drawing on her long history as an educator, retired Woodstock teacher Caryl Dierksen recently published her second book, a fictional murder mystery about a young English teacher set in the […]
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