Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Applications will be accepted starting this week for the 2023-24 tuition preschool program in Woodstock School District 200. In addition to the long-standing, grant-funded preschool program open […]
School District 200’s new Metals & Manufacturing Lab opened to students late last semester offering Woodstock North High School students a chance to learn and develop their career possibilities on […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Students in Woodstock School District 200 are getting into the Groundhog Day mood. Third-graders will participate again this year in a coloring contest (look for the winners […]
All School Art Show works by students in Woodstock School District 200 are on display until Jan. 9 throughout the main and upper floors of the Woodstock Public Library, 414 […]
A team of Creekside Middle School students has advanced to state competition in the First Lego League Challenge with their project designed to turn compost into biofuel. The Biobots team […]
Contest for D-200 Board of Education, not for WFRD trustees For the first time since 2017, Woodstock School District 200 will have a contested race for the Board of Trustees. […]
Putting McHenry County students with records of misconduct into a Woodstock school for special education students was not something the Board of Education of School District 200 readily embraced last […]
An unusual and much-needed improvement will be prepared for both Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools. It is called a Zen Den. This project is funded by an IMPACT grant […]
A new partnership between Woodstock School District 200 and the city of Woodstock is planting seeds they hope will bloom into confident learners and young people who value the importance […]
Student test scores show improvement since taking a dive after the pandemic, state and local officials reported last week. Administrators in Woodstock School District 200 were especially pleased with reading […]
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