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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Could Challenger Learning Center for Science & Technology have a new home in Woodstock’s Olson Elementary School by fall? Could Woodstock School District 200 ever effect a consolidation in some […]
The shelves at the Woodstock Food Pantry were well stocked after several recent food drives by local groups. “As I have stated many times in the past, the Woodstock Food […]
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