Woodstock Community Unit School District 200

Woodstock resident Diane Brokaw hopes to raise $20,000 for her Stuff the Stocking for Zach fundraiser.

Woodstock High School recognized Harvard University graduate and entertainment industry executive Amy Reinhard with its 2024-25 Distinguished Alumni Award.

The Woodstock School District 200 Education Foundation has awarded more than $28,000 to fund impact grant proposals from District 200 educators.

Search our table to see what designation your McHenry County school received on the 2024 school report card.

This week, the Illinois State Board of Education released school- and district-level data showing what percentage of McHenry County students were considered proficient in math and reading last year. Check out this chart to see if that's an improvement over the prior year.

McHenry County school districts said they still see long-tail effects of COVID-19 but note scores released this week in some cases are higher than pre-pandemic levels.

Medical records will be needed to confirm the identity of two of the three people who died in a crash near Woodstock Sunday.

Woodstock School District 200 to get 3 electric buses; grant money from the Volkswagen emissions settlement is helping to fund the vehicles.

Woodstock School District 200 has different rules about cellphones for different age levels. The school board recently reviewed its policies as districts nationwide grapple with how to regulate phones.

Woodstock District 200 might adopt an e-learning plan

Tuesday's temperatures and heat indexes in the McHenry County area are expected to be even warmer than Monday's.

A look back at the first day of school in Crystal Lake and Woodstock from Northwest Herald photojournalist Gregory Shaver.

The Crystal Lake District 47 school teachers union will start the school year Wednesday without a new contract as negotiations continue after 10 months.

Woodstock District 200 will be joining several other McHenry County school systems that are offering school bus-tracking apps.

A new school year has arrived in McHenry County with optimism, nerves, cautions.

Students return to the classroom on the first day of school on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Woodstock's Olson Elementary.

McHenry County-area school districts are upping their game when it comes to improving ties to families and trying to increase attendance.

Woodstock School District 200 helps prepare students to return to school with their Back to School Coming to You event on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, at twelve stops around Woodstock. During the event backpacks and school supplies were given to students.

Recent Augustana College graduate Abby Campisi of Wonder Lake received a distinction from the school this spring.

Shanon Laidig of Woodstock's Creekside Middle School said she was shocked to be named the overall winner. She described the Educator of the Year honor as “an award for many, not just me.”

Seniors receive their diploma during Woodstock High School's graduation ceremony on May 19, 2024, at Woodstock High School's Larry Dale Field.

Hunter and Parker Menzel will spend the next two years becoming fully certified firefighter-paramedics, working in the Wonder Lake Fire Protection District in the meantime.

Some seniors at Huntley High School and other McHenry County high schools are graduating with both high school diplomas and McHenry County College associate's degrees.

Students pursuing teaching careers have a teacher signing day at Woodstock North High School.

The Woodstock District 200 school board and teachers union agreed to a new contract that gives teachers yearly pay increases.

The theater departments of Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools will present “Mean Girls” on Saturday and Sunday as well as April 19 and 20 in the Woodstock High School auditorium.

Woodstock School District 200 OK'd a solar farm for Woodstock North High School after canceling an earlier contract.

Motivational influencer Jordan Toma spoke at several McHenry County high schools this week with a message of positivity and perseverance.

The proceeds from the auction will be used to fund programs and experiences for students of Woodstock School District 200

South Street bridge in Woodstock will have a lane closure Thursday while IDOT cleans graffiti.

The new Woodstock logo features the tagline, "Classically different, from every angle."

Woodstock is closer to developing the former Die Cast property, on which senior housing, assisted living, apartments, commercial space and a parking garage could be built.

Woodstock District 200 voted to repeal approving a solar farm at Woodstock North

Windy City Bulls and Woodstock Willie

The new logo has a more "neutral" color scheme and is better for digital uses, Woodstock District 200 said.

Woodstock High School graduate Alex Riak works with students on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, during a rehearsal for the school's “Across the Universe” concert. Riak, who graduated in 2024, and now works as a professional composer in Los Angeles created a piece called “Unknown” for the concert.

Woodstock High grad Alex Riak now works as a professional composer in Los Angeles and returns to his hometown for a concert that includes his music.

Katy Holub, a teacher at Northwood Middle School in Woodstock, performed in New York.

McHenry City Administrator Derik Morefield is set to retire on Jan. 19. The announcement of his replacement could come Monday evening.

Disparities in absenteeism appear in most McHenry County school districts when the data are broken down by race and in comparing students with disabilities.

How did McHenry County schools do on their Illinois School Report Cards this year?

McHenry County school district administrators – both those with and without air conditioning in all of their buildings – are keeping an eye on the weather report for later this week. Crystal Lake District 47 already cancelled classes on Wednesday and Thursday at two schools.

School buses are transporting kids smoothly for the most part in McHenry County, officials said.

Wednesday marked the first day of school for many McHenry County children, including in Crystal Lake, Woodstock and McHenry.

21 Woodstock 200 students walked the stage twice this weekend, as they received both a high school diploma and an associates degree thanks to dual credit. “It hasn’t hit me yet. But I’m super thankful," said Woodstock High School graduate Alisha Virani.

Through the Building Trades program, which has gone on for more than 50 years, Woodstock High School students are given the chance to help build a house over the course of two years.

Students in the Woodstock Building Trades Program, put the finishing touches on a home they are building Monday, May 8, 2023, in Woodstock. This will be the program’s 43rd completed home since the program began in 1972.

The Woodstock District 200 Education Foundation has announced its Groundhog Day auction raised just over $20,000 to fund more opportunities for District 200 students.

It only takes walking into Janet Moritz’s classroom to see her approach come alive, with kids helping one another and cheering each other on, Verda Dierzen Principal Tricia Bogott said.

Jennifer Waldack is one of Mary Endres Elementary School's "finest teachers because of her relationship with kids,” the school's principal said. “When I see her teach, I feel like she’s been a teacher forever.”