9/17/25 Elementary & Middle School Student of the Week – Hayna Krein
September 17, 2025
Hayna is a 5th grade student at Greenwood Elementary School.
Hayna is a 5th grade student at Greenwood Elementary School.
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Special buddies are helping second-grade students of teacher Courtney Fisher to learn positive behaviors. “Best Buddies is a program created by The Good Human Project, which creates resources to engage […]
Greenwood Elementary School teacher Julie Zay felt there was a need for a special bench at her school. “I applied for a 2023-2024 D200 Education Foundation Impact Grant for a […]
Greenwood Elementary School students got a lesson from an author who told them about more than just the basics of schooling. Pre-K teacher Julie Zay used an Impact Grant from […]
Greenwood Elementary School says goodbye to two teachers with a combined 51 years with Woodstock School District 200. Marla Cherry retires after 26 years with D-200, all of them at […]
Third grade math students at Greenwood Elementary School recently learned math skills in a very unusual way. Teacher Jeanine Bradtke and her resident teacher Molly Parker asked students to become […]
Fourth-grade students at Mary Endres and Greenwood elementary schools recently learned about the history of barn quilts before making a small version of their own. Art teacher Katie Wagner read […]
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