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 students […]
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 Buddy […]
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 the […]
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 Greenwood […]
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 surgeons […]
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 a […]
D-200 goes outside to hire new administrator
Life Skills teachers at Greenwood Elementary School have received a grant to include all students in arts projects. The District 200 Education Foundation awarded an Impact Grant for a program […]
Parent questions board after arsenic levels rise again at Greenwood Elementary
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