Both teams were winners when Mary Endres and Westwood elementary schools competed in a “Cross-Town Chess Challenge” at GriffoNest Games on the Woodstock Square. The Mary Endres club is coordinated by fifth-grade teacher Kiera Parpart. The Westwood Chess Club is currently run by Lorrie Wagner. Bob Teuber and Kecia Griffin were Westwood advisers before Wagner. […]
Amy Varys has taught fifth grade during her entire 34 years of teaching, all of them in Woodstock School District 200. After graduating from Crystal Lake High School, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Eastern Illinois University and a master’s in teaching at St. Xavier University in 2002. “I did not find a […]
Books are among the things treasured across generations, which is why no one wanted to see a pandemic end the reading relationship between Mary Endres Elementary School and a Crystal Lake nursing home. Students across grade levels and residents from The Fountains of Crystal Lake continued their Read Across America Day on March 2 via […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com As students return to classes Aug. 16 in Woodstock School District 200, they will find six administrators in new roles. Three new principals, two assistant principals, and a new athletic director have started in their new positions, including some promotions from within D-200, according to a news release. Ryan Doyle, who has […]
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 recent article in which the McHenry County Historical Society was seeking input from the community about area barn quilts. A barn quilt is a […]
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