Following an increase among incoming kindergarten students who had never been in school before, educators at Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center launched a new program this year to help students […]
The 12 girls in Daisy Girl Scout Troop 828 accomplished many things in their very first year together. And Daisy Girl Scout Troop 1203 is new, having just got started in […]
A kindergarten class at Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center decided that water lilies were the best choice to paint in honor of a special person.Courtney Fisher’s dual-language kindergarten students studied […]
Students at Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center “traveled” this month to India, Poland, Ukraine, Colombia, South Africa, Peru, Ireland, Uganda, Mexico, Australia, Ecuador, Egypt, and Spain.“In a world that is […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.comApplications will be accepted starting this week for the 2023-24 tuition preschool program in Woodstock School District 200.In addition to the long-standing, grant-funded preschool program open to children ages […]
“We learned just how much our community supports one another,” MacKenzie Shutt, mother of 5-year-old Hollis Shutt, said. “As hard as it was to be vulnerable and accept help, the […]
Students in Courtney Fisher’s kindergarten class put their Women’s History Month lessons on display on the Woodstock Square in hopes of helping others across the world.Fisher said her students didn’t […]
“Music is for everyone,” Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center music teacher Chris Rausch said. “It is good to have fun and be silly, too.”The 2006 Woodstock High School graduate launched […]
“Feedback from many parents” has caused administrators to withdraw a plan to change school start and dismissal times to address a critical shortage of bus drivers in Woodstock School District […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comAs 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 […]
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