BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The Oakwood Community Education Foundation will host its annual “Comet Celebration for Education” fundraiser on March 7 at The Dragonfly at Sleepy Creek Vineyards at 6 p.m. The 2020 Celebration includes dinner provided by Encore Catering and live music by Oakwood alum David Howie. All proceeds […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The Oakwood School District received a “Commendable” designation on the Illinois Report Card, which was released on Oct. 31. Each year, the Illinois State Board of Education gives school summative designations based on data provided. Schools receive Exemplary School, Commendable School, Underperforming School, and […]
Oakwood High School Ceremony Nov. 12 from 8:10 to 8:35 The National Anthem played by the Oakwood High School Band will kick-off Oakwood High School’s Veteran Day program at 8:10 a.m. Oakwood will then recognize students planning on joining the military after graduation before recognizing the DAR (Daughters of the […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The world is filled with children and adults, peers and colleagues, athletes and musicians, students and teachers. At Oakwood Junior High School, seventh- and eighth-graders are learning that everybody is on the same team. “My word for the year is relationships,” principal Anne Burton said. “Student, […]
