Woodlawn Middle School is located in Long Grove

Long Grove, Illinois

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, Illinois

Illinois

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, northwest of Chicago

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. The school is part of Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96

Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96

Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 is a K-8 school district centered in the Lake County village of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. This district is composed of seven schools in total, or one kindergarten center, four elementary schools, and two middle...

. Woodlawn was built during the summer of 1999 along with its neighboring school, Country Meadows. Students from County Meadows Elementary School and Kildeer Countryside Elementary School attend Woodlawn. In 2009 Woodlawn Middle School received the Blue Ribbon award for outstanding performance.

Overview

Opened in the summer of 1999, for the 1999-2000 school year, Woodlawn Middle School is located in Long Grove, IL on Gilmer Road. Woodlawn Middle School is one of two schools, the latter being the elementary school, Country Meadows, which is attached to the middle school. It is a feeder school of Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, Illinois) The Inner Core curriculum consists of:

• Math
• English
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• Social Studies
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• Science
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• Spanish
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   for 7th and 8th grade
• Options for 6th grade (An "Introduction To Middle School Course")
• Physical Education
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• Encore: (Art
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  , Technology
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  , Music
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  , FACS (Family and Consumer Science), and Communications)

The school consists of three grades: sixth, seventh, and eighth.

Woodlawn Middle School offers many Inner Core activities including:

• Band
• Orchestra
• Newspaper Club
• Pottery Club
• Scrapbook Club
• Chess Club
• Math Club
• Show Choir
• Chorus
• Sports (track, cross country, volleyball, poms, basketball,etc.)
• Yearbook Club
• Computer Club
• Film Club
• Open Art Studio
• Multimedia Design
• Science Club
• Drama Club
• Student Council
• Scholastic Bowl
• Stage Crew for the annual musical and annual Talent Show

The school was also the home school of Golden Apple Nominee Sandy Kern.