Our school was named in honor of Eldora Hoover and William Wood, prominent Batavian educators in the district for many years. Both Eldora and Bill were recognized for their important and long lasting contributions to the Batavia schools and the community.

Following her years of teaching in Batavia, Mrs. Hoover continued her teaching outreach through her work as volunteer aide in the school district reading program and her work as a community volunteer helping immigrants learn to speak English. Bill Wood also had a long service to the district.

Bill, who is Eldora?s foster son, came to Batavia after World War II and worked as a teacher and principal of J. B. Nelson School for 27 years. He was active in the community and has served as commissioner on the local police and fire boards, as patron of the library, and a charter member of the Batavia Historical Society.

Eldora Hoover taught at an elementary school on Giese Road and at Bliss Road School. The site of this school is within two blocks of the current eastside school. Their pictures will be on display in the main entrance. Our school building was completed and opened on August 28, 2001.

Batavia is a village of about 23,900 located 35 miles west of downtown Chicago. Batavia calls itself the "City of Energy." The most obvious reason is the presence of Fermilab, the National Accelerator Laboratory, to its immediate southeast, a facility that attracts scientists from throughout the world.

Hoover Wood is located in the shadow of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Fermilab's mission is to advance the understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy and provides resources for researchers to conduct basic research at the frontiers of high energy physics.