Woodlands Academy’s 18 participating MathCats finished in eighth place overall at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ (ICTM) Division 1A State Finals held April 5-6 at Illinois State University in Normal. Highlights included a second-place finish in Geometry by the Woodlands team of sophomores Maggie Glunz, Chloe Mensah, Emmy Seliga and Maya Whiteman.

Works by artists Liz Born and Anita Powell were displayed at Woodlands Academy as part of the 2024 Jamie Tuttle Women in the Arts festival, which also featured in-person presentations by each artist. This event has been held annually since 2005. In 2021, it was named in memory of a beloved member of the school’s arts faculty for three decades. Pictured is one of Born’s works.

As part of the culturally enriching exchange program between Sacred Heart sister schools Woodlands Academy and Sacré Coeur Wien in Vienna, Austria, 12 Viennese students visited the Lake Forest school in March. Just before departing after their two-week visit, they taught Woodlands students some basic steps of the Viennese Waltz during an all-school assembly in the gym.

On March 13, Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart hosted “Imagine Yourself in the C-Suite,” a public forum encouraging girls to explore high-level business executive roles.  This session featured Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA, president of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. The program was hosted by Woodlands alumna Tyler Johnson '09.