#1 All-Girls Catholic High School in Illinois

#1 All-Girls High School in Illinois

2020 National Blue Ribbon School

COMPETE

From athletics to robotics, mathematics to music, a Woodlands education is as much about what goes on outside the classroom as within it. Our programs encourage each student to try something new and compete to the highest of her ability.

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ENGAGE

Girls are front and center in our classrooms and our teachers can teach in the ways that girls learn best. Each student at Woodlands develops meaningful relationships with adults and is encouraged to take an active role in her learning.

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EXPLORE

Woodlands Academy’s curriculum encourages girls to explore their talents, broaden their horizons, and learn what it means to be a global citizen. Our Center for Global Studies is an integral part of that.

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LEAD

Every day our students are surrounded with powerful examples of young women taking charge and making a difference in their world. And it starts from day one.

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Woodlands News

Woodlands presents 4th quarter Sacred Heart Awards

Freshmen Saraliz Callejas and Isabella Patino, sophomores Jackie de la Fuente and Morgan Fitzgerald, juniors Paige Georgi and Ona Sodaitis, seniors Zara Dimovski and Kate Foster, and campus minister/theology teacher Damariz Posadas were honored as fourth-quarter Sacred Heart Award recipients for their efforts in living out Sacred Heart Goal 4 in a most visible way.

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Woodlands Academy musicians excel in ‘Music City’

Woodlands’ musicians received top-tier honors at a recent WorldStrides Heritage Festiva in Nashville, Tennessee. The student-led Microscope and the Kaleidoscope choirs won Silver plaques while the school’s Symphony Orchestra brought home the Bronze. Individually, Senior Giuliana Popoff received the Ovation Award and Sophomore Madeleine Lillis earned a Maestro Award.

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Woodlands hosts delegation from Austrian sister school

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

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Jamie Tuttle Women in the Arts festival held in March

Works by ceramicist Danielle Chutinthranond and filmmaker Lynn Loo were featured at Woodlands Academy as part of the 2025 Jamie Tuttle Women in the Arts festival, which also included presentations by each artist. This event has been a Woodlands tradition since 2005. In 2021, it was named in memory of a beloved member of the school’s arts faculty for three decades.

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    Instilling Faith

    Faith in self, in potential, in beliefs
    Faith in each other, and in the power of understanding the world

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    Building community

    A community of risk-takers, of profound thinkers, and of informed leaders.
    A community of scholarship and of reciprocal respect, and of young women of the Sacred Heart

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    inspiring courage

    Courage to be brave, to be authentic, to speak up, to act, to leave an imprint for good
    Courage to be global citizens empowered to change the world.