With input from seniors and their parents, Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart administrators are planning events to celebrate members of the Class of 2020 (shown here on Aug. 27, 2019) virtually for now, but hopefully including an in-person graduation ceremony this summer. Events will include a virtual prayer service and annual honors recognition on June 10 and a community-wide virtual senior celebration on June 11, the originally scheduled graduation date. There also will be opportunities for seniors and their parents to visit Woodlands Academy to have photos taken in cap and gown and pick up honors awards on both days.

Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart’s transition from traditional classroom to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic has offered a variety of fun opportunities for students, faculty and staff to remain connected from their homes. For example, the school’s daily announcements have included listings of Feel Good Stories & Content as well as some specific WACOR “qWAranTEEN” Daily Recommendations for TV viewing and book reading.

COVID-19 has assured 2020 a prominent place in the history books. Some Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart students are busy recording the current events that future generations will be reading about in those history books. As part of the remote learning routine that became the “new normal” at Woodlands beginning March16, social studies teacher Peter Cashman is having his students keep a daily journal recording their individual experiences and thoughts during this historic event.