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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.
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.
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.
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.