Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart

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Woodlands Academy of the
Sacred Heart
Address
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart
760 E Westleigh Road

,
60045

United States
Coordinates 42°14′0″N87°49′43″W / 42.23333°N 87.82861°W / 42.23333; -87.82861
Information
Type Private, boarding & day school
MottoExcellence in leadership: Women for Tomorrow
Denomination Roman Catholic
Established1858;167 years ago (1858)
PrincipalRocco Gargiulo
Head of schoolSusan Tyree Dempf Ph.D.
Grades 912
Gender Girls
Student to teacher ratio6:1
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Red and White   
Athletics conference Independent School League
Team nameWildcats
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
PublicationLa Nouvelle (literary magazine)
WAstyle (style magazine)
NewspaperThe Woodlander
YearbookL'Espirit
Tuition$31,900 (Day)
$54,530 (Boarding)
Affiliation Society of the Sacred Heart
Website www.woodlandsacademy.org

Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart (Woodlands, WA, or WASH) is a private, Roman Catholic girls' high school in Lake Forest, Illinois, north of Chicago. Founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart, it is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago but is run by lay staff with several Sisters sitting on the Board of Trustees.

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History

The Convent of the Sacred Heart was established in 1858 by Mother Margaret Crawley RSCJ. [2] In 1860 it moved to its new premises in Taylor Street and was renamed Academy of the Sacred Heart. In 1904, the Sisters moved the school to Lake Forest, Illinois, on the outskirts of Chicago. The now-defunct Barat College was founded in 1918 and the college and academy shared the large "Old Main" building. In 1961 the present name "Woodlands Academy" was adopted following a restructuring of the elementary and secondary schools. Donors later purchased the premises of the former Barat College and donated it to the academy, reuniting the campus with its roots. [3]

Student life

Sports

Woodlands competes in the Independent School League (ISL), and as a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). WA sponsors volleyball, tennis, field hockey, basketball, soccer, and softball as varsity sports. The school sponsors golf as a club sport, in addition to being affiliated with North Suburban Crew and the Lake Forest Scouts ice hockey team to permit participation in crew and ice hockey. [4]

Activities

Traditions

Over the over 150 years of the school's existence, a number of secular and religious traditions have evolved, some of which are unique to Woodlands: [5]

Notable alumnae

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References

  1. NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
  2. "School Mission Statement". Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart. Retrieved May 11, 2007.
  3. Our History
  4. "Athletics". Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart. 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  5. "Woodlands Traditions". Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart. 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  6. "Woodlands Academy: Woodlands Alumna Mary Callahan Erdoes '85 Once Again a Forbes Most Powerful Honoree". www.woodlandsacademy.org. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  7. Mullery, Virginia (January 14, 1996), "Star ingredients: Actress Susan Saint James takes center...", Chicago Tribune, retrieved December 20, 2010, Star ingredients: Actress Susan Saint James takes center stage with her recipe for pasta sauce in the new hardcover cookbook "Secrets of the Sacred Heart," compiled by the Woodlands Academy Mothers' Club. Saint James, an alumnus of the Lake Forest school, said she got the recipe from "a nice lady in the supermarket."
  8. "OnQ: Woodlands celebrates 150 years of Sacred Heart education", Lake Forester (Lake Forest, IL, USA), October 2, 2008, retrieved December 20, 2010, Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart will feature alumna and actress Susan St. James speaking at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Woodlands Chapel ...[ dead link ]
  9. Goudie, Chuck (June 24, 2009). "N. Shore native is jilted wife in gov scandal". article. ABC 7 News Chicago. Retrieved December 20, 2010. When Jenny Sullivan was growing up in north suburban Winnetka and attending the prominent Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart college prep in Lake Forest, she must have learned a few things about forgiveness ... Now, as the spurned spouse of high-profile Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) she is turning the other cheek.
  10. Borrelli, Christopher (February 18, 2010), "Winnetka native Jenny Sanford comes home: Dignity intact, the admired wife of a scandalized governor returns to Winnetka", Chicago Tribune, retrieved December 20, 2010, Asked at the Four Seasons about her childhood, Sanford spoke of field hockey and horseback riding in Lake Forest ... She attended grade school at Faith, Hope & Charity in Winnetka ... and she went to high school at Woodlands Academy in Lake Forest, then graduated from Georgetown University.