November 3 was a day of celebration at Lake Forest’s Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart as the Catholic girls’ high school was named a recipient of the newly-established Governor’s Blue Ribbon Schools Award.

Woodlands was one of 28 Illinois schools — including 13 private institutions — recognized for academic excellence through the new state program.

“Being designated a Governor’s Blue Ribbon School is an incredible distinction, and these schools deserve to be celebrated,” Illinois Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders said in a statement. “I congratulate this year’s honorees for their tremendous accomplishments and thank them for serving as models of excellence for schools across the state.”

To mark the achievement, Woodlands students, faculty, and staff dressed in blue on Nov. 3

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