On the sidewalk at the entrance of the Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School, volunteers walked up and down arranging celebratory signs and making sure they all had their corresponding names and addresses on the sheets attached to them. They were being prepared for a group of more than 40 Woodland Hills High School administrators, teachers and staff that volunteered to deliver each sign. Today’s effort, arranged by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation and the Woodland Hills High School leadership, delivered senior celebratory signs donated by the foundation for all graduating seniors who would not be able to have a normal graduation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation, named after Caileigh Lynn McDowell who passed away in 2016 during her senior year due to undiagnosed Crohn’s Disease, is an an organization working to transform political, social and economic systems and institutions. Lori McDowell, Caileigh’s mother, held a sign and waved as the volunteers honked and drove out of the school parking lot on their way to make their deliveries.
Jacquetta Rawlings, of Braddock, left, and her grandson, Nicholas Bailey, 6, center, watch as Dr. Phillip K. Woods, principal at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School, right, places a celebratory sign for graduating seniors provided by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation for her son Joshua Rawlings, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School in Churchill. Joshua Rawlings was the first Woodland Hills student to ever graduate from the school early and is now completing his freshman year at University of Virginia.Dr. Phillip K. Woods, principal at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School, left, surprises Tamyara-Sharice Valo, senior at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School, right, with her celebratory sign for graduating seniors provided by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School in Churchill.Dr. Phillip K. Woods, principal at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School, waves as volunteers drive off to deliver senior celebratory signs for graduating seniors provided by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School in Churchill.Susan Tanski, Spanish teacher at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior high school, closes her trunk after storing her celebratory signs for graduating seniors provided by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School in Churchill.Nikki King, a a sixth grade teacher at Woodland Hills Intermediate School, looks over celebratory signs for graduating seniors provided by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School in Churchill.Nikki King, a a sixth grade teacher at Woodland Hills Intermediate School, right, hands a volunteer their student address sheet and celebratory signs for graduating seniors provided by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School in Churchill.Roxanne Simon, a sixth grade teacher at Woodland Hills Intermediate School, center, hands a volunteer their senior celebratory signs for graduating seniors provided by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation as Jami Heffley, a teacher at Edgewood Elementary, right, looks for the student address sheet, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School in Churchill.Celebratory signs for graduating seniors provided by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation are lined up and ready to be distributed, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School in Churchill.Lori McDowell, mother of Caileigh Lynn McDowell, waves as volunteers drive off to deliver senior celebratory signs for graduating seniors provided by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School in Churchill.Volunteers line up as they prepare to deliver senior celebratory signs for graduating seniors provided by the Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School in Churchill.
By 
