Tina Jannazzo won a Project Reach grant from the Illinois Association of College Admission Counseling (IACAC) that provides money & other resources to support college & post secondary advising for SSHS. She accepted the award today at the annual conference!
Congrats!
Sports updates for 4-5-23
Soccer cancelled, baseball cancelled, softball has been moved to Rochester.
Poms Tryout Info.
USA! USA!
Springfield Southeast High School students were a little more patriotic today than usual to earn extra credit points in their A.P. Government class!
Mr. Volpert gave kids an opportunity to earn 2 points of extra credit if they wore red, white or blue and 5 points if they out-dressed him!! The outfits were amazing!! 👏🏿👏🏻👏🏾👏🏽
Good luck to the seniors taking the U.S. constitution test today! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Scholarship Opportunity: Postsecondary Education Scholarship
Illinois Council for Exceptional Children . The applicant must be an Illinois resident with verification of disability who plans to enter an Illinois college, university, trade or technical school.
Deadline is March 10th - rb.gy/awdwig
Scholarship Opportunity: School-to-Work Scholarship presented by the Illinois Council for Exceptional Children. Applicant must be high school Illinois Resident with a disability who plans to transition into a career setting. Deadline is March 10th.
http://rb.gy/y4e0u0
You don't want to miss this!
Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum collected our student's artwork and then had the pieces professionally framed and hung to create an exhibit at the museum.
All of the pieces of art were either created by an African American artist or they depict the African American experience.
We appreciate the AAHM & their commitment to showcasing our students' work in celebrating Black History.
You can visit the gallery February 18th - March 31st, Tuesday - Saturday 12:00 pm - 4:00 p.m.
Girls Basketball game scheduled for 2/10/23 vs. Miller Academy has been cancelled.
2023 Black History Bowl : Hosted by Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum
Preliminary :
February 1, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Championship :
February 26th
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Springfield and Central Illinois African American History
Museum hosted its first Black History Bowl in 2019. The Bowl
was created to address the lack of history taught in schools and
to increase the general knowledge of significant contributions
made by African Americans throughout history.
Watch it live - https://www.youtube.com/@SPSchannel22
CITY 2023 ❤️💛🧡💙
Night two featured two boys' games and some great games on the court from all 4 teams!
The crowds were loud and the vibes were good!!
Southeast Poms & The Scarlet line both delivered entertaining and vibrant routines! The cheerleaders were loud and executed the all-city cheer perfectly!
We are excited that there are 2 more days of great basketball to go!!!
CITY 2023 Scores :
Lanphier 52
Southeast 43
Sacred Heart Griffin 60
Springfield 38
See you for night 3! ❤️💛🧡💙
Are you ready for night 2?
Put on your school colors and come down to the BOS Center. Tickets cost $6 at the door.
Thursday, Jan. 26 (2 Boys Games)
6:00 PM: Southeast (H) vs.Lanphier (A)
8:00 PM: Sacred Heart Griffin (H) vs. Springfield (A)
Poms Performances : *Regular Performances*
💙💛SSHS Game 1
❤️🖤SHS Game 2
Band : 🎤 SHG CHOIR + Mix Tape Night
Just a reminder that all students that are not currently in high school need to be chaperoned by an adult to attend City Tournament!
CITY 2023 ❤️💛🧡💙
City Tournament kicks off tonight at BOS Center! Tickets are $6 at the door.
Wednesday, Jan. 25 (2 Girls Games)
6:00 PM: Sacred Heart Griffin (H) vs. Springfield (A)
8:00 PM: Lanphier (H) vs. Southeast (A)
Poms Performances : *Regular Performances*
🌪SHG Game 1
🦁LHS Game 2
Band : Springfield High School Band 🎼🎺🎷🥁
Just a reminder that all students that are not currently in high school need to be chaperoned by an adult to attend City Tournament!
#city2023 #ignite186
Opportunity for high school students, graduating in 2023,2024 or 2025.
Sister Cities Association of Springfield (SCAS) is offering a unique opportunity to high school students to experience the culture of Japan.
Learn more with these upcoming Zoom information Sessions :
February 9th at 7 pm
February 15th at 7 pm
See the attached flier for more information
The Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln has announced their 2023 scholarship program that offers 40 different post-secondary scholarships!!
Last year, more than $205,000 was awarded in scholarships and scholarship renewals, and the Community Foundation scholarship program has awarded a cumulative amount that tops $1.8 million!!!
Click here to see the list of scholarships available- https://cfll.org/Grants-Scholarships/Scholarships
City Tournament Information
Incoming Freshman Open House will be held on
Wednesday, January 18th at 6 p.m.
Just a reminder no school on Tuesday November 8th due to Election Day.
The football game scheduled for 10/21/22 has been moved to SHG Campus. Game time is still 7 pm.
Mark your calendars for Parent/Teacher Conferences which will be held on October 20th from 5-8 PM and October 21st from 8:15-3:15.
The 2023-24 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) cycle, including FAFSA on the Web, opened – and the Central Processing System (CPS) began processing 2023-24 FAFSA data – on October 1, 2022. Details regarding the 2023-24 application cycle may be accessed via the Applying for Financial Aid section of the e-Library for Partners. Encourage your college-bound students to check out the Financial Aid Planning area for information regarding resources that are available to help students complete the financial aid process.
https://www.isac.org/e-library/applying-for-financial-aid/index.html