Southeast High School

Freshman Forward is this week!!! We invite all incoming Freshman to attend this event! This event is an opportunity for incoming freshman to meet other freshman, upperclassmen, teachers and administration at their high school. Students will get to tour the facility and learn more about their high school experience. Students need to report to their high school that is in their boundary area. Students can use the school bus service or be dropped off at their high school.

Welcome Class of 2027!! Incoming Freshman mark your calendars for our Freshman Forward event at each of our highschools!! This event is an opportunity for incoming freshman to meet other freshman, upperclassmen, teachers and administration at their high school. Students will get to tour the facility and learn more about their high school experience. Students need to report to their high school that is in their boundary area. Students can use the school bus service or be dropped off at their high school.

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Due to the power outage, the Administrative Office is closed. If you need immediate assistance, please contact the Business Office at 217-525-3040. We expect to resume normal operations Monday, July 3.

All summer school programs and SCOPE are canceled Friday, June 30, to allow maintenance staff to assess and clean up buildings and grounds. We expect all programs to resume next week as normally scheduled.

All students and staff in summer programs are safe. Buses will run at the normal time, but routes may take longer due to traffic or blocked streets. Families are welcome to pick up students early. The safety of our students and staff is our top priority.

We are so excited to celebrate all of our students and their accomplishments this Saturday, June 3, 2023! Please read through and share the following information with all of your guests that will be attending as it pertains to our commencement ceremony guidelines. Graduation Ceremony Times: Doors will open 1 hour ahead of start time below for general public Graduation Ceremony Times: Doors will open 1 hour ahead of start time below for general public Graduates need to arrive at least 45 minutes ahead of start time below: Friday, June 2, 2023 Lawrence Adult Education - 6:00 p.m. Saturday, June 3, 2023 Lanphier - 11:00 A.M. Southeast - 2:00 P.M. Springfield - 5:00 P.M. All Graduations will stream live on District 186’s Youtube Channel : https://youtube.com/@SPS_Distr...

Grades 9-11: Just a reminder Final Exams begin tomorrow 5/31. Make sure you study and get plenty of sleep. Finish the year strong!

Class of 2023.....Please check your email regularly. We will be communicating important graduation.

Seniors Honor Night will be held Thursday, May 18th at 6 pm in Southeast Auditorium.

Scholarship Opportunity : Central 3 Community First Project, INC Scholarship. All applicants must be African American high school seniors in Springfield & surrounding area who are pursuing enrollment to an undergraduate program at an accredited college or university for Fall 23. Fill out Application : https://5il.co/1tkh2 Application due May 24, 2023

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