The Lady Irish Basketball team opened their season at home tonight with a 41-28 VICTORY over the Marquette Crusaders in the first pool play game of the 2025 Falcon-Irish Thanksgiving Tournament. Junior Graysen Provance had a game-high 21 points and Senior Tessa Krull added another 9 points to lead the Lady Irish. The team will next be in action tomorrow night in the SHS Main Gym against the Streator Bulldogs @ 7:00 PM. Great start ladies! #IrishPride ☘️
These freshmen students excelled when taking their Pre-ACT as 8th graders. The PreACT Rising Stars program honors students in the top 5% at the Distinguished Scholars level and the next top 10% at the Rising Scholars level. Collectively, they represent the highest academic achievers from all US PreACT 8/9 Composite Scores. Congratulations on this accomplishment! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
From Left to Right:
Talia Jenkins, Rising Scholar; Aidan DeBreto, Distinguished Scholar; Liam Jones, Rising Scholar; Blake Claypool, Rising Scholar
From Left to Right:
Talia Jenkins, Rising Scholar; Aidan DeBreto, Distinguished Scholar; Liam Jones, Rising Scholar; Blake Claypool, Rising Scholar
SHS Lady Irish Basketball faces off against Marquette in the in the first round of the Falcon Irish Thanksgiving Tournament, Monday November 17th @7PM.
Come watch it on Irish Live!
https://youtube.com/live/v0bD1Ij8m7g
Come watch it on Irish Live!
https://youtube.com/live/v0bD1Ij8m7g
☘️ THIS WEEK AT SHS ☘️ #IrishPride
ECE Senior Spotlight 🏫
Meet Ms. Lexie Buis! Lexie is in Mrs. Read's ECE class. After graduation, she plans to continue her softball career while getting her nursing degree. After nursing school, she plans to attend another four year-university or medical school to become a doctor and a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist. "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
"Lexie has been an essential part of my classroom for all 4 years. Her leadership skills inside & outside of the classroom is going to help her be very successful in the medical field. She is a special girl who I will greatly miss when she graduates from SHS!" Love Always ~ Mrs. Read
Meet Ms. Lexie Buis! Lexie is in Mrs. Read's ECE class. After graduation, she plans to continue her softball career while getting her nursing degree. After nursing school, she plans to attend another four year-university or medical school to become a doctor and a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist. "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
"Lexie has been an essential part of my classroom for all 4 years. Her leadership skills inside & outside of the classroom is going to help her be very successful in the medical field. She is a special girl who I will greatly miss when she graduates from SHS!" Love Always ~ Mrs. Read
This Wednesday, November 19th, the Seneca High School Jazz Band and Choir will give their Fall Jazz Concert at 7:00 PM in the SHS Auditorium. All are welcome to attend and enjoy an evening of colorful and exciting music! ☘️
Saturday, November 15th was School Board Members Day in the state of Illinois! Join us in thanking our Board members for their continued support and commitment to making Seneca High School the best it can be. We are truly blessed to have them and are grateful for all they do for our students, staff, and community! #ThankABoardMember #TheSenecaWay ☘️
Congratulations to sophomore diver Avery Aldridge for being named one of Busey Bank's October Athletes of the Month! #IrishPride ☘️
MEET THE SENIORS ✨
Tonight's the night! The cast & crew of the 2025 SHS Fall Play: A Wicked Christmas Carol are off to see the wizard on Friday and Saturday @ 7:00 PM in the SHS auditorium! Before they grace the stage and create some behind the scenes magic, take a minute to get to know our incredible senior members. Admission is $5 per ticket and can be purchased by visiting https://cur8.com/16118/project/135176. Come on out to support these seniors and their castmates on their journey down the Yellow Brick Road! 🧙♀️
Tonight's the night! The cast & crew of the 2025 SHS Fall Play: A Wicked Christmas Carol are off to see the wizard on Friday and Saturday @ 7:00 PM in the SHS auditorium! Before they grace the stage and create some behind the scenes magic, take a minute to get to know our incredible senior members. Admission is $5 per ticket and can be purchased by visiting https://cur8.com/16118/project/135176. Come on out to support these seniors and their castmates on their journey down the Yellow Brick Road! 🧙♀️
Congratulations to all our 2025 Fall Sports All-Conference selections! ☘️
Boys Cross Country:
Callum Wright
Liam Baima
Brady Fort
Girls Cross Country:
Lily Mueller
Lila Coleman
Talia Jenkins
Boys Golf:
Cooper Thorson
Cody Malak
Girls Golf:
Camryn Stecken
Piper Stenzel
Vivienne Cronkrite
Josie Mitchell
Football:
Cameron Shriey (Offensive Player of the Year)
Zebadiah Maxwell
Landen Venecia
Colton Angeloff
Ethan Othon
Gunner Varland
Liam Knoebel
Brayden Simek
Brady Sheedy (Honorable Mention)
Jace Mitchell (Honorable Mention)
Landyn Ramsey (Honorable Mention)
Volleyball:
Brooklyn Sheedy
Graysen Provance
Franki Meyers
Seneca Township High School is delighted to present our 2nd Annual Christmas Program! This heartfelt initiative aims to support families during the Christmas season by assisting with the purchase of Christmas gifts for children. Families in need are warmly invited to enroll their children in this program. We encourage families to share the necessary details using the form below, ensuring each child experiences the magic of Christmas! 🎄
Please contact Mrs. Leake at sleake@senecahs.org or 815-357-5000 with any questions.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6UTFox7uVLBoMfJS9B9KtMzH-4Mbfrixxa2zgBsqSZoh-eQ/viewform?usp=head
Please contact Mrs. Leake at sleake@senecahs.org or 815-357-5000 with any questions.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6UTFox7uVLBoMfJS9B9KtMzH-4Mbfrixxa2zgBsqSZoh-eQ/viewform?usp=head
National Honor Society is an organization that recognizes students based on their scholarship, leadership, service, and character. This month, NHS has been busy working to help with Packs for Pals and planning our toy drive for Toys for Tots. In addition, individual members have been helping in the community at events such as the MVK Speech meet and the senior citizens' fall play dinner. Keep up the great work NHS! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
2025 Fall Play Tickets 🎟️
The cast & crew of the 2025 SHS Fall Play: A Wicked Christmas Carol has been hard at work! On Tuesday night, they hosted the annual dinner and first showing for our senior members of the community. Then on Wednesday morning, they welcomed classes from our three feeder districts into the auditorium for the grade school performance.
TOMORROW NIGHT, they will open with their first performance for the general public. Join us Friday and Saturday at 7:00 PM in the SHS auditorium for this dramatically humorous spin-off of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, told using the characters from L. Frank Baum’s 14-book Wizard of Oz series! Admission is $5 per ticket and can be purchased by visiting https://cur8.com/16118/project/135176 or by scanning this QR code:
The cast & crew of the 2025 SHS Fall Play: A Wicked Christmas Carol has been hard at work! On Tuesday night, they hosted the annual dinner and first showing for our senior members of the community. Then on Wednesday morning, they welcomed classes from our three feeder districts into the auditorium for the grade school performance.
TOMORROW NIGHT, they will open with their first performance for the general public. Join us Friday and Saturday at 7:00 PM in the SHS auditorium for this dramatically humorous spin-off of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, told using the characters from L. Frank Baum’s 14-book Wizard of Oz series! Admission is $5 per ticket and can be purchased by visiting https://cur8.com/16118/project/135176 or by scanning this QR code:
Congratulations to senior Jocelyn Linder for being named this week's Success at SHS winner! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
ILMEA 🎷
On November 8th at Augustana College, select members of the SHS Band and Choir performed alongside some of the best high school musicians from across our region during the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) District 2 Music Festival. Earning a spot in an ILMEA ensemble takes an incredible amount of work and talent, with District 2 including schools stretching from LaSalle County to the Quad Cities. Congratulations to our 2025 ILMEA District 2 musicians! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
Pictured from Left to Right:
Ethan Danek - Bassoon in the band
Hudson Jones - Bass in the choir
Alise Jackson - Soprano in the choir
Haiden Lavarier - Soprano in the choir
Taylor Schaefer - Clarinet in the band
On November 8th at Augustana College, select members of the SHS Band and Choir performed alongside some of the best high school musicians from across our region during the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) District 2 Music Festival. Earning a spot in an ILMEA ensemble takes an incredible amount of work and talent, with District 2 including schools stretching from LaSalle County to the Quad Cities. Congratulations to our 2025 ILMEA District 2 musicians! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
Pictured from Left to Right:
Ethan Danek - Bassoon in the band
Hudson Jones - Bass in the choir
Alise Jackson - Soprano in the choir
Haiden Lavarier - Soprano in the choir
Taylor Schaefer - Clarinet in the band
It's Alive! ⚡
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Mrs. Liberatore's and Ms. Heth's Honors English III classes were tasked with creating their own "monsters" to prepare for reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Each group traced one of their members and illustrated what they believe a monster looks like, as well as what lies within its heart, mind, and soul.
Overall, the goal was to question societal isolation and identify how or why someone could be ostracized from their communities. The themes of the unit are empathy and the ramifications of isolation. Are monsters born or does society create them? What a perfect, hands-on introduction to a timeless classic! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Mrs. Liberatore's and Ms. Heth's Honors English III classes were tasked with creating their own "monsters" to prepare for reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Each group traced one of their members and illustrated what they believe a monster looks like, as well as what lies within its heart, mind, and soul.
Overall, the goal was to question societal isolation and identify how or why someone could be ostracized from their communities. The themes of the unit are empathy and the ramifications of isolation. Are monsters born or does society create them? What a perfect, hands-on introduction to a timeless classic! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
Congratulations to Fighting Irish Football's Cameron Shriey for being named to the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association's All-State First Team and to Zebadiah Maxwell for being named Honorable Mention IHSFCA All-State. Great season men! #IrishPride ☘️
Here is the link to the 2025 Seneca Girls Basketball Team Store. The store will close on Nov. 24th:
https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/ECS1AqDLhz
https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/ECS1AqDLhz
Congratulations to the following Seneca High School seniors for being named Illinois State Scholars!
From Left to Right:
Front Row: Lauren Thomas, Shan Balandang, Madison DeGrush
Back Row: Lily Mueller, Addysen Applebee, Cody Clennon, Lillian Pfeifer, Chase McDaniel
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission selects Illinois State Scholars based on class rank and ACT/SAT scores. The Illinois State Scholar program is an honorary recognition without any monetary award. To be named an Illinois State Scholar is an outstanding accomplishment that will be a highlight of the recipient’s academic record! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
From Left to Right:
Front Row: Lauren Thomas, Shan Balandang, Madison DeGrush
Back Row: Lily Mueller, Addysen Applebee, Cody Clennon, Lillian Pfeifer, Chase McDaniel
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission selects Illinois State Scholars based on class rank and ACT/SAT scores. The Illinois State Scholar program is an honorary recognition without any monetary award. To be named an Illinois State Scholar is an outstanding accomplishment that will be a highlight of the recipient’s academic record! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
DAR Good Citizen Award Winner 💫
Lillian Pfeifer was recently honored with the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen Award for Seneca High School. She is the daughter of Kurt and Christen Pfeifer of Mazon. The Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award honors an outstanding senior who exhibits the qualities of dependability, leadership, service, and patriotism. The selection was voted on by the faculty and staff.
Lilly has been involved in many clubs, sports, and activities at Seneca High School. She has been on the Track team, Math team, and Speech team for four years; and the Volleyball team for two years. While in high school, Lilly has really immersed herself in our band program. She has been in jazz band, concert band, pep band, and the pit orchestra for musicals. Lilly has also been in the school play, Irish Live, and the Future Educator’s Club. Her leadership and academic abilities led to her induction into the National Honor Society, an Irish Pride recognition, FFA’s selection as their Reporter for the last two years, a Rookie of the Month Award in her freshmen year, and the What Would Trevor Do Award in her junior year.
Being the recipient of the DAR Good Citizen Award, Lillian will complete an essay that will have the opportunity to advance through state and national levels of judging. The DAR Good Citizens program and scholarship contest is sponsored by the Illini Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Lillian Pfeifer was recently honored with the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen Award for Seneca High School. She is the daughter of Kurt and Christen Pfeifer of Mazon. The Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award honors an outstanding senior who exhibits the qualities of dependability, leadership, service, and patriotism. The selection was voted on by the faculty and staff.
Lilly has been involved in many clubs, sports, and activities at Seneca High School. She has been on the Track team, Math team, and Speech team for four years; and the Volleyball team for two years. While in high school, Lilly has really immersed herself in our band program. She has been in jazz band, concert band, pep band, and the pit orchestra for musicals. Lilly has also been in the school play, Irish Live, and the Future Educator’s Club. Her leadership and academic abilities led to her induction into the National Honor Society, an Irish Pride recognition, FFA’s selection as their Reporter for the last two years, a Rookie of the Month Award in her freshmen year, and the What Would Trevor Do Award in her junior year.
Being the recipient of the DAR Good Citizen Award, Lillian will complete an essay that will have the opportunity to advance through state and national levels of judging. The DAR Good Citizens program and scholarship contest is sponsored by the Illini Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
