Seneca Township High School

Congratulations to sophomore Callum Wright for being named this week's Success at SHS winner! #TheSenecaWay ☘️

SHS Lady Irish Basketball faces off against Serena in the in the Falcon Irish Thanksgiving Tournament, Thursday, November 20th @7PM.
Watch it on Irish Live!
https://youtube.com/live/Xeh4FEAvs4c

Tuesday night, the Lady Irish Basketball team defeated the Streator Bulldogs 50–14 in pool play of the 2025 Falcon–Irish Thanksgiving Tournament. The offense was a balanced effort, with junior Graysen Provance leading the way with 15 points. Seniors Tessa Krull and Camryn Stecken added 10 and 7 points, respectively. The team will take a day off before wrapping up pool play on Thursday against the Serena Huskers at 7:00 PM. Great job, Lady Irish! #IrishPride ☘️

Seneca High School will have an English Department opening for the 2026-2027 school year. Please check out our Job Posting by clicking on this link:

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SHS Lady Irish Basketball faces off against Streator in the in the Falcon Irish Thanksgiving Tournament, Tuesday, November 18th @7PM.
Watch it on Irish Live!
https://youtube.com/live/TBF6XwcsEnY

On Monday, Seneca High School took five students to the IHSA Leadership Conference in Peoria. Held for freshmen through juniors, the event featured two dynamic guest speakers as well as small group breakout sessions that covered many aspects of leadership from the viewpoint of athletics. This was a great opportunity for our students and they all had a great experience! #TheSenecaWay ☘️

Pictured from Left to Right:
Tenley Yandell, Tenley Justice, Cody Malak, Brady Fort, and Mason Jordan

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

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

☘️ 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

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! 🧙‍♀️

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

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:

Congratulations to senior Jocelyn Linder for being named this week's Success at SHS winner! #TheSenecaWay ☘️