On Monday, our Student Ambassadors met with the freshmen to check in on their first semester and to offer guidance as they prepare for final exams. Final exam exemption forms were shared with each class Thursday morning. Students have until tomorrow, December 12th, at 3:00 PM to complete and submit their exemption requests. Final exams will take place on December 17, 18, and 19. The full exam schedule can be found below. #TheSenecaWay ☘️

Wednesday, December 17th:

7:55 – 8:30 Final Exam Review 1A
8:30 - 9:30 Exam 1A

9:30 – 9:35 Passing Period

9:35 – 10:10 Final Exam Review 2A
10:10 – 11:10 Exam 2A

11:10 – 11:15 Passing Period

11:15 – 11:50 Final Exam Review 3A
11:50 – 12:50 Exam 3A

12:50 - 1:00 Lunch Pick Up/Student Dismissal/Bus departure.

Thursday, December 18th:

7:55 – 8:30 Final Exam Review 4A
8:30 - 9:30 Exam 4A

9:30 – 9:35 Passing Period

9:35 – 10:10 Final Exam Review 1B
10:10 – 11:10 Exam 1B

11:10 – 11:15 Passing Period

11:15 – 11:50 Final Exam Review 2B
11:50 – 12:50 Exam 2B

12:50 - 1:00 Lunch Pick Up/Student Dismissal/Bus departure.

Friday, December 19th:

7:55 – 8:30 Final Exam Review 3B
8:30 – 9:30 Exam 3B

9:30 – 9:35 Passing Time

9:35 – 10:10 Final Exam Review 4B
10:10 – 11:10 Exam 4B

11:10 - 11:20 Student Dismissal/Bus departure.

22 days ago, Matt Houchin
Our Student Ambassadors met with the freshmen to help prepare for final exams on Monday.
Holiday Concert ❄️

On Wednesday, Mr. Windham and the SHS Band & Choir helped put everyone in the spirit of the season during their annual Holiday Concert in the SHS Auditorium. It was a wonderful opportunity for students to showcase their musical growth throughout the first semester. Thank you to all who came out to support our student performers. Outstanding work, Band & Choir! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
22 days ago, Matt Houchin
Mr. Windham and the SHS Band & Choir helped put everyone in the spirit of the season during their annual Holiday Concert
Mr. Windham and the SHS Band & Choir helped put everyone in the spirit of the season during their annual Holiday Concert
Mr. Windham and the SHS Band & Choir helped put everyone in the spirit of the season during their annual Holiday Concert
Mr. Windham and the SHS Band & Choir helped put everyone in the spirit of the season during their annual Holiday Concert
Mr. Windham and the SHS Band & Choir helped put everyone in the spirit of the season during their annual Holiday Concert
Mr. Windham and the SHS Band & Choir helped put everyone in the spirit of the season during their annual Holiday Concert

This semester, Mrs. Read's culinary students focused on mastering the basics, including everything from proper kitchen safety and knife skills to measuring, mixing, and understanding simple recipes. They’ve grown more confident and capable with each lesson, and they wrapped up the semester on a high note by making delicious homemade pizzas from scratch. It was the perfect way to showcase their skills, creativity, and hard work! #TheSenecaWay ☘️

23 days ago, Matt Houchin
Mrs. Read's culinary students focused on mastering the basics this semester.
Mrs. Read's culinary students focused on mastering the basics this semester.
Mrs. Read's culinary students focused on mastering the basics this semester.
Mrs. Read's culinary students focused on mastering the basics this semester.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center at their satellite location downtown. Students experienced a VR survivor story, talked to a hologram of a survivor, and also listened in person to a survivor's story.
23 days ago, Matt Houchin
Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Tuesday.
Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Tuesday.
Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Tuesday.
Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Tuesday.
Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Tuesday.
Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Tuesday.
Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Tuesday.
Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Tuesday.
Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Tuesday.
Mrs. Applebee took 25 students from her Holocaust classes up to Chicago to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Tuesday.
Congratulations to sophomore Alise Jackson for being selected to the ILMEA All-State Choir! Alise will travel to Peoria in late January for rehearsals and will perform in the Peoria Civic Center Arena on January 31. She is the first SHS choir student to earn this honor in more than a decade! #IrishPride ☘️
24 days ago, Matt Houchin
Congratulations to sophomore Alise Jackson for being selected to the ILMEA All-State Choir.
Senior Gunner Varland has been named SHS Athlete of the Week after winning his bracket and being named the Upper Weights Most Valuable Wrestler at the Irish Invite on Saturday! Congratulations, Gunner, and best of luck the rest of the season! #IrishPride ☘️
24 days ago, Matt Houchin
Senior Gunner Varland has been named SHS Athlete of the Week.
Fighting Irish Men's Basketball vs Serena on Tuesday December 9th.
JV@5:30 Varsity@7
Watch it on Irish Live!
https://youtube.com/live/kk3OImn7H1A?feature=share
24 days ago, Marty Harig
Basketball
Irish Wrestling vs Byron/Plano/Wilmington at 5:30 on Tuesday 12/9
Watch it on Irish Live!
https://youtube.com/live/aZKXdUhwA0o?feature=share
24 days ago, Marty Harig
On Sunday, the Seneca High School Drama Club took a trip to Drury Lane for a holiday brunch with Santa and a fantastic performance of the musical Sister Act! 🎅
25 days ago, Matt Houchin
The Seneca High School Drama Club took a trip to Drury Lane for a holiday brunch with Santa and a fantastic performance of the musical Sister Act on Sunday.
The Seneca High School Drama Club took a trip to Drury Lane for a holiday brunch with Santa and a fantastic performance of the musical Sister Act on Sunday.
The Seneca High School Drama Club took a trip to Drury Lane for a holiday brunch with Santa and a fantastic performance of the musical Sister Act on Sunday.
The Seneca High School Drama Club took a trip to Drury Lane for a holiday brunch with Santa and a fantastic performance of the musical Sister Act on Sunday.
The Seneca High School Drama Club took a trip to Drury Lane for a holiday brunch with Santa and a fantastic performance of the musical Sister Act on Sunday.
The Seneca High School Drama Club took a trip to Drury Lane for a holiday brunch with Santa and a fantastic performance of the musical Sister Act on Sunday.
ECE Senior Spotlight 🏫

Meet Ms. Ava Sulzberger! Ava is in Mrs. Read's ECE class. After graduation, she plans to attend a four year university and obtain her Bachelor of Nursing degree. Her long term goal is to gain ICU experience and advance her degree to a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. "The influence of a good teacher can never be erased."

"Ava has been a quiet leader in my classroom for 4 years. Her genuine kindness, friendly smile and willingness to always help is something that is refreshing and shows her impeccable character. She is going to be an amazing nurse someday and I know she will succeed in her next chapter beyond SHS!" Love Always ~ Mrs. Read
25 days ago, Matt Houchin
ECE Senior Spotlight - Ava Sulzberger
Students of the Month 🍎

CONGRATULATIONS to our Student of the Month winners for November! Keep making Seneca High School proud! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
25 days ago, Matt Houchin
Congratulations to the November 2025 Students of the Month.
The Seneca Speech team started their season at Morris this weekend where they placed in five different events: Congrats to Titus Bogart who placed 6th in Radio Speaking at his very first competition. Maddy DeGrush also took 6th place in Humorous Interp. Lilly Pfeifer and Maddy DeGrush won 4th place with their Dramatic Duet, and Lilly Pfeifer also was 4th in Prose Reading. In Original Oratory, both SHS speakers placed: Talia Jenkins was 5th at her very first meet, and Ellenore Tallarico took 2nd place with her speech! Congratulations to all our speakers on a very strong start at a competitive first meet! This upcoming weekend, SHS hosts their own Irish Invitational Speech Meet, starting at 8:30 AM. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s all about, this would be a perfect opportunity to come see what they can do! #IrishPride ☘️
25 days ago, Matt Houchin
The Seneca Speech team started their season at Morris this weekend where they placed in five different events.
The Seneca Speech team started their season at Morris this weekend where they placed in five different events.
The Seneca Speech team started their season at Morris this weekend where they placed in five different events.
The Seneca Speech team started their season at Morris this weekend where they placed in five different events.
The Seneca Speech team started their season at Morris this weekend where they placed in five different events.
The Seneca Speech team started their season at Morris this weekend where they placed in five different events.
The Seneca Speech team started their season at Morris this weekend where they placed in five different events.
The Seneca Speech team started their season at Morris this weekend where they placed in five different events.
☘️ THIS WEEK AT SHS ☘️ #IrishPride
25 days ago, Matt Houchin
This Week at SHS
2025 Irish Wrestling Invite Saturday December 6th, starting at 9am.
Watch it on the Irish Live Youtube Channel!
It will be broken up into 3 streams.
Start here:
https://youtube.com/live/htipETaO9q0
27 days ago, Marty Harig
Irish Invite
On Friday, the Fighting Irish Wrestling Team was in action at home, picking up two wins against Beardstown and Mendota. A special CONGRATULATIONS to senior Sammie Greisen (3 time IHSA State Qualifier and 6th Place All-State finish in 2024) for becoming the FIRST female in Seneca High School history to reach 100 Career Wins! Sammie earned her 100th career win with a Fall over Valerie Manz from Mendota. The team will be home all day on Saturday for the annual Irish Invite in the New Gym starting at 9:00 AM. Great job, Irish! #IrishPride ☘️

Seneca 51
Beardstown 27

106 Jacob Borchers B by FF
113 Chris Thompson S by FF
120 Raiden Terry S Tech Fall 21-6 over Manny Burgos B
126 Wyatt Coop S by FF
132 Kellen Brown B F :42 over Ethan Othon S
138 Mike Kucinic S F 3:21 over Alejandro Gil B
144 Devon Daemicke S by F :33 over Juan Pablo Chavez B
150 Parker Jones S by MD 14-6 over Alex Avila B
157 Chase Rod S by FF
165 Maddox Medrano B 4-2 over Gunner Varland S
175 Gunner Looker B by F 3:16 over Gryphon Wills S
190 Landen Venecia S F 1:46 over Diego Lopez B
215 Logan Haverback B F 1:53 over Elliott Geier S
285 Landyn Ramsey S by FF

Girls Varsity: Haiden Lavarier S F 3:11 over Ava Krious B

Seneca 58
Mendota 17

106 Double FF
113 Cam Chapman S by FF
120 Wyatt Coop S by FF
126 Raiden Terry S by FF
132 Ethan Othon S by F :26 over Gavin Stevenson M
138 Trayvon Rucker M by F 2:40 over Mike Kucinic S
144 Devon Daemicke S by FF
150 Komen Denault M by TF 18-2 over Parker Jones S
157 Gunner Varland S by MD 14-2 over Gavin Evans M
165 Chase Rod S by F 1:03 over Felipe Gonzalez M
175 Gryphon Wills S by FF
190 Landen Venecia S by F 1:01 over Aaron Torres M
215 Payton Gagliardo M by F 1:09 over Elliott Geier S
285 Landyn Ramsey S by F 4:38 over Reese Lane M

Girls Varsity: Sammie Greisen S by F :32 over Valerie Manz M

Seneca Record: 3-1
27 days ago, Matt Houchin
Senior Sammie Greisen earned her 100th career win on Friday.
On Friday, Mrs. Foster's Accounting students attended the INCubator Showcase at the College of DuPage. This is an event they will be invited to attend next year if they take Seneca High School's new INCubator class focused on entrepreneurship!

There were 44 different business pitches. Each student business had a table on display with prototypes, websites, marketing materials, etc. The student entrepreneurs gave a short pitch to the students (“potential customers”). At the end of the event, the students voted on the business idea they liked best. #TheSenecaWay ☘️
28 days ago, Matt Houchin
Mrs. Foster's Accounting students attended the INCubator Showcase at the College of DuPage on Friday.
Mrs. Foster's Accounting students attended the INCubator Showcase at the College of DuPage on Friday.
Mrs. Foster's Accounting students attended the INCubator Showcase at the College of DuPage on Friday.
Mrs. Foster's Accounting students attended the INCubator Showcase at the College of DuPage on Friday.
Mrs. Foster's Accounting students attended the INCubator Showcase at the College of DuPage on Friday.
Mrs. Foster's Accounting students attended the INCubator Showcase at the College of DuPage on Friday.
Congratulations to freshman Audrey Robinson for being named this week's Success at SHS winner! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
28 days ago, Matt Houchin
Freshman Audrey Robinson has been named this week's Success at SHS winner.
Seneca Triangular Meet vs. Beardstown and Mendota Tonight, 12/5 at 5:30pm.
Watch it on Irish Live!
https://youtube.com/live/53ouA_4z_-8?feature=share
28 days ago, Marty Harig
Fighting Irish vs Marquette Men's Basketball , Friday December 5th. JV@5:30 Var@7pm
Watch it on Irish Live!
https://youtube.com/live/zKtBJZJze8E?feature=share
28 days ago, Marty Harig
Basketball
The SHS preschool Christmas Program was absolutely wonderful today! Every child shined with joy, confidence, and excitement as they sang and performed. Their hard work truly showed and it was clear how much they enjoyed sharing the holiday spirit with everyone. Mrs. Read's ECE program is such an incredible opportunity for our high school students that gives them the chance to mentor, support, and build meaningful connections with the younger children. Seeing both groups learn from each other and grow together makes this event extra special each year! #TheSenecaWay ☘️
28 days ago, Matt Houchin
The SHS preschool Christmas Program was absolutely wonderful today
The SHS preschool Christmas Program was absolutely wonderful today
The SHS preschool Christmas Program was absolutely wonderful today
The SHS preschool Christmas Program was absolutely wonderful today