USD 247 Southeast Lancers

Mission work in Central America is personal for Southeast senior

In a single month Caleb Thompson will have seen two extremes of the world – the thriving urban sprawl of Dallas, Texas, and a small poor, village dominated by coffee plantations called Santa Emilia in Nicaragua. But it is the 1,700 mile trip to Central America that is special for the Thompson family. Caleb’s adopted sister, Anna, was born in Guatemala. ... [Read More]

July 23, 2015

SES PTO meeting

A Southeast Elementary School PTO meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 4 at 6:00 p.m. All parents and staff are welcome to attend. ... [Read More]

July 23, 2015

USD 247 hopes to smooth communication with parents

USD 247 Southeast has changed alert systems and is expanding the use of Google Calendars in an effort to keep staff and families well-informed with what is going on at each school building, as well as within the community itself. ... [Read More]

July 21, 2015

Fun Day held at Southeast STEM Summer Camp

The Southeast summer program for kindergarten-4th grade students has already concluded and 5-12th graders taking part in the STEM summer camp at Southeast High School are wrapping up this week... ... [Read More]

July 20, 2015

Lady Lancers using summer to prepare for volleyball season

For the first time ever the Southeast volleyball team brought in a guest coach for its summer camp - the coach of NJCAA national power Cowley College. ... [Read More]

July 11, 2015

Cupcakes!

It's the last week of the summer program for the elementary students and on Wednesday they celebrated by decorating cupcakes... ... [Read More]

July 8, 2015

Southeast Summer Volleyball Tournament (July 11)

Seven teams are taking part in this Saturday’s Southeast Summer Volleyball Tournament at Southeast High School in Cherokee. See the schedule for Round Robin play... ... [Read More]

July 8, 2015

Southeast Ag instructor learning more about welding

“My goal for attending the workshop is to further develop my classroom teaching ability, along with improving my own welding abilities allowing me to provide better welding and cutting demonstrations to my students.” ... [Read More]

July 8, 2015

Summer fun continues at Southeast STEM Camp

School is out but kids taking part in the Final Destination summer program through Southeast High School have been very busy. They’ve visited the George Washington Carver National Monument and Joplin Regional Airport, as well as Science City and the Zoo in Kansas City. ... [Read More]

July 6, 2015

Daisy Burns a finalist at FBLA National competition

She’s not supposed to be there. After all, the only reason she’s in Chicago, Illinois this week is because somebody who was ahead of her dropped out and she was in fourth place – next in line and one spot shy of qualifying for Nationals on her own... ... [Read More]

July 2, 2015

Southeast Lancers race in Mo-Kan benefit (updated June 29)

Three Southeast High School students raced at Mo-Kan Speedway on Sunday June 28 to support a racing family who lost a loved one earlier this year to cancer... ... [Read More]

June 29, 2015

SHS students invited to teach for a day

Southeast High School students: Dreaming of becoming a teacher or just want more time practicing giving presentations in front of a crowd? The Final Destination summer program is inviting high school student volunteers to come in and spend a day teaching the younger kids... ... [Read More]

June 29, 2015