Sullivan High School

The SHS Retrospect staff reminds you to submit selfies and group pics for our feature “we all FALL down”. We want to see you out collecting pumpkins, eating apple cider donuts and pumpkin goodies, and other fun activities. Send pics through 10/29 to shsyearbook@sullivan.k12.il.us

SHS Fr/So students are in Career Day workshops. We’re taking career surveys, learning about personality tests, creating a bucket list, and budgeting today.

Tonight the SHS Varsity Volleyball Team takes on Neoga! Games start at 5, 6 and 7. The Varsity game can also be watched on our YouTube channel at 7PM: https://youtu.be/OtrsjJG7cLk

Huge thank you to McDonald's and the SOV Football Parents for providing our football boys breakfast this morning!

Football, Football Cheerleading, and Marching Band/Color Guard Senior Night will be on Friday October 8th. Senior participants and their parents/guardians in Football, Football Cheerleading, and Marching Band/Color Guard will be honored before the football game. Those senior participants and their parents/guardians will need to meet on the south end of the track near the scoreboard at 6:20 PM. Recognition will then begin no later than 6:25 PM.

Senior Day for SHS Cross Country is on Tuesday October 5th at Tabor Park at 4:30 PM. Coach Graham will begin recognizing the senior cross country members and their parents/guardians at 4:15 PM at the pavilion over in Tabor Park prior to the meet beginning at 4:30 PM.

Sullivan High School is planning their 2021 Homecoming for the week of October 4th thru 8th. The Queen Candidates are Jesse Kirk, Alyssa Thompson, Morgan Wallace, and Alyssa Shriver (not pictured). King Candidates are Camden Dwyer, JJ Standerfer, Ben Bushue, and John Voyles. Court members are Freshman Addison Minor and Mason Booker, Sophomores Tessa Seeley and Kyle Corkill, and Juniors Alaina Moore and Lane Richardson. Coronation will take place on Friday, October 8th at halftime of the football game.

SHS Boys golf placed 2nd at the IHSA regional today at Mowequa. We shot 314 as a team which has been the best round for Sullivan that we have on record. Del Diepholz led the team with a 71! We play in the 1A Sectional on Monday 10/4.

Congratulations to the newest members of Sullivan High School’s National English Honor Society!

Saturday, October 2nd the Band Booster Association will be hosting a cook-out at IGA from 10:30-1:30. They will have hot dogs, burgers, pork sandwiches, and ribeyes for sale to support the Sullivan Band Program!

In honor of SHS alum Nick Carroll, Sullivan High School is seeking donations of dress ties. Please drop off any ties you'd like to donate to the high school office by Thursday afternoon so we can honor Nick in a special way. Already tied is even better!

Big thank you to Griffins' BBQ Crew Catering for providing our football team breakfast this week!

Congratulations to the SHS Varsity Volleyball team for winning two games and finishing in 5th place in the Arcola Invitational yesterday! #onetribe!

The SHS Varsity XC team competed at the St. Joseph Spartan Classic on 9/25 with every runner achieving a career PR! Medal winners from L to R. Allison Cullen, Addison Brush, Brooklyn Booker, Bella Harden, and Cody Browne. #1Tribe

SCHEDULE UPDATE: SOV JV Football will be hosting Watseka High School in a JV Football game on Friday 10/8 at 7:00 PM at Victory Field as a part of Sullivan's Homecoming. In addition to this, Senior Night for SOV Football, SOV Football Cheer, and SHS Marching Band/Color Guard will also be held on Friday 10/8 prior to the start of the football game. Additional details for this will be shared out as we get closer to the date.

Order your 2021-22 SHS Retrospect yearbook at Jostens.com. Order early for best pricing options. The 2002-21 books should be available late fall and their arrival will be announced on social media.

Ms. Hansen’s Culinary Arts 1 class took the ServSafe Food Handler’s exam last week. Today, they received their certificates for passing! This certificate shows that the students have learned about and were tested on food safety and sanitation at a national level. We are so proud of these students!

The 2021-22 SHS Retrospect yearbook staff announces their first photo submission opportunity. The theme is “We all FALL down” so we’d like you to take pictures of playing in the leaves, slurping an apple cider slushie, pulling a cart of pumpkins and gourds, all while dressed in the best fall fashion… jeans, hoodies, sweaters, flannels! Pictures can be submitted through October 29th to shsyearbook@sullivan.k12.il.us

Senior Del Diepholz makes an eagle putt on hole 7 at the CIC Golf Tournament!

Huge thank you to the great folks at Sullivan IGA for providing the team breakfast for our football players this week! We appreciate your support!