Tradition
From the year 1971 up to present-day 2009, Southeast has been nominated for twenty All Sport Champions. From its beginning in 1955, Southeast has won 119 state championships for team sports in its different athletic fields. Since Southeast's last team sports championship in 2006, there have been several individual state champions in diving and golf. Southeast has since won the Girls State Basketball Championship in March 2008, Boys State Golf in May 2009, and State Football in November 2011. Southeast has produced dozens of Division 1A football players, basketball players, and many more college athletes. Many professional athletes have attended Southeast. Lincoln Southeast was recently inducted into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame.
Southeast has had many other state champions besides sports, such as drama and speech. Southeast's dance team, the Shirettes, have gone on to win national competitions multiple times since their existence began in the 1980s, including 2009. Southeast's cheerleading competition team also won the state title in 2010. Southeast also has an extensive music program that receives consecutive superior ratings in Southeast's two symphonic bands, marching band, and two jazz bands. Southeast has eight choirs that also receive superior ratings at numerous state festivals.
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