Wichita Southeast High School

Southeast High School was established in 1957, at 903 S. Edgemoor St,[5] in order to help educate the increasing population of southeastern Wichita.[6] Southeast's colors were originally chosen to be gold and white; however, the colors usually represented on uniforms and Southeast-related products are black and gold.[7] Southeast's symbol and mascot is the Golden Buffalo, chosen because of the Buffalo's historical significance to the region.

On September 29, 2014, Wichita school district broke ground for the new Southeast High School near 127th East and Pawnee.[8][9][10]

Each head coach at Southeast is also a classroom teacher, representing ten different curriculum areas. Combined, the coaches have a total of 320 years of coaching experience as of February 2007.[11] Southeast offers 20 different sports, the most in the Greater Wichita City League, representing every sport sponsored by the state. In 2007, 289 boys and 229 girls represented Southeast as members of athletic teams - the most of any school in Wichita.[11]

In 1998, the school's girls' soccer team won the Titan Classic. Both girls' track and field and boys' football and basketball also claimed city league titles in that year. The following year, the boys' basketball team won the 6A state championship. In 2003, both the boys' swimming and basketball teams took state titles. In 2006, the school's boys' soccer team won the Titan Classic and made a run at state for the first time in eight years. In 2008, the boys' basketball team won the Class 6A title, defeating Lawrence High School 88–67. In the last 40 years, Southeast has won over 100 league championships (more than any City League school) and over 40 state championships in boys' competition, and over 40 league championships and 10 state championships in girls' competition.[12]

In 1978, the Buffaloes beat Shawnee Mission South 6–3 in the state title game to become state champions.

A number of students at Southeast are involved in artistic studies, such as instrumentation, singing, acting, dancing, and painting. The band split into two levels as of the 2009–2010 school year. Both participate in marching band in the fall and in the winter time they split into the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band. In 2004, the jazz band was invited to play for guests at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Southeast is home to many musical/theater productions, run mostly by student members of the International Thespian Society. Three main stage shows are performed each year, along with smaller shows that showcase student-written one-acts.

At the end of each school year, Goldust - the combined performance of all the choirs and the jazz band - acts as a farewell to the senior class. Goldust comprises many short skits and musical renditions, often performed strictly by graduating seniors. But select juniors and sophomores are also allowed opportunities to perform solos.

Southeast choirs include Madrigals, Concert Choir, Women's Ensemble, and Mixed Chorus. Madrigals is the top choir at Southeast. They also perform at city and state level competitions in the spring, where ratings range from I-V, I being outstanding. Requirements are upper classmen, audition only. Madrigals is a 24 student class.

Concert Choir is the main large choir at Southeast, and also performs at the city and state levels. Concert choir is an audition only choir and is open to sophomore boys, juniors and seniors. Sophomore girls may audition for Women's Ensemble.

Women's Ensemble performs at the City and State level, and sometimes perform alongside the Madrigals. This is an audition only group ranging from sophomores to seniors.

Mixed Chorus is a choir open to any one trying out the choir field in Southeast, and no audition is necessary. It teaches the individuals who join how to sing as a unit. This choir performs only at school concerts, and is usually the first step to advancing up the choir scale at Southeast.

"The Stampede" is the Southeast newspaper. It is distributed every three weeks. "The Hoofbeats" is the name of the Southeast yearbook, which is distributed every year. As of 2009, both are currently in their 52nd year of publication. As of the 2009–2010 school year, The Stampede is rated "All-Kansas" by the KSPA.