 After taking the following Monday and Tuesday off school, Southeastern High School classes reconvened at Southeastern Jr. High School in Bowen, Illinois and at the Bowen United Methodist Church, both just six miles away from the original Augusta location.Southeastern and the outstanding assistance of the students and the community caught many peoples attention all over Illinois, and from places as far away as Arizona and Bakersfield, California.On May 21, 2006, 45 seniors, previously unsure of their future at Southeastern, celebrated their graduation in the gymnasium at the Augusta campus, less than three months after the destructive fire.