The Mahomet-Seymour Schools Foundation will celebrate their mission of providing educational resources to the Mahomet-Seymour Schools during their annual Bulldog Bash fundraiser on May 12. This year’s fundraiser will include a casual dinner buffet alongside a live entertainment by Chicago’s premier dance band, Hey Jimmy at The City Center from […]
Month: April 2017
MAYC Seeks Support to Move Location
The Mahomet Area Youth Club is asking the Mahomet community for financial support as the club moves from 601 E Franklin St to 700 W Main Street, formerly New Hope Fellowship Church, this spring. MAYC closed on the sale of the new property Tuesday morning. While much of the construction […]
2017 MSHS Spring Breakfast of Champions
Lexi Mohr: Nominated by English Teacher Diane Guth Lexi works especially hard in class and is patient and helpful with other students. She desires to move into an honors level yet has asked in a polite way what she can do to perhaps be moved up. She shows consistent leadership […]
Dear Bean: Don’t Forget Your Priorities
Dear Bean, As a mother in her early twenties, I brushed off when the women with older children would tell me about how fast your childhood will go. I didn’t think they understood how I was just going through the motions to get through each and every day that felt […]
Signature Piece for Boneyard Arts Festival
Sometimes the heart can be quick and reactive. Other times it can be slow and deliberate. For Mahomet resident Judith Adanma Johnson, art has always been a way to understand and express her heart. “I’m going to be very frank and a little vulnerable here because I think it’s important,” […]
I Don’t Make My Children Take the PARCC Test
When PARCC testing time rolls around, all three of my children get excited. You see, I don’t make my children take the PARCC test. I believe that children are tested too much and that the outcome of their education is not reliant upon a test. Yes, I agree that we, […]