According to Mahomet-Seymour School District Lindsey Hall, the back end of bus #7 clipped a car at the intersection of Division and State Street at approximately 8 a.m. on March 26. Hall said the bus showed no signs of damage, and that she is unsure of the extent of the […]
Month: March 2018
Franzen resigns as MSJHS Assistant Principal
The Mahomet-Seymour School District has been notified that Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School Assistant Principal and Athletic Director Justin Franzen has resigned his position. Franzen will become the Assistant principal and Athletic/Activities Director at St. Joe-Odgen High School at the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year.
An alternative to traditional education: Classical Conversations
Mahomet families seeking information about a home-centered education movement called Classical Conversations will have their opportunity to learn more about the organization during an informational presentation on March 27 and April 10 at 7 p.m. at Grace Church. Classical Conversations was developed in 1997 by Leigh Bortins. Bortins, who homeschooled […]
Champaign County Electronics Recycling Registration open April 9
Electronics Recycling Collection Event will take place May 19, with online registration opening April 9 at 8 a.m. When the registration opens on April 9th, you will be able to select one of the available 15-minute time slots between 8am-12pm. Please make sure you register completely; you will receive a confirmation email and/or text after you register. You […]
MSHS Jazz Band enjoys time with friends on “East Coast Tour”
It’s not unusual for Mahomet-Seymour students to leave the area with their families for spring break. But students in the Mahomet-Seymour High School Jazz band feel lucky as they spent five days over spring break with their best friends. The MSHS Jazz Band “East Coast Tour,” as Band Director Michael […]
MSHS Athletics Spring Break Round-Up: Track, Softball, Baseball and Soccer
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour sophomore Hunter Hendershot won the shot put in the Class 2A division of the Illinois Top Times high school indoor state championships on Saturday at Illinois Wesleyan University. Hendershot’s winning toss was 56 feet, 5 inches. The runner-up, Dunlap’s Austin Klokkenga, had a best toss […]
An Open Letter to the Mahomet – Seymour Board of Education: Support for Courtney Porter
Board Members, It has come to my attention that Courtney Porter will be reassigned to a classroom. Why is such a great leader and mentor being moved to a position in which she can only influence and bless one class? What a loss to the other children in the district. […]
MSHS Baseball and Soccer remain undefeated
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball and girls’ soccer squads continued their unbeaten starts to the season with wins earlier this week. Baseball The Bulldogs (3-0) overcame a five-run deficit to post a 15-5 win on Wednesday at Clinton. M-S scored six runs in the third inning, the go-ahead tally […]
Throwback Thursday: Kroner looks at 1959 State Championship team
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Once upon a time, in a community of less than 1,400 residents, a boys’ basketball team won every game it played one season and captured a state championship. It didn’t happen in the mind of an over-exuberant dreamer. It happened in Mahomet, Ill., nearly 60 years […]
Windingland shares love of color with Mahomet community
She’s colorful. With all three children enrolled in school for the 2018-2019 school year, Sarah Windingland had her first brush with free time in 16 years, and she began to show her colors. Hailing from an artistic family, with a grandmother who taught art to people in prison, Windingland decided […]
