Mahomet-Seymour Junior Cayla Koerner picked up where she left off at the beginning of 2020, leading the girls basketball team on the court as the Bulldog faced off against Mattoon and Charleston earlier this week. Koerner led M-S against Charleston with 21 points and four steals. She hit two three-point […]
The Mahomet Area Youth Club stepped up for families in Mahomet in the whirlwind of 2020. Now, the club needs the community’s support. In uncertain times, MAYC adapted and stepped up, providing summer care for children whose parents needed to work. Then, as schools re-opened, the club served junior high […]
Mahomet-Seymour High School will be fully remote Thursday and Friday due to staff members being quarantined. “The shortage of staff at the high school will not enable us to continue to clean and disinfect the school according to our cleaning protocols to support students being in the building,” Superintendent Lindsey Hall wrote […]
The Mahomet Chamber of Commerce has announced its first-ever virtual Queen of Hearts Raffle, a game of chance made popular with jackpot prizes awarded in community fundraisers. The weekly raffle will be held on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. beginning Feb. 17 on the Visit Mahomet Facebook page. Tickets, which will […]
The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), a legislative body that has oversight authority over state regulatory agencies, will review “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards” on Feb. 16. The teaching standards aimed at creating culturally aware school leaders is a set of six overarching standards requiring teachers to be reflective as […]
The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), a legislative body that has oversight authority over state regulatory agencies, will review “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards” on Feb. 16. The teaching standards aimed at creating culturally aware school leaders is a set of six overarching standards requiring teachers to be […]
The Illinois State Board of Education’s (ISBE) 5 Essentials Survey will be available for parents to take in order to provide feedback on school climate and learning conditions beginning Feb. 3. The survey will close on April 2, 2021. Administered by a third party, the UChicago Impact at the University […]
Mahomet-Seymour senior CJ Shoaf is currently leading the nation’s high jumpers. After breaking his own school record at 6’10” in Feb. 2020, Shoaf recently cleared 2.09 meters, or 6’10.3″, on Jan. 24. Clearing that height put Shoaf in front of all high school high jumpers in the nation. Shoaf ranked […]
High school students seeking dual credit courses through Parkland College may see additional fees at their high school beginning in the fall of 2021. Parkland has not passed on fees associated with dual enrollment to local school districts in years past. But with upcoming changes, Parkland has decided to charge […]
A lot of meaning can be held in a name. Life Community Church, located at 804 Eastwood Dr., knows that. After founding Pastor Jeff Augustine took a teaching assignment in Colorado, the growing congregation was left in transition, not only between the old and the new, but also between a […]
