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 […]
Author: Dani Tietz
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. […]
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 […]
Mills to become principal of Mahomet-Seymour Junior High
The Mahomet-Seymour School board voted unanimously to hire Nathan Mills as the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Principal on March 12. Mills has been employed with the Mahomet-Seymour Schools since 2003, when he started as a vocational/career education teacher at Mahomet-Seymour High School. In 2011, he became an assistant principal at MSHS, a position […]
A Look Inside Mahomet-Seymour: The Corner Pieces (Commentary)
I didn’t build many puzzles as a child. But when my grandmother visited Indiana from North Carolina once a year, or when she’d take us on a trip, she’d pour a puzzle on the table. We’d pick at it like snacks during the Super Bowl, when we weren’t dancing or […]
Nearly 230 Mahomet-Seymour High School students participate in March 14 walkout
With the wind blowing across the Mahomet-Seymour football field, it was difficult to hear high school students say, “enough” from the bleachers. But the presence of nearly 230 students — roughly a quarter of the M-S High School student population, — on the field at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 sent […]
A Look Inside Mahomet-Seymour High School: Students concerned about sexual education and environment
This article is the fifth in a six-part series that addresses concerns five (The fifth student left halfway through the interview. This interview includes four students.) Mahomet-Seymour High Schoool students have about their environment at school. During an interview about school safety, these students discussed a multitude of issues that, […]
Celebration of art takes on different form this school year
The celebration of a school year’s worth of art will look a little different this year. Celebrate Art, an annual event that has given Mahomet-Seymour art students a chance to showcase their work annually, is in a transition year. The nearly 20-year-old tradition began as a fundraiser for the Mahomet-Seymour […]
A Look Inside Mahomet-Seymour High School: Students look for help to deal with social issues
This article is the fourth in a six-part series that addresses concerns five Mahomet-Seymour High Schoool students have about their environment at school. During an interview about school safety, these students discussed a multitude of issues that, they believe, lead to an unhealthy learning environment. These students come from different […]
Eggs placed throughout Lake of the Woods draw visitors to park
When the skies turn blue, Mahomet residents often visit the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve to witness the first signs of spring. But this spring, Lake of the Woods visitors found an unexpected surprise: 16 painted concrete eggs along paths and between trees throughout the preserve. “We put eggs […]
