Mahomet Daily

Mahomet-Seymour Freshmen Skylar Yancy qualified for the IWCOA Freshman/Sophomore State Championship meet in Springfield this weekend by taking second place in Sectionals Saturday. Yancy qualified from the IESA State series in 7th and 8th grade. Senior Ben Stahl will represent Team Illinois this weekend in the Illinois vs Indiana All-Star […]

It all takes place in the forest. A young girl wearing a red hood walks through the dense woods to her grandmother’s house and a man out to save the people robs the rich as they pass through the forest. We’re all familiar with the fairy tales of Little Red […]

Kobe Eisenmenger, Natalie Parrott, Gaby Davis, Karley Yergler and Tyler Zindars have been named the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Students of the Month for February.

  Sangamon Elementary Art Teacher Jeramie Truax and Reading Specialist Angie Pagel are bridging the gap between art and literature in their BLAST course titled “Art-ature.” During the third session of Art-ature in recent years, Truax and Pagel asked students to think about how art can become literature and how […]

It’s more than convenience. For Mahomet-Seymour students in the Mahomet Area Youth Club’s BLAST (Bulldogs Learning and Succeeding Together) program, it’s more than just an after-school program. And for parents, it’s more than just a safe place for their child to be until they can pick them up. Since 2013, […]

Not everyone gets this opportunity. With the rising costs of a college education, many families are collecting every penny they can get to make sure their child does not graduate with debt. Seniors are applying for scholarships here and there, knowing they are going up against thousands of other students […]

Wendy Starwalt, principal at Sangamon and Middletown Prairie Elementary schools, and Kathryn Rose, Mahomet-Seymour Physical Therapist, presented an addition to the kindergarten through second-grade specials rotation at the Feb. 12 school board meeting. The Active Learning Lab, which will be a 2018-2019 addition to what Starwalt is calling the “Encore” […]

The Mahomet-Seymour School District plans to raise school enrollment fees beginning in the 2018-2019 school year. The district-wide increase will help cover the cost of a 1-to-1 Chromebook initiative in grades 6-12. District fees have not been raised since 2012. During the 2017-2018 school year, school enrollment fees were $85 […]

Kindergarten registration is open to Mahomet-Seymour children who will turn five-years-old before September 1, 2018. After completing the district’s online form, the district will contact parents to schedule a date and time in May for an informational meeting and screening. Parents should bring the following information with them: Proof of Residency Two […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Once the postseason arrives, any victory is significant because it means the winning school gets to play another game. Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team earned itself another game Tuesday night with a milestone Class 3A regional quarterfinal triumph at home. The Bulldogs dispatched Rantoul 64-50 to reach […]