Mahomet Daily

  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 […]

The term gypsy brings to mind many stereotypes. Some know them as a Bohemian or free-spirited people. Others know them as transient people. But they are also known as cheats or thieves, and women are thought to be seductresses. As five members of the Evangelical Community Free Church of Mahomet […]

Mahomet-Seymour High School took first place with a score of 746 in the Math Regional at Parkland College on Saturday. This is the Math team’s eighth consecutive Regional win. Paxton-Buckley-Loda too second with 428 and Unity took third with 306. Sanket Patel and Ben Dahl took first in Pre-Calculus, Nick […]

The Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education will hold a special board meeting on Monday, February 26th at Middletown Prairie Elementary. [gview file=”https://mahometdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Meeting-Packet-2.pdf”]