By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour athletes still don’t know when the high school basketball season will start, but they learned one piece of information on Tuesday. They know when the season won’t begin. The previous Monday, Nov. 16 target date for preseason practices to get under way, as established by […]
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ISBE to review “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading” requirements in December
The Illinois State Board of Education, with guidance from the board committee, The Diverse and Learner Ready Teacher’s Network, has proposed a set of amended teaching standards aimed at creating culturally aware school leaders. If passed, the “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading” requirements would go into effect on Oct. 1, […]
Mahomet-Seymour annual data shared on Illinois Report Card
Like everything in 2020, the Illinois Report Card is a little different. The 2020 Report Card takes a look at the previous school year’s data: annual assessments, graduation rates and teacher retention, to name a few data points. In previous years, the Report Card has been a benchmark of comparison […]
Mahomet-Seymour puts basketball season on hold
Mahomet-Seymour released a statement late Tuesday afternoon in regards to the 2020-21 IHSA basketball season. As a member of the Apollo Conference, Mahomet-Seymour has decided to put the basketball season on hold. The statement reads: “Both the District and building level administration of Mahomet – Seymour Schools are committed to […]
New owners to carry on Ruff Dayz’ vision for dogs
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It was just an off-hand comment. Megan (Schumacher) Williams was serious when she spoke, but she was also intending to show how impressed she was with the startup business that a friend’s parents were opening in Mahomet. In December, 2018, Williams attended the open house for […]
Mahomet-Seymour Speech takes fifth in Olympia competition
The Mahomet-Seymour High School Speech Team brought home fifth place overall in their second tournament of this “virtual” competition season. On Nov. 7, 16 MSHS students went up against 18 other schools throughout Illinois in a speech tournament hosted by Olympia High School. Madison Ade, Joshua Park, Tadeo Ruiz, Brogan […]
Six Mahomet-Seymour Color Guard performers place at IDTA competition
The Mahomet-Seymour High School Color Guard kicked off the 2021 winter season with IDTA today at their virtual Start the Beat event. Due to COVID, all competitions will be held online this year. The Bulldogs entered six competitors into the IDTA competition. All six dancers finished first or second in […]
Mahomet-Seymour ends season ranked 23rd by milesplit.com
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour Cross-Country Club took on a new identity for its final postseason race of the year on Saturday (Nov. 7) and exceeded the expectations of the state’s experts on the sport. Competing in Chillicothe at the unofficial Class 2A girls’ cross-country state meet, the seven runners […]
Bulldogs finish season as runner-up at unofficial state meet
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com They called themselves members of MSDP – standing for Mahomet-Seymour Distance Project – and on Saturday (Nov. 7), seven students from the high school completed their season-long project. Running in the unofficial state cross-country meet – unofficial because it was sponsored by ShaZam Racing and not […]
New mitigations to come if Illinois COVID-19 trajectory does not change
On the same day that new COVID-19 positive cases hit 9,935 within 24 hours and the death toll passed 10,030 Illinois residents, Gov. JB Pritzker said that IDPH was looking at placing new mitigations throughout the state to curb the spread of the virus. “Each day we are losing more […]