MSHS Senior Student/Athlete Taylor Crowley will be continuing her athletic participation as a member of the all-girl cheer squad at Western Kentucky University. In addition to being a competition team, the Hilltoppers all-girl squad is also spirit squad at all football and women’s basketball games. Taylor is a four-year […]
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Brogan’s Corner: Being near mom on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a special occasion my mother longs for and loves. During this time, lots of affection and heart is shown. All day we are together, and I feel that is the whole point. It doesn’t matter what we do if we are with each other. Mother’s Day is […]
M-S District and Porter part ways, Porter leaves lasting impact on students
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The outcome of Monday night’s Mahomet-Seymour School Board meeting left many Mahomet residents speechless. After an hour of public comment, followed by two hours of lawyers walking back and forth between Ms. Porter and the Mahomet-Seymour School Board, the board tabled the resolution to reclassify Courtney Porter from […]
Commentary: Change comes with uncertainty and positives
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Change. Just hearing that word causes some of us to shudder. Predictably, we are most comfortable with that which is familiar. Perhaps it is not change itself that is so stressful as is the uncertainty of the unknown. Those of us who have lived in Mahomet […]
Letter to the Editor: School Board, you need to walk the beans
Mahomet-Seymour School Board, My Grandpa is just about finished planting his 61st crop. Farming is what he loves. His land is his passion and truly is what gets him out of bed each and every morning. Each spring and fall, I take a couple of days to ride with him […]
Letter to the Editor: Retired Lincoln Trail Teacher turned to Porter
Dear Editor: I am a retired 4th-grade teacher. I worked with Courtney for 6 years prior to retiring. She has an amazing impact on every single student at Lincoln Trail, each of whom she knows by name. She provides them with the perfect combination of caring, compassion, wisdom, and fun! […]
Special Olympics athletes get it right
It’s what every child dreams of: a chance to play and compete. However, in nearly all traditional circumstances: a rec team, a travel team or a school team, there is rarely an opportunity for a child with special needs to participate in the same competitive atmosphere that their peers do. […]
Brogan’s Corner: Are Two Heads Always Better Than One?
By Brogan Hennesy, Sixth Grade In sixth grade at the Mahomet Seymour Junior High, I have two out of four of my core classes where other students and I frequently work in groups. I can see what teachers are trying to teach me beyond the lesson. Things like communication with […]
Deyoung speaks to school board in support of Porter
Mahomet resident Sara Deyoung spoke about her experiences with Lincoln Trail Assistant Principal to the Mahomet-Seymour School Board on March 12, 2018.
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. […]
