By Fred Kroner Freshman Reis Claybrooke posted the top score for Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ golf team on Friday (Aug. 27) in the Champaign Central Invitational at the UI Orange Course, in Savoy. Claybrooke fired an 18-hole score of 82, but was not among the top 10 individually. Close behind was teammate […]
BY BROGAN HENNESY High School is coming. Though it felt like the day would never come, I have less than a semester left of eighth grade. Then I will start a new phase of my life. I’ll repeat the process of going to a new school, meeting new teachers, taking […]
BY BROGAN HENNESY We all need friends. They help us through tough times and are something to look forward to. I am lucky to have a group of friends to spend time with. We sleepover, play video games together and go out to see a movie. We also have a […]
BY BROGAN HENNESY On my annual trip to Colorado, I did something that I have never done before: I climbed a 14,000 ft mountain. When I was first asked if I wanted to climb a mountain to spread Epilepsy awareness, I was all for it. I had visited Colorado for […]
BY BROGAN HENNESY After months of waiting, summer vacation is finally here. Essays and tests are replaced by relaxation and fun times. My summers are packed full of swimming, jumping on the trampoline, and traveling. I spend time golfing with my dad and brother, visiting family in Colorado, and running […]
By Brogan HennesyA seventh-grade student at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High May is here. No more April showers. And as May ends, I am looking forward to a summer vacation packed with swimming, travel, and relaxing having no commitments. I love summer because it means that I have a break, but come […]
What are you doing to make your life better? 13-year old Brogan Hennesy made some hard changes in 2019 that led to a lesson.
By Brogan Hennesy With the 2018 midterm elections just completed, politics has been on everybody’s mind. This was a major election that had lots of action. But by people, I don’t just mean adults. Kids too are constantly talking about politics. Although, I feel kids are shielded from politics, when […]
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 […]
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 […]
