Do you need a yard shed? Students in Mahomet-Seymour High School’s construction program are building yard sheds. Buyers are required to cover the cost of materials and fees associated with moving the shed to their home. Delivery is available in the Mahomet area. Sheds are expected to be completed at […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Returning to school can be an exciting time for many children and parents. But with extra vehicles on the roads, including school buses, it is important to remember Illinois State Law when approaching school zones and buses. In a school zone: When approaching a school zone […]
Mahomet-Seymour High School Based on Illinois’ 5 Essentials Surveys filled out by teachers and parents, Mahomet-Seymour High School is organized for improvement. 84.1-percent of students at MSJHS took the survey whereas 85.7-percent of students this age statewide did. 82.4-percent of teachers took it in comparison to 80-percent of teachers at […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The 201 students in the 2019 Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band have spent their week learning about balance. Like with all life lessons, mastery of balance cannot be achieved during five days’ time, but clarinet, trombone, flute, saxophone and drummers, among others, have been hard at work from […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Diane Guth just wanted to talk about books all day. It didn’t start that way, though. When Guth, who retired from Mahomet-Seymour High School in May, went to college, she wanted to defend the defenseless. So, she began in pre-law. But once she learned just how […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – The duties of captains on high school athletic teams are pretty uniform. They are the team leaders, the ones who counsel younger squad members on expectations as well as serving as the liaison between the coaching staff and the entire squad. They offer […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted to reduce fees for drivers’ education by $50 on July 15, 2019. The district was operating on a waiver that allowed them to charge $300 for drivers’ education. The waiver expired for the 2019-2020 school year, requiring the district to charge no more than $250 […]
In honor of their outstanding scholastic achievement, the following students have been named to the Parkland College Dean’s List for spring 2019. To make the list, students must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 grade scale for the semester in which they are being honored. Students […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com There are students who excel academically because they naturally have a solid comprehension of the material. There are others who do well because they put in considerable time to fully learn the subject. And then, there is Jessica Berkman, the valedictorian of Mahomet-Seymour’s 227-member Class of 2019. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com There is a direct correlation between what Nick Morrow did in school and how he did in school. The Mahomet-Seymour Class of 2019 salutatorian took advantage of opportunities that required him to learn outside of the classroom. He was a four-year member of the M-S Scholastic Bowl […]
