BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Sometimes dreams come true. And sometimes those dreams open opportunities to dream again. “I always wanted to be a teacher,” Karen Badger, who recently retired as a kindergarten teacher at Middletown Prairie Elementary said. “Ever since I was a little girl. When I […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Before Nancy Cosner started educating school children, she took care of her own education. Not all of Cosner’s learning took place in a classroom. “My initial career was as a dance therapist,” she said. Cosner earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Illinois Wesleyan University. “I had […]
“How was your day?” It’s a common question among family members at the end of a work or school day. But that simple greeting means so much more for Middletown Elementary second-grade teacher Gay Fritz and her daughter Allison Fritz, who is in her first year of teaching science at […]
The Board of Education of Mahomet-Seymour announced Friday that they will appointment Ryan Martin as principal of Middletown Prairie Elementary School starting July 1, 2019. Martin will replace Mrs. Wendy Starwalt, who resigned earlier this month. Martin was hired as Assistant Principal of Middletown Prairie Elementary in 2018. Prior […]
Wendy Starwalt submitted her resignation as Principal of Middletown Prairie Elementary Monday night. Starwalt was hired in 2017. Since January 2018, the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School Principal and Assistant Principal, the District Technology Coordinator, District After-School Program Coordinator, District Director of Facilities and District Transportation Director have resigned.
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Raising between $80,000 and $100,000 in a week’s time, the Dawg Walk has been a fundraiser that is envied by surrounding school districts. And for Mahomet-Seymour Elementary students, the Dawg Walk celebration, which includes a walk, dancing and popsicles, is one of the […]
Mahomet, Ill. – Mahomet-Seymour students in grade K-5 are ready to raise money for the 2016 Dawg Walk. The M-S PTO talked to students earlier this week about raising money for their school. Each year the M-S PTO uses the money raised at the Dawg Walk for to help elementary […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Students at Middletown, Sangamon and Lincoln Trail Elementary raised approximately $73,000 during the Mahomet-Seymour PTO 2014 Dawg Walk fundraiser. Students will walk in the 2014 Dawg Walk during the school day on Friday. Through creative thinking by MS-PTO board members Cindy Essex and […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – The newly elected Mahomet-Seymour PTO board is focused on bringing parents, teachers and community businesses together for the benefit of students. “I feel like there needs to be an internal change with the board, and how we relate to the community,” said first-time […]
