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Over 200 MSHS students screened for heart issues
Mahomet, IL– On April 3, 2018, well over 200 students were screened with an ECG, to detect potential heart issues, under the “Young Hearts for Life” (YH4L) program. This program identifies high school and college-age students who could be at risk for sudden cardiac death. Each week, sudden cardiac death claims the lives of more…
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Lincoln Trail students travel around the world through HANDS
Students did not have to pack. They did not have to drive to the airport. They did not have to get shots to be in a foreign country. But students at Lincoln Trail Elementary traveled around the world Friday. The Mahomet-Seymour PTO’s 23rd annual HANDS Around the World took third through fifth-grade students to countries…
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MSHS Girls’ Soccer wins one, loses two at Urbana Invitational
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Girls’ soccer was the only Mahomet-Seymour sport to take the field during the past week. M-S participated in the eight-school Urbana Invitational, and went 1-2 during the two-day event that ended on Saturday. In first-round action on Friday, the Bulldogs scored first, but couldn’t hold the lead and dropped a 2-1…
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Documentary on sexual abuse, “Darkness to Light,” to be shown at Mahomet Public Library
Do you know how to protect your child from a sexual predator? Are you, or is someone you love, going through the steps of healing from sexual abuse? One in 10 children in the United States will be sexually abused before the age of 18. And the Mahomet Persisterhood wants to do something about that…
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Beauty and the Beast at MSHS April 19-21
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com This is an unusual year for the music and drama departments at Mahomet-Seymour High School. Students and directors have been actively working on a presentation of Beauty and the Beast that will take place later this month. Many of the acting roles have not one, but two, students ready to perform.…
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MSHS Girls’ Cross Country and Track: the other side speaks, lifelong impact
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Maria Ross believes she is still suffering lingering effects from issues she had to deal with as a high school runner under the tutelage of her Mahomet-Seymour High School coach, Bonnie Moxley. Ross, a 2017 M-S graduate, is now attending Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. “Eating and my body image has…
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Four Mahomet residents talk about school safety during M-S Board Meeting
While the Mahomet-Seymour School Board scheduled a closed study session to discuss personnel issues and pending litigation, four Mahomet-Seymour Community members spoke about school safety. Three Mahomet-Seymour juniors, Jordyn Tietz, Trinity Reeves and Amy Schue, talked about classroom preparedness, mental health illnesses and purchasing the JustinKase door system, that secures a door in the…
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MSHS Girls’ Cross Country and Track: the other side speaks, the environment
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It has been five weeks since Bonnie Moxley was relieved of all coaching duties associated with the girls’ cross-country and track and field teams at Mahomet-Seymour High School. In May, she will retire from the district as a physical education instructor, a position she has held for more than two decades.…
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MSHS Plant Sale to April 24, May 4,5 and 12
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Trivia Night to support Scholastic Bowl Trip to National Scholastic Championship
What is the name of the largest freshwater lake in the world? Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility? What is another word for lexicon? If you are a trivia enthusiast or just like to support Mahomet-Seymour High School extra-curricular activities and like to eat pizza, then the Scholastic Bowl Trivia Night on April…