Breakfast of Champions at M-S HS this morning. Honoring those who make our HS a better place. Thank you Will, Allie, Kaitlyn, Gavin and Jackson for all that you do each day. And, thank you PBIS team for planning and carrying out this event. #gobulldogs
Good morning from Lake of the Woods, Mahomet IL! Have a great week Bulldogs! #MondayMotivation #GoBulldogs
More Excellent Employee Efforts Awards! #gobulldogs
Excellent Employee Efforts Awards today! Thank you to our outstanding staff! #gobulldogs
Thank you Kaffee Mahomet for displaying our students' beautiful art work and supporting our schools! And thank you to Mrs. Truax, Sangamon/MPE art teacher for your hard work with our kids!
An investigation over the past 48 hours of an incident between a Mahomet-Seymour bus and private vehicle has yielded the following facts:
• On Monday, March 26th at approximately 8:00 a.m. a Mahomet-Seymour School bus, making a right turn to proceed west on State Street, clipped a vehicle (car) making a left turn from the same location.
• At the time of the contact with the other vehicle, the driver was unaware that contact had been made with the vehicle. This is supported by video evidence from inside the bus. The driver proceeded to Mahomet-Seymour High School to drop off students. The driver then proceeded to Mahomet-Seymour Jr. High School to drop off students. At this time, several students exiting the bus indicated to the driver she had scraped a vehicle.
• Her reaction to this information was one of surprise, as she was not aware of any contact with another vehicle. She then immediately contacted the Director of Transportation. After communicating with him, she proceeded on to drop off the remaining students on the bus at school.
• This information is supported through the evidence supplied by the video camera system on the bus.
Various accounts of this incident posted on social media are not accurate. The district has taken the time to thoroughly investigate the incident, utilizing the video evidence, which also contains the audio recording, and following up with the driver and Mahomet Police Department.
The Mahomet Police Department investigated the incident after being contacted by the driver of the private vehicle, and determined it was not a “hit and run.” Neither driver was ticketed. An exchange of information took place, and an accident report was written. Chief Mike Metzler characterized the incident as “a non-event.”
The school district continually monitors any incident that occurs in/around our school day, as well as our follow up protocols. We will continue to examine and monitor that. We understand that some parents are concerned that they were not immediately notified about this incident and others are concerned they first found out about this via local media. At the time, in assessing the event, evidence suggested it was extremely minor. There were no student injuries and there was no disruption to the school day for any students involved. There was nothing reported to the local media by the school district or the police.
However, we live in a day where events get picked up, amplified, and often misrepresented on social media. This causes alarm and concern. Some parents would have preferred that we had would have released an update Monday shortly after the event took place. We understand that and will take those concerns into account moving forward.
Further questions about the incident can be directed to Chief Mike Metzler at the Mahomet Police Department.
The Mahomet-Seymour High School Horticulture Class welcomes you to join them for a DIY Fairy Garden Class! April 24th from 5-7 pm. See flyer for details.
Mr. DiFilippo's 5th hr class received their Chromebooks today in a test run of our personal devices initiative. Great ?'s and observations from our students! We will use their insights and experiences as we move forward with technology in the classroom. All other 6th-12th graders will receive their Chromebooks in August!
The Mahomet Seymour Schools are closed for spring break ftom March 16 thru March 23. We will welcome everyone back on March 26!
Achoo! Believe it or not it has been challenging to find subs due to the strength and duration of the cold and flu season. You might be interested to know how Mahomet sub pay stacks up against other districts. Check it out here: https://goo.gl/DVi38p
Mahomet-Seymour HS students participated this morning in a national school walk out at 10 a.m. for 17 minutes honoring the 17 victims of the Parkland FL shooting. Our community should be proud of their passion, planning, peacefulness and maturity today. The future is in good hands.
Regular Board Meeting is tonight. 7pm start time. We are recording and streaming via Webex. Link is here: https://goo.gl/1RpBrS
We are honored to welcome Cadet Austin Myers, from West Point, to MPE today to speak with Mrs. Myers' Kindergarten class. Thank you for your service Cadet Myers!
Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation's Bulldog Bash fundraiser was Friday evening March 9. It was a tremendous success not only in terms of raising money for this amazing organization, but the show of support for the Mahomet-Seymour Schools is incredible. The MSEF supports teachers and students in our classrooms through financial support, and also has contributed to large capital projects in our school district. We are indescribably grateful for the work of the MSEF. Thank you to our community for the generosity exhibited at Bulldog Bash through donations, bidding on auction items and being in attendance. Thank you to the volunteers, mostly MSEF Board Members, hard work and long hours it took to plan and carry out Bulldog Bash. Thank you to the many generous sponsors of Bulldog Bash. It was a fun, successful and wonderful event-THANK YOU TO ALL!!
These MSJH students were the top finishers in the Mahomet Rotary Club's Young Writers Essay Contest. Savannah Smith (2nd place) and Audrey Boateng and Helen Ryding (tied for 1st place). These talented writers read their essays at this morning's meeting. Congratulations!
Mahomet-Seymour HS was honored to welcome Representative Will Davis to our school today. Representing the 30th district in the state house, Rep. Davis spoke to Mr. Pogue's Government and Law class, Ms. Gibbard's Civics class, and learned about our Ag/FFA program. We are so appreciative of his time--thank you for visiting Rep. Davis!
Dessert auction at FFA Dinner. Thsts Jim Risley with a sizesble donation for the peanut butter explosion cake. #FFA
The Cat in the Hat visit MPE classrooms yesterday in celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday and Literacy Week! This is Mrs. McHale's Kindergarten class.
Excellent Employee Efforts Awards today
Excellent Employee Efforts Awards given out today to some of our exceptional employees. #gobulldogs
