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Mahomet-Seymour High School
Mahomet-Seymour High School, abbreviated MSHS, is a public high school in Mahomet, Illinois. It is a part of Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3.

History

Mahomet-Seymour High School was built in 1981 and has since undergone expansion as the community of Mahomet continues to grow. The latest expansion was completed in August 2000 and brought 16,000 sq ft (1,500 m). (when completed the building was over 80,000 sq ft (7,000 m)) of additional space to the building, increased student capacity to 1,100, and cost $8,701,400. As of the 2022-2023 school year, the school has an enrollment of 987 students and a faculty of fifty-five full-time teachers.

On May 5, 2007, school board members unanimously approved a Mahomet-Seymour Schools Foundation plan to raise money to build a greenhouse. In early 2008, the greenhouse was pronounced to be ready for spring. It is currently fully operational and functional for students in Agriculture classes to use.

Academics

The Chicago Sun-Times ranked MSHS 34th based on state test scores in 2013.

The Chicago Sun-Times ranked MSHS 28th in 2018-2019.

In 2023, Niche gave MSHS a Niche Grade of A+ and ranked the school #30 out of 696 for Best Public High School Teachers in Illinois. Niche also ranked the school #55 out of 698 for Best Public High Schools in Illinois.

U.S. News ranked MSHS #63 in Illinois High Schools and #1 in the Champaign, IL Metro Area High Schools in 2022.

Athletics

Mahomet-Seymour High School offers baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling. They have won 6 IHSA State trophies since 2010.

Mahomet-Seymour High School also offers bass fishing

Mahomet-Seymour boys golf won the 2A IHSA State meet in 2010.

Mahomet-Seymour dance team won the 1A IHSA State meet in 2015.

Mahomet-Seymour boys cross country won the 2A IHSA State meet in 2016 and 2017. They also were runner-up in the 2A IHSA State meet in 2014 and 2015.

Extracurricular activities

Mahomet-Seymour's marching band, the Marching Bulldogs, placed first out of eight teams in the Fiesta Bowl parade in 2019. Mahomet-Seymour's math team took the state championship in 2021 and 2019, 3rd place in 2018, and back to back champions in 2017 and 2016.

References

  1. ^ "NCES School Search". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
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  3. ^ "Mahomet-Seymour Schools". Mahomet-Seymour High School. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs". 8 to 18. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Mahomet-Seymour High School 2014-2015 Building Procedures" (PDF). Mahomet-Seymour High School. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  6. ^ "Mahomet-Seymour High School". U.S. News. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "Greenhouse plans move forward | News-Gazette.com". Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  8. ^ "M-S greenhouse ready for use | News-Gazette.com". Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  9. ^ "2013 Illinois Test Scores: Top 50 schools". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on May 2, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  10. ^ "Mahomet-Seymour High School". Illinois Report Card. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  11. ^ "Mahomet-Seymour High School Rankings". Niche. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  12. ^ "Mahomet-Seymour High School". U.S. News. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  13. ^ "MSHS Bass Fishing team to compete at State, MSHS Soccer captures Apollo Conference title, Shore and Yergler combine for shutout - Mahomet Daily". May 9, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  14. ^ IHSA. "Records & History". www.ihsa.org. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  15. ^ IHSA. "Records & History". www.ihsa.org. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  16. ^ IHSA. "Records & History". www.ihsa.org. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  17. ^ "Mahomet-Seymour receives honor at Fiesta Bowl Parade". Mahomet Daily. January 6, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  18. ^ Tietz, Dani (March 24, 2021). "Mahomet-Seymour Math team wins State". Mahomet Daily. Ethos Publishing. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  19. ^ WEAVER, PENNY. "Mahomet-Seymour math team takes state crown at contest". Mahomet Citizen. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  20. ^ "MSHS Math Team places third at ICTM State Competition". Mahomet Daily-. May 8, 2018. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  21. ^ Rossow, Jim (May 10, 2017). "Top of the Morning, May 10, 2017". The News-Gazette. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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