March 27, 2023
MAHOMET — When ag teacher/FFA adviser Jennifer Wherley joined the teaching staff at Mahomet-Seymour High School 21 years ago, there were 17 students in the ag program.
Today, t...
March 24, 2023
RANTOUL, Ill., (WCIA) — One Rantoul principal is back from Washington D.C. after presenting at the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) conference with educators from ac...
March 24, 2023
How did the Illinois state archery tournament end up in Champaign?
The credit is shared by multiple stakeholders, including the state's coaches, Champaign's Unit 4 school distr...
March 22, 2023
URBANA — Urbana students and staff returned from spring break this week with heavy hearts.
At tonight's school board meeting, there was a moment of silence held for Montrell Em...
March 20, 2023
After graduating from Illinois State University in 2014, Mahomet-Seymour graduate Hillary Veitch decided to venture far away from her hometown. She moved to South Korea, where she...
March 10, 2023
This morning the FCC announced their ACP Outreach grant recipients this morning and Illinois organizations received 7 grant awards, totaling over $1.8 million! This is wonderful n...
March 10, 2023
TOLONO, Ill. (WCIA) — Unity High School in Tolono has raised thousands of dollars over the years with its “Great Auction.” This year was only the second time back since the pandem...
March 9, 2023
After earning a bachelor’s degree in integrative biology from the University of Illinois and master’s degrees in plant biology and science education, Alex Riley took his first job...
March 9, 2023
Bob Asmussen Juggling act
Asmussen | Juggling act: GCMS senior keeping a lot of balls in the air Want proof? Check out the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley senior’s list of activitie...
March 3, 2023
CHAMPAIGN — For inspiring the fifth-graders she teaches “through her positivity, belief that any student can learn and her dedication to creating a classroom with a culture of lea...
February 27, 2023
After 169 straight Sundays of asking local leaders about their philosophy on meetings, we have a winner.
Here’s MEGAN HUNTER , the no-mincing-words principal at Mahomet’s Linc...
February 24, 2023
URBANA — Learning content and tutoring resources for local schoolchildren, wrapped in the familiar guise of a social media platform.
That’s the framework of a new, ambitious Un...
February 24, 2023
RANTOUL — In his one week on the job, the new part-time help at Rantoul’s Broadmeadow Elementary has been an instant hit with the little ones, helping out with their reading, thei...
February 23, 2023
In total, Kim Clemmons has spent 45 years in the Fisher school district, including 13 as a student.
Throughout her 32 years of teaching fifth grade, sixth grade, technology int...
February 23, 2023
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February 16, 2023
After teaching English in France and on Reunion Island, which is just east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, Laura Furrer decided to come home.
For the last three years, Furre...
February 15, 2023
Top of the Morning, Feb. 15, 2023
JIM ROSSOW jrossow@news-gazette.com On Wednesdays, we’ll introduce the talented
students who make up Year 7 of High School Confidenti...
February 9, 2023
Jodi Saunders knew she wanted to be a teacher from the time she was a young child, when she taught her younger brother and dolls in her family’s basement.
That she’d spend her ...