Mattoon Community Unit School District 2

Mattoon CUSD #2 is proud to announce that Deanna East, science teacher at Mattoon High School, has been recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) with the disting...

Mattoon Middle School music students recently participated in IESA Solo and Ensemble at Marshall High School. Forty-three students prepared and performed 28 different entries, wit...

Lake Land College hosted its first-ever welding competition for area high school students on Thursday, March 26. Six Mattoon High School students were able to participate in the e...

Students graduating from Mattoon High School (MHS) are seeing significant financial support as they pursue higher education, thanks to strong partnerships with regional colleges a...

10:00 a.m. Update: Power has been restored at Mattoon High School. All extracurriculars originally planned for this afternoon and evening will continue as planned. Regular s...

The Mattoon Middle School Wrestling Team had a strong showing at the IESA AA Sectional D in Jacksonville on Saturday, March 7, with four athletes qualifying for the IESA State tou...

Two Mattoon High School wrestlers brought home state medals after strong performances at the IHSA Wrestling State Finals held Feb. 20–21 in Champaign. Tristan Porter finished thi...

Mattoon Rotary recognizes one senior male and female each month at their luncheon as Students of the Month . Students are nominated by MHS staff based on outstanding academic a...

Six members of the 6th Grade Chorus Club represented Mattoon Middle School (MMS) at the Illinois Music Education Association (LMEA) District 5 Elementary General Music Festival. S...

The MMS Wrestling Team delivered an impressive performance at the AA Regional #14 tournament hosted by Mahomet-Seymour Jr. High, earning a second-place overall team finish. The f...

February 2026 District Newsletter...

Each February, Franklin students learn the power of service through the annual Coin Wars. After learning about two meaningful causes, students voted to support Franklin’s Backpac...

The 2025-26 Riddle Elementary mural, "A New Chapter", is officially complete! Our students are excited to share it with their entire school community. You can find it on display i...

This January, cadets from the MHS Greenwave JROTC Battalion successfully completed their triennial JROTC Program for Accreditation (JPA) inspection, an extensive evaluation conduc...

Mr. Dyer’s 6th grade Industrial Tech classes at Mattoon Middle School recently partnered with Williams and Riddle Elementary Schools to create shoelace tying practice boards for ki...

Williams Elementary, Riddle Elementary, and Franklin Preschool will celebrate Dr. Seuss Week March 2–6 in conjunction with Read Across America. The weeklong event is designed to p...

Mattoon’s middle and high school dance teams turned in an impressive performance at the 47th IDTA/IHSA Dance State Series hosted by the Illinois Drill Team Association and the Ill...

First and second grade students recently participated in the Read Bowl at Williams Elementary School. After four weeks of reading, the class that read the most books by the end of...

The Mattoon High School Academic Challenge team earned top honors at the inaugural Laker Academic Invitational hosted by Lake Land College on February 13, 2026. Competing against ...

Landon Brown and Addison Perkins, two students from the Mattoon Middle School Reading Committee, recently announced Glitch by Laura Martin as the 24th annual Read Across Mattoon b...