Sherburne-Earlville has been red hot during these cold winter months with a number of success stories, from academics to athletics and everything in between.
Let’s start by congratulating our Top 10 Seniors in the SEHS Class of 2025! Valedictorian Gaven May and Salutatorian Lydia Larchar lead this year’s group, which includes (in order) Ryker Fuller, Katelyn Walker, Brady Bowker-Jemzura, Colton Camenga, Mia Currie, Opal Amann-Burns, Darthy Conant, and Lucas Scholl. Our Top 10 will be formally recognized as Ferdinand and Emilie Maltzan Award winners during the 2025 SEHS Graduation Ceremony on June 20 at our renovated stadium.
Congrats also are in order for our wrestling program, which took Section 3 by storm this season with Division II dual meet and overall team championships, among others. Our wrestlers regularly finished at or near the top all season under the direction of Section 3 D-II Coach of the Year Greg DuVall and his staff, which produced state qualifiers in senior Landon Andrade and seventh-grader Drew Telesky.
Our Top 10 Seniors and wrestling program encapsulate what our school and community are all about. They are testaments to what our students, families, faculty, staff, coaches and others have done to invest in processes that improve outcomes, which are byproducts of the work they’ve put in at every level.
Other S-E athletic programs are also trending in a very positive direction as boys basketball, bowling, swimming, and indoor track and field all had representatives in sectional events this winter. These accomplishments follow a fall sports season that ended with 57 Timberwolves earning state scholar-athlete awards.
By listening to people and learning where their passions and interests lie, we are committed to creating opportunities for everyone at S-E. As a result, S-E has enjoyed tremendous success all around.
Some examples:
- All of our Odyssey of the Mind teams qualified for states, and Coach Heidi Johnson earned the prestigious Outstanding OMER Award in her 20th and final year with the program.
- Our Carpentry and Building Construction Program became an accredited CTE program earlier this school year, and we hosted a Robotics tournament for the first time with the inaugural Timberwolf Turmoil.
- Our Drama Club won four awards Theatre Association of New York State awards for its production of Little Women in November, and our National Honor Society membership doubled in March as 28 newcomers were inducted into the S-E chapter.
- Students also continue to shine with annual participation in All-County Music, Honors Band, Scholastic Art, Talent Show, and SkillsUSA events.
These highlights and more are featured on our award-winning Facebook page, which has grown to nearly 7,200 followers. We encourage you to like and follow our Facebook page (
https://www.facebook.com/SherburneEarlvilleCSD) to stay up to date with everything that’s happening at Sherburne-Earlville, where #EveryDayCounts and #YouBelong!
Our website (
www.secsd.org) is also a terrific resource for our S-E Family, with stories, photos, and important information available to the public 24/7 at the click of a button. There, you’ll find information about this year’s “One School, One Book” program, school breakfast/lunch menus, sports schedules, breaking news and much, much more, including monthly updates about our ongoing Capital Project.
Speaking of which, we are currently in the midst of Phase 2 of our Capital Project, which includes auditorium and main-entrance renovations. We hope to be ready to return to the stage before or shortly after the start of the 2025-2026 school year and look forward to the start of Phase 3 this summer as the focus shifts to improvements in our technology and science wings.
Thank you for an amazing winter, Timberwolves! We can’t wait to see what’s next!
Robert G. Berson
SECSD Superintendent of Schools
Posted 3/31/2025