October - Sherburne-Earlville Central School District

Student Council NewsMiddle SchoolThe year has started out quite successfully withmore than 25 students joining council. They areall eager with ideas for upcoming events! We havealready talked about: ice skating at the MorrisvilleIceplex, roller-skating at Interskate 88, movieSundays (here at S-E) and also the possibility ofseeing the musical, The Addams Family, on stagein Utica. This is going to be a very exciting year!We will keep everyone posted.A reminder about Middle School dances: dancesare very popular events for Middle School students.It is a chance to unwind and have fun with friendsin a controlled and well-monitored environment.Our chaperones are all part of the faculty and staffat school. They are trained on emergency proceduresand also crowd control. It is their job to make sureyour students are safe once you drop them off andmore importantly, when the dance is over and theyhave to venture into the parking area. We ask allparents to please do not park in the fire lane! Pleasecheck your School District calendar for dates andtime changes. In winter months, dances are movedto the cafeteria and run 6:30-8:30 p.m. Drop off canbe at the tunnel entrance, but we ask you to stillpick up your child at the flagpole. If you have anyquestions about the Middle School Student Council,please email me at behretj@secsd.orgHS Student CouncilHomecoming was fantastic! Kudos go out to all theclasses for doing such a super job in such a short timeframe. A sincere thanks goes out to many, but especiallyto Mayor Acee and the Village of Sherburne, allof whom came through and provided us the opportunityto parade down the village streets once again.Thanks also to the Sherburne Fire Department andEMS Squad, and the Sherburne Police Departmentfor all of their help. Without these wonderful peoplethis event could not be possible. The SophomoreClass (2015) won the float and the Junior Class (2014)won the class cheer.Sports Boosters BlipHarlem Superstars are returning to Sherburne-Earlville on November 8. Advanced ticket sales beginmid-October. Check the S-E website for details.Art Club Follows the Pathof the Chenango CanalAt the end of lastschool year, the HS ArtClub at S-E participatedin a county-wide muralproject. The ChenangoCounty HistoricalSociety organized anevent to celebrate theChenango Canal thatonce travelled throughour region. This projectinvited each of the surrounding schools to create aneight-foot mural of the canal as it passed through eachrespective town.The Chenango Canal was a big part of the Sherburneand Earlville communities, so the Art Club decided totake part in this project. The Art Club first met with arepresentative of the Chenango County Historical Societyand the local Sherburne Historical Society to learn aboutthe history of the canal in our own backyard. Later, thestudent artists met with Mike Townsend of Golden ArtistColors, who provided a mini-class on methods and techniquesof acrylic painting.The mural was designed by S-E Senior Christina Davis(currently pursuing her art degree at Ithaca College) toreflect the major components of the Chenango Canalaround Sherburne. The eight foot mural was divided intothree different sections: The first was a map that tracedthe path of the canal through our area, while the othertwo were paintings of typical scenes that might have beenseen as the barges were pulled through the ChenangoValley. The HS Art Club students assisted Christina withthe painting of the mural, particularly Madelyn Fetzko,now a Junior at S-E. As the lead designer and creator,Christina Davis spoke on behalf of the Art Club and gavea speech to introduce the mural at the Folk Art Fair andCanal Dedication Ceremony in August.The High School Art Club would like to thank theChenango County Historical Society for reaching outwith this opportunity and to Golden Artists Colors forthe training and the donation of materials. The S-E mural,as well as the murals from others schools, are currentlyon display at the Chenango County Historical Societyin Norwich.— Jonathan Vaughn12 THE Maroon AND White