Seneca High School’s Class of 2025 Valedictorian is Gabriel Hamann and the Salutatorian is Brett Starkey.

Both Hamann and Starkey have worked incredibly hard to be at the top of Seneca’s Class of 2025. The class will be graduating at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 30.

Valedictorian Gabriel Hamann is the son of Gary and Kelly Hamann.

Throughout high school, Hamann spent much of his time in clubs and sports. He participated in Cross Country and Track & Field, as well as playing in the school band.

Hamann was also a member of student council, forensics, Future Farmers of America, and the SHARE youth leadership program.

In the fall, Hamann will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison to pursue a bachelor’s degree.

Salutatorian Brett Starkey is the son of Matt and Angela Starkey.

While in high school, Starkey played on the basketball team and was on the yearbook committee.

Starkey will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in the fall to study engineering.

As North Crawford’s Class of 2025 prepares to graduate, Valedictorian Carter Wilson and Salutatorian Jordan Derrick finish off the year strong.

The North Crawford Class of 2025 graduation ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 31.

Valedictorian Carter Wilson is the son of Erika and Shane Wilson.

Aside from being top of his class, Wilson has participated in many extra-curricular activities and is headed for a bright future.

In his freshman year, Wilson was a part of track & field. He also participated in the mathletes for the first year, which he continued to do throughout high school, even placing on the first team in his sophomore year.

Later, Wilson was elected the Vice President of the National Honor Society in his junior year and took over as President in his senior year.

Wilson also took many college courses in high school through Southwest Technical College.

In the fall, Wilson will be attending Western Technical College. He plans do his first two years at WTC, and then transfer to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for two years to complete a bachelor’s degree.

Salutatorian Jordan Derrick is the daughter of Rachael Rogalsky.

Finishing second in her class, Derrick has also done her best to fill out her resumé.

In Derrick’s freshman year, in which she attended Westby High School, she participated in the Green Club, as well as founding the student newspaper, ‘The Hammer Times.’

In her sophomore year, she continued to participate in both activities, even taking on the role as Editor-in-Chief of ‘The Hammer Times’ and copy editor on the yearbook committee in her junior year.

Derrick transferred to North Crawford High School in the second semester of her junior year. Here, she joined the North Crawford Playhouse tech crew and became the yearbook editor.

In the summer before Derrick’s senior year, she began volunteering at the Kickapoo Exchange Natural Foods Co-op and was hired as an intern reporter at the Crawford County Independent and Kickapoo Scout.

In her time at the Independent-Scout, Derrick won multiple awards in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, including a first place award in enterprise reporting for her coverage of the North Crawford Food Service Department.