Lycoming Valley Teen of the Week: Owen Sherman

“You can learn about these things and you can see how to use them in the real world,” Sherman said. “Especially in physics and calculus, how they kind of how to apply real situations. I’ve always found that very interesting.”

Originally, Sherman’s plan was to get into the electrical engineering field. It wasn’t until he began attending Bloomsburg University that he started to follow aerospace a little more.

He has been supported throughout his educational endeavors by his parents, and his gifted education teacher, Shanna Haden. “She’s really opened up a lot of opportunities for me, she was the one that got me into Bloomsburg STEM,” Sherman said.

"Owen is the perfect example of a well-rounded, highly intelligent student... He strives well above his peers in reading, project-based responses, and writing. He is truly remarkable, distinct, and unique,” said Haden. “With his help, I was able to create an award-winning group of students and his departure from high school to college marks a large hole in the program, as well as a sadness felt by all my gifted students and myself.”

In her recommendation letter, Haden spoke highly of Sherman’s ever-increasing work ethic and dedication to education.

During his seventh-grade year, Sherman created a Weebly website for the school’s history teacher. The site explored The Civil War and was so well built that the teacher used it while teaching his eighth-grade students, according to Haden.

In eighth grade, Sherman made a multi-level PowerPoint bracket to determine which colleges would best suit his peers.

During his high school career, Sherman has dedicated his time to extracurricular activities as well as volunteerism.

He has spent time volunteering at The Bloomsburg Children’s Museum, Maker’s Faire, and creating blankets for those in need with Project Linus, through the National Honor Society.

He’s been a counselor for elementary school students at Camp Intervention, a STEM camp, as well as at a soccer camp for young players.

Sherman has also volunteered with church-related activities, such as a backpack drive for students in Africa and a Christmas toy drive for underprivileged kids in South Williamsport.

A five-time top-10 finalist in regional Quiz Bowl tournaments, Sherman is Montgomery's all-time top scorer in the National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC’s annual high school competition.

"I have never seen a student so adept at such a variety of educational and musical activities before,” said Haden. “Any college would be lucky to obtain such an accomplished individual.”

Since his junior year, Sherman has been attending Bloomsburg University as part of dual enrollment. His classes have included Arabic, Calculus, Macroeconomics, and Physics.

He currently ranks first in his class of 61 seniors and has won the President’s Award for Educational

Achievement.

He has a 4.17 weighted GPA, 1470 SAT score, and has been Quiz Bowl Captain since 2019.