The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

In losing the humanities, we’re losing humanity

Aud Jenkins and Andrina Roberts February 11, 2024

There is a certain odd, obsessive romanticism the internet takes to with the idea of the ‘tortured academic.’  It is as if, somehow, we have cast out the idea of the self-exiled scholar from our...

Girls Gym Club created to empower women

Tyndall Talley February 11, 2024

At the start of the 2023-24 school year, seniors Amaris Kaleka and Rosalie Migan started Shorewood High School's first Girls Gym Club (GGC), advised by Kathryn Aemmer, physical education teacher.  The...

Girls soccer prepares for new season

Esme Kleban, Sophia Hanna, and Masha Sizova February 11, 2024

With spring quickly approaching, the girls soccer team has been hard at work in preparation. From training in the weight rooms weekly, along with playing indoor games, the hounds are ready for a strong...

Ditch the rose-tinted glasses about Gypsy-Rose

Aiko Levick February 11, 2024

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is not just an internet sensation. She’s a victim and a felon. If you occupy the same spaces online as I do, surely you know that by now. For those of you who are scratching your...

Students see themselves on the jumbotron during the December 19 performance.

Middle school band students perform at Bucks game

Jenna Abu-Zahra February 11, 2024

On December 19, Shorewood’s elementary and middle school band performed at a Milwaukee Bucks game for the second year in a row. Katherine Myszewski, elementary school band director, ensures that students...

Squid Game reality spinoff misses the point

Aiko Levick February 11, 2024

Not every television show warrants a quirky adaptation. In fact, my general quality of life would probably be better if most shows stopped getting quirky adaptations.  Squid Game is a South Korean...

Miyazaki reflects in The Boy and the Heron

Miyazaki reflects in The Boy and the Heron

Aud Jenkins February 11, 2024

Warning: The following review contains light and fairly-general spoilers for The Boy and the Heron. Proceed with caution! For the six decades that he has been making movies, Hayao Miyazaki has been...

Econ teacher helps students plan for future

Sonia Bendre, Aud Jenkins, and Amaris Kaleka February 11, 2024

Schmidt has been a teacher at SHS for about 13 years, but is also an alum of the high school. He got his undergraduate degree at UW-Madison, majoring in economics, political science, and French. He went...

Get to know two Shorewood High School custodians

Masha Malinkine and Jillian Beaster February 10, 2024

Emily Beck: Custodian Two Emily Beck, SHS custodian, has always lived her life putting people first, for she consistently puts immense care into everything she does. On top of cleaning the Library...

From left, Molly Norris, Jennifer Radcliffe, Scott Brown pose in Student Support Office during lunch, ready to help out students.

Counselor Appreciation Week calls for thanks

Lucy Kuhnen-Grooms February 10, 2024

With today, February 9, signifying the end of Counselor Appreciation Week, high school counselors Molly Norris, Scott Brown, and Jennifer Radcliffe have undergone another successful school year.  The...

Junior Edie Dembroski represents the United States

Junior Edie Dembroski represents the United States

Andrina Roberts February 10, 2024

At 6:00 a.m., most Shorewood High School students are still asleep, but junior Edie Dembroski’s day is well underway. At this time, Dembroski is at the Pettit Center skating. These early morning practices...

Lawsuit against Act 10 questions its constitutionality

Sam Diliberti February 9, 2024

Several teacher and public worker unions filed a lawsuit on November 30 challenging the constitutionality of Act 10. The controversial law took away collective bargaining rights from most public workers....