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Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

Students set record time in relay

Noa Biener June 9, 2023

In one of the last events of the season, sophomore Kaymin Philips and seniors Will Frohling, Nathan Cumberbatch, and Delea Martins competed in the rare coed 4x400 meter relay at the Myrhum Invitational...

Shorewood’s left wing is intolerant

Robert Gronert June 9, 2023

Political debate often devolves from education to personal attacks Shorewood likes to see itself in a certain light. The Village, this political bastion of hope, is full of those proudly proclaiming to...

Surgeon general issues advisory warning

Editorial June 9, 2023

Social media’s harmful nature proves mental health risk for teens On May 23, 2023, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory cautioning the public of the adverse effect of...

Shorewood teaches consent poorly

Charlotte Wood June 9, 2023

 If your friend walks into your house with a pizza and you ate it with them one day and then they came back the next day with another pizza and offered you a slice and you declined, how would you feel...

America’s grass isn’t really green

Sam Diliberti June 9, 2023

A look into the origins of the front lawn and its ecological impact On the surface, grass appears to signify humanity’s embrace of the natural world in our vast cities, but upon closer inspection grass...

AP Art students celebrate year with event

AP Art students celebrate year with event

Sonia Bendre June 8, 2023

This year, on May 24, AP Art students presented their yearlong investigative portfolios about a topic of their choosing. Over the course of the school year, students worked on 15 pieces of art, plus two...

The novel Everything I Never Told You reflects a crushing society

The novel Everything I Never Told You reflects a crushing society

Jenna Abu-Zahra and Masha Malinkine June 8, 2023

Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You, contains merciless depictions of soul crushing society and how a Chinese-American family copes with the suffocating tradition of the 1970s.  Right off the...

Enjoy a short story: The Mechanical Sunflower

Enjoy a short story: The Mechanical Sunflower

Aud Jenkins June 8, 2023

And by the seventh day, the silver bullet had grown into a beautiful sunflower. It was fantastical in more ways than one. The yellow-petaled plants, heralded for their modified carbon-capturing abilities,...

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, a review

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, a review

Aiko Levick June 8, 2023

Whoopi Goldberg, gross medical malpractice, and even terrorist attacks. What on Earth could these things possibly have in common? The answer is that they are all aspects of Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2018 novel,...

42nd Street concludes, Jerry Awards for Little Shop of Horrors

42nd Street concludes, Jerry Awards for Little Shop of Horrors

Jillian Beaster and Tyndall Talley June 8, 2023

This spring, Shorewood Drama performed 42nd Street, Mark Bramble and Michael Stewart’s flashy Broadway musical. With the show winning Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Choreography, the theater department...

Retiring teachers reflect on their time at SHS

Sebastian Pollock June 8, 2023

After years of service, the time has come to bid a fond farewell to three retiring teachers who have left indelible marks on the lives of countless students. As they embark on the next chapter of their...