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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

The Amazing Adventures of Mr. Schmidt

Giovanni Gonzalez, Ashley Slomann October 28, 2022

After a successful day of working at Shorewood High School, Social Studies teacher Evan Schmidt is ready to get home and let his two border collies, Jasper and Levi, outside. Afterwards, he might decompress...

Changes made to district administration

Tyndall Talley and Ruby Donner September 22, 2022

Austin Moore-Gotsch, Special Ed As Shorewood High School begins its 2022-23 school year, Austin Moore-Gotsch is ready to get started in her new position as the Special Education teacher. “I came...

SHS welcomes a variety of new clubs

Max Schmaling, Sam Diliberti, Emmett Joslyn, and Giselle Knox September 22, 2022

Investment Club Near the end of the 2021-2022 school year, Charlie Burns, Max Schmaling and Aden Wasserman, juniors, co-founded Investment Club. The goal is to teach students how to responsibly invest. “The...

CIEE students travel abroad, gain experiences

Sam Diliberti, Sebastian Pollock, and Ashley Slomann September 22, 2022

This summer, 16 Shorewood High School students experienced an adventure of a lifetime on CIEE global navigators programs in Italy, Ghana, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Botswana, and the Czech...

Tim Kenney, SHS principle, celebrates his completed buzz cut.

Buzz cut fundraiser connects school community

Tyndall Talley June 1, 2022

Shorewood High School’s annual buzz cuts program supports the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) fund. Every spring, students from around the high school come together to support a fundraiser...

Say ciao to this year’s AFS participants

Sebastian Pollock and Max Schmaling June 1, 2022

    As Shorewood’s 2021-2022 school year comes to an end, American Field Service (AFS) students will return to their homes. AFS is a non-profit organization that offers programs for students to study...

Students share UWM internship experiences

Alexis Hu and Ben Patte April 25, 2022

The Biophysics Internship Program is an outreach program headed by Professors Ionel Popa and Valerica Raicu at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Established in 2016, the program is returning from...

Three candidates run for two school board positions

Three candidates run for two school board positions

Adam O’Connor and Sebastian Pollock March 16, 2022

To hear directly from each candidate, watch the Ripples School Board Candidate Forum here. Emily Berry, Incumbent Elected in April of 2019, Emily Berry is the sole incumbent for Shorewood School...

First school-wide dance hosted indoors since pandemic

Jillian Beaster and Max Schmaling March 16, 2022

For the first time since Homecoming 2019, Shorewood hosted a school-wide dance. With the theme “Night in Hollywood,” members of Student Council were excited to present the first big indoor event for...

District software raises privacy concerns

Ben Patte March 16, 2022

In the fall of 2018, the Shorewood School district started employing the services of Gaggle. Gaggle is a software company that markets itself as “the pioneer in helping K-12 districts manage student...

Donors give blood during the third blood drive of the year, held on March 2.

Winter blood drive successful

Noa Biener March 16, 2022

On Tuesday, March 2, Shorewood High School hosted their third blood drive for the 2021-22 school year. In a typical school year, the Student Council organizes two blood drives for students and the community....

Buttermint's temporary sign on Oakland Avenue. Blue's Egg, the restaurant that formerly occupied this space, closed due to the pandemic. The same owners are opening Buttermint with a new style of dining.

Buttermint opening provides fine dining experience for patrons

Maya Schmaling, Giselle Knox, and Max Schmaling February 3, 2022

Offering a unique, upscale dining experience, Buttermint opened its doors to the public on December 14, 2021. Previously, Blue’s Egg occupied the restaurant’s location on Oakland Avenue. Black Shoe...