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Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

Political figures attend Civics hearing

Sonia Bendre and Giselle Knox February 9, 2024

The last of three Semester One Civics committee hearings wrapped up on December 20, with four out of over twenty originally proposed bills being signed and passed.  The hearings are the apotheosis...

Shorewood Public Library’s Heide Piehler instructs the Shorewood Monarch Project

Shorewood librarian retires after over 40 years

Maya Schmaling and Sonia Bendre December 23, 2023

After 41 years as a librarian at the Shorewood Public Library, Heide Piehler retired on October 12, 2023.  Piehler began her career with the Shorewood Public Library while studying English at UW-Milwaukee....

Civics students present bills at Committee hearing

Masha Malinkine and Jenna Abu-Zahra December 23, 2023

On December 1, Shorewood High School’s new Civics course held its first of three committee hearings. During the day-long event, students in the course engaged in the process of legislation, debating...

Youth Rising Up attends summit in NYC

Lifang Zhang and Ashley Slomann December 23, 2023

On December 1-2, members of Shorewood’s Youth Rising Up (YRU) club traveled to New York City to participate in the United Justice Coalition (UJC), an annual summit to raise awareness regarding social...

Lanes restructured on Edgewood Avenue

Advisory Bike Lanes (ABLs), a new type of bike lane, have recently been installed on Edgewood Avenue. The new road design features a single lane for cars and two bike lanes on both sides of the traffic...

Survey indicates divide on chickens in Village

Aud Jenkins and Aiko Levick December 2, 2023

Due to a potential shift in longstanding policy, Shorewood residents may soon have the opportunity to keep backyard chickens. Under Shorewood Village Code § 192-17, the keeping of chickens is currently...

Principal Tim Kenney (left), David Zucker (middle), senior Jillian Beaster (right)

David Zucker returns to SHS alma mater

Jillian Beaster December 2, 2023

On Thursday, November 2, the Shorewood Foundation hosted Hollywood filmmaker and Shorewood alum David Zucker. During lunch, a conversation with students was held in SHS’s Gensler Auditorium, serving...

Survey reveals staff dissatisfaction

Survey reveals staff dissatisfaction

Sonia Bendre, Giselle Knox, and Maya Schmaling December 1, 2023

A new survey run by the 8-person negotiations team for the Shorewood Educators Association (SEA) and Shorewood Support Staff Association (SSSA) reported, among other findings, that as a result of financial...

Senior qualifies for National Hispanic Award

Sonia Bendre October 31, 2023

Senior Lucy Benavides recently qualified for the National Hispanic Recognition Award, a College Board-offered certification for Hispanic students with outstanding academic credentials. This year, 72,000...

Shorewood seniors cheer at the pep rally

Homecoming festivities deemed a success

Ashley Slomann, Lifang Zhang October 31, 2023

This year, Shorewood’s Homecoming week lasted from September 25 to 30, featuring traditions such as the Pep Rally, Powderpuff games, and many more events were organized in order to create a more exciting...

Nathan Berkowitz’s winning piece “Timeless (2)"

Shorewood students win photography competition

Andrina Roberts October 31, 2023

Over the summer, the Shorewood Historical Society ran a photo contest with the intention to highlight the unique architecture of the community. According to Historical Society member Rosie Bredeck, who...

Shorewood back in compliance with statute

Aud Jenkins and Jillian Beaster October 30, 2023

Wisconsin state statute 118.06 requires that all public schools offer the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance every school day. Though no student may be compelled to recite the Pledge, the option must...