Shorewood High School (Wisconsin)

Infobox School
name = Shorewood High School
motto = A Tradition Of Excellence
established = 1925
type = Public high school
principal = Matthew Joynt
address = 1701 E. Capitol Drive
city = Shorewood
state = WI
zipcode = 53211
country = U.S.
enrollment = 667 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 43.1 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 15.5
colors = Red and Grey
teamname = Greyhound
newspaper = [http://www.ShorewoodRipples.org "Shorewood Ripples"]
information = 414-963-6920
website = [http://www.shorewoodschools.org/main/our_schools/hs.cfm School website]

Shorewood High School is a comprehensive public high school located in the village of Shorewood, Wisconsin, as part of the Shorewood School District.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 667 students and 43.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.5. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=5513800&ID=551380001811 Shorewood High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 27, 2007.]

Performing Arts

Shorewood High School's Band, [http://shorewoodchoirs.org Choir] , Orchestra, and Drama departments are located in the school's Performing Arts Building, whose 1,000-seat auditorium was modeled after Radio City Music Hall in New York City. [ [http://www.shorewoodhistory.org/school_history.htm School History] , Shorewood High School. Accessed September 17, 2007.]

The Shorewood Drama Department has been under the direction of Barbara Gensler for over thirty years, producing a minimum of three shows annually. The Shorewood Drama Department was the first high school in its area to perform the musical "A Chorus Line" in 1986, and the first in the nation to perform "Rent" (the high school edition) in 2006. Also in 2006, they performed "Urinetown the Musical". The high school has been mentioned in "The New York Times" along with three other schools for its outstanding theater and its ability to "spend more money on a drama production than on their director's annual salary." [Green, Jesse. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00E14FD3D540C7B8CDDAC0894DD404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTheater "The Supersizing of the School Play"] , "The New York Times", May 8, 2005. Accessed September 17, 2007.]

Athletics

State Tournament History

1924-25: Boys Tennis Champion
1925-26: Boys Tennis Champion
1926-27: Boys Tennis Champion
1928-29: Boys Tennis Champion
1931-32: Boys Swimming & Diving Runner-Up (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1932-33: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1933-34: Boys Swimming & Diving Runner-Up (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1934-35: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1935-36: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1936-37: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1936-37: Boys Basketball Class B Quarterfinal
1937-38: Boys Basketball Quarterfinal
1937-38: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1938-39: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1938-39: Boys Basketball Quarterfinal
1939-40: Boys Basketball Quarterfinal
1939-40: Boys Swimming & Diving Runner-Up (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1940-41: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1940-41: Boys Basketball Quarterfinal
1941-42: Boys Basketball Champion
1941-42: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1942-43: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1948-49: Boys Swimming & Diving Runner-Up (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1954-55: Boys Basketball 1st Round
1960-61: Boys Track & Field Class B Runner-Up (Coach Leonard Leverson)
1965-66: Boys Track & Field Class B Runner-Up (Coach Leonard Leverson)
1974-75: Girls Volleyball Class B Semi-Final (Coach Sarah Kneser)
1975-76: Girls Volleyball Class B Runner-Up (Coach Sarah Kneser)
1980-81: Boys Basketball Class B Semi-Finalist
1981-82: Girls Tennis Runner-Up (Coach Cheri Strother)
1990-91: Girls Volleyball Division 2 Semi-Final
1994-95: Girls Gymnastics Division 1 Champion (Coach Robert Bradley)*
1995-96: Girls Gymnastics Division 1 Champion (Coach Robert Bradley)*
1994-95: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach David Westfahl)
1995-96: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach David Westfahl)
1996-97: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach David Westfahl)
1996-97: Girls Gymnastics Division 1 Runner-Up (Coach Robert Bradley)*
1997-98: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach David Westfahl)
1997-98: Boys Soccer Division 2 Champion
2000-01: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Champion (Coach Tim Kenney)
2000-01: Boys Tennis Division 2 Runner-Up (Coach Kevin Francis)
2000-01: Boys Volleyball Quarterfinal
2001-02: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach Robby McCabe)
2001-02: Boys Volleyball Semi-Final
2002-03: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Runner-Up (Coach Robby McCabe)
2003-04: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach Robby McCabe)
2003-04: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Champion (Coach Tim Kenney)
2004-05: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Champion (Coach Dominic Newman)
2004-05: Boys Soccer Division 2 Runner-Up (Coach Carlos Gomez)
2005-06: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Champion (Coach Dominic Newman)
2005-06: Boys Volleyball Semi-Final
2006-07: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Champion (Coach Dominic Newman)
2007-08: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Runner-Up (Coach Dominic Newman)
* - Co-Op team with Whitefish Bay High School

Cross Country

Shorewood's boys' cross country program is one of the strongest in the state. Led by head coach Dominic Newman, the team won four straight WIAA Division 2 State Championships (2003-06), making them the first Division 2 school ever to do so. They also won the 2000 Division 2 State Meet under former coach Tim Kenney, who resigned after the 2003 championship.Witrado, Anthony. [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=524454 "Cross country: Shorewood on top again - Walsh leads team to Division 2 title"] , "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", October 28, 2006. Accessed September 17, 2007. "The Greyhounds scored 94 team points to edge Monroe (96) and Catholic Memorial (99) for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 boys championship at The Ridges Golf Course. The title is Shorewood's fourth in a row and fifth in seven years.... But the historic mark belongs to Dennis Walsh, Shorewood's No. 1 runner from 2003 to 2006, the first time in state history that a runner has been his team's top individual during four championship seasons."]

The 2006 meet saw Shorewood winning by a narrow margin of two points over top-ranked Monroe High School (96) and Catholic Memorial High School (99). Team member Dennis Walsh became the first runner in state history to be the top runner on his team on four consecutive championship teams.

The team recently took 2nd place at the WIAA Division 2 State Championships in 2007, losing to Port Washington who moved down from Division 1 starting in 2007. Sophomore Kevin McCollow got fist place in the Division 2 race, the first from Shorewood to do so in over 50 years.

The girls' program is also strong coached by Sarah Kopplin who is in her 5th season as head coach. Standout WIAA female athlete of the year Claire Maduza led her team to 3 appearances at the WIAA State Meet with an individual victory and a state course record her senior year in 2006. The girls team has made strong showings and has attended the WIAA state meet in 5of the last 7 years with as high as a 5th place finish. In 2007 freshman sensation Emily Bacchuber placed 5th place finish in a time of 15:14.

tudent newspaper

Founded in 1922, [http://www.shorewoodripples.org Shorewood Ripples] is the student newspaper of Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin. The entire 1921-1922 SHS student body (seven students) contributed to the first edition, which was a yearbook with a literary bent.

In addition to covering stories at SHS, Ripples reports on stories in other Shorewood schools, and the greater community. With a circulation of between 800 and 1000, the publication reaches students and residents throughout the village of Shorewood.

With a staff of over 30 students doing all the work to bring ten or more issues per year to press, Shorewood Ripples is entirely student run. Students do all of the jobs that make this media outlet possible: coming up with story ideas, gathering information, conducting interviews, writing articles, taking pictures, selling ad space, laying out the newspaper, selling subscriptions, maintaining a [http://www.shorewoodripples.org website] , setting policy and more.

By tradition and practice, Ripples is an open forum and provides a guaranteed outlet for student expression. Ripples subscribes to the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists, including the obligation to perform with intelligence, objectivity, accuracy and fairness.

William H. Rehnquist, future Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, aka "Bugs," served as Features Editor during the 1941-42 school year. At the time, the National Scholastic Press Association ranked Ripples as the best high school newspaper in the United States. In 1955-56, Les Aspin, future Secretary of Defense, served as Editor-in-Chief. Salon.com editor Joan Walsh helmed Ripples in 1976-77.

Notable alumni

*Jim Abrahams (1944-), filmmaker. [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=332493 "25 years and still laughing: 'Airplane!' maintains its cruising altitude with a non-stop zany attitude"] , "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", June 11, 2005. Accessed September 17, 2007. "The event is in honor of the volunteer service and philanthropy of Louise Abrahams Yaffe and her son Jim Abrahams, who wrote and directed "Airplane!" with fellow Shorewood High School and University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates David and Jerry Zucker."]
*Les Aspin (1938-1995), Congressman and United States Secretary of Defense. [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB8291FA543B66D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Fund-raising drive begins for Les Aspin scholarship"] , "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", October 30, 1995. Accessed September 17, 2007. "The Shorewood High School Class of 1956 is raising money for a scholarship in fellow graduate Les Aspin's name.... He was a member of the 1956 class, which will celebrate its 40th class reunion July 20."]
*Dickey Chapelle (born Georgette Louise Meyer, 1918-1965), photojournalist.
*John Fiedler (1925-2005), actor, voice of Piglet. [O'Donnell, Michelle. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/27/movies/27fiedler.html "John Fiedler, 80, Stage Actor and Film Voice of Pooh's Piglet, Dies"] , New York Times, June 27, 2005. Accessed December 15, 2007. "He graduated from Shorewood High School in 1943 and enlisted in the United States Navy, serving stateside until World War II's end."]
*Jerry Harrison (born Jeremiah Griffin Harrison, 1949-), member of Talking Heads.Fact|date=November 2007
*Walter Heller (1915-1987), economist and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=138868 "Shorewood School District to honor alumni, ex-teachers"] , "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", May 7, 2003. Accessed September 17, 2007. "The other honorees are Walter Heller (class of '31), an economic adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and a professor at the University of Michigan; Robert Shaw (Class of '35), a radio and television screenwriter who established a scholarship for Shorewood graduates; G.L. "Dickey" (Meyer) Chapelle (Class of '35), a photojournalist who reported on wars and rebellions from World War II to Vietnam; August Backus (Class of '49), a social worker and Milwaukee social justice advocate; Les Aspin (Class of '56), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 to 1973 and Secretary of Defense under President Clinton..."]
*Doris Meisner, Former Director of Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS).
*Lloyd Pettit (1927-2003), Emmy award winning sports broadcaster. [ [http://www2.jsonline.com/news/metro/nov03/184367.asp "Ex-sportscaster gave generously"] , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 13, 2003.]
*Charlotte Rae (1926-), actress best known for her role as "Mrs. Garrett" on "The Facts of Life". [Auer, James. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB8288540E650EB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Actress returning here for class reunion"] , "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", September 21, 1994. Accessed September 17, 2007.]
*William Rehnquist (1924-2005), former Chief Justice of the United States. [Lane, Charles. [http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2005/julaug/features/rehnquist.html "Head of the Class: Fresh from service in World War II, William Rehnquist went west unsure of his future. What he found on the Farm changed his life, and the future of the country."] , "Stanford Magazine", July / August 2005. Accessed September 17, 2007. "So, for the brainy kid they’d called “Bugs” back home at suburban Shorewood High School, just outside Milwaukee, weather was a key criterion in selecting a college."]
*John Searle (1932-), analytic philosopher.
*Robert Shaw (1917-1996), screenwriter.
*John Sherba, violinist, Kronos Quartet.
*Leif Shiras (1959-), former professional tennis player. [Doyle, Candace. [http://www.gmtoday.com/content/NSL/2004/May/20.asp "Serving up fund-raiser"] , "Greater Milwaukee Today", May 26, 2004. Accessed September 17, 2007. "He attended Shorewood High School, Shorewood Intermediate School and Lake Bluff Elementary School."]
*Joan Walsh (1958-), Editor in chief, Salon.com, former Ripples editor.Fact|date=November 2007
*David Zucker (1947-), movie director. [Loohauis, Jackie. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82A24ACE2EB5C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Zucker keeps a homespun sense of humor"] , "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", October 25, 1996. Accessed September 17, 2007. "The only really funny thing that David Zucker can remember happening to him at Shorewood High School was the time he was clowning in history class and his teacher, Mr. Rinka, said to him: "Someday, Zucker, I'll pay to see you. But for now - shut up!"]
*Jerry Zucker (1950-), movie director.

References

External links

* [http://www.shorewoodschools.win-dns.com/main/our_schools/hs.cfm Shorewood High School]
* [http://www.shorewoodschools.org/ Shorewood School District]
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&InstName=shorewood&State=55&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=551380001811 Data for Shorewood High School] , national Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.shorewoodripples.org/ "Shorewood Ripples" (student newspaper of Shorewood High School)]
* [http://www.postcrescent.com/includes/newspaper/data/education/schoolsalaries.shtml Search Wisconsin teacher salaries, school administrator salaries]