Athletics:  Did you know SHS athlete Peter Drews is the Journal Sentinel's Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Week? Read the article here.

On May 1, the JV girls soccer team won the Eastside Cup and returned the trophy to Shorewood. The JV girls won their first round game 4-0 over South Milwaukee, and then on Audrey Peterson’s goal from an assist by Nathalie Freysinger, they won the championship game 1-0 over Sheboygan Falls.

Also on May 1, Boys Tennis finished 2nd in the ten team doubles tournament at Delavan-Darien. Jake Miller & Sawyer Carlson-Price won the #1A doubles bracket, while Joe Richter & Jordan Wise won the #2 doubles bracket.

Drama:  Congratulations to our terrific and talented students who performed, built sets, worked on publicity, etc. for the recent production of Les Miserbales, Student Edition. Also, thank you to Barb Gensler, Patrick Spreadbury, Beth Skinner, Sarah Van Loon and the whole SHS Drama Department team your leadership!

General: Congratulations to SHS freshman Austine Y.! Austine received a scholarship to attend the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point’s summer "English for College" program. There were 45 scholarships available and 80 students from across Wisconsin applied. Austine emigrated from Taiwan in the beginning of this school year. This ELL program focuses on the English skills necessary for success in college, as well as learning about the American university system and incorporates taking weekend excursions in the Wisconsin area.

Partnering With Our Community:  Thank you to the Shorewood Community for your support of our annual Buzz Cuts for Cancer Fundraiser. So far over $10,000 has been raised for the MACC Fund this year! This year 54 students (half girls!) participated in the Buzz Cut for Cancer. Additionally, students with longer hair donated their initial cuts to Locks For Love. Check out these fun photos from the event: http://twitpic.com/1ni1w0 and http://twitpic.com/1ngibp.

This year the SHS Student Council chose the Walker’s Point Youth & Family Center as the non-profit that the students would like to partner with for the school year. As the year concludes, the student council is planning three final fundraisers for the organization: 1) Beard-Off,  2) Student vs Teacher Basketball Game, and 2) Moonlight Dance.

Thank you to everyone that has been involved throughout the year in the many great community service and volunteering activities associated with Shorewood High School!
 

The Solo & Ensemble contest results are very impressive, 60% of our entries advance to the State Festival. The Shorewood High School Band and SIS & SHS Choir and Orchestra entered 86 events in the Wisconsin School Music Association District Solo & Ensemble Festival. Of the 86 entries, 53 received a 1-star rating, Kudos to our very talented students and our equally talented teachers: Karen Frink, Jason Clark, and Sal Terrasi.

The SHS Varsity Chess Team, consisting of Casey Tolan, Ted Huang, Declan Gruber and Oliver Heywood won 2nd place at the 22 team Metro Milwaukee Tournament. The SHS JV Chess Team of Andrew Mahn, Keith Dodd, Zach, Rehbein-Jones and Aidan Mazur took 2nd place in the 12 team JV Division, while Oliver Newsom, Ari Shapiro, Mike Landers and Dominique Quinan took 4th place in the JV division.  Seth Jensen, Raifeh Saqer, Meaghan Forseth, Marticia Franklin-Odom, Kerry Egan, Nick Hennigan and Adam Schwartz participated in a forensics tournament recently. Congratulations to all of them on their great work, especially to Adam Schwartz who won 4th place in the Group Discussion Event.

SHS student Louie Bennett II will be represented Wisconsin on the Olympic Development Regional Team in Milan, Italy during spring break. Louis is one of two players selected from the Wisconsin state pool and it is a great honor for him to be selected. Louis is a freshman at SHS and played Varsity soccer his freshman year. Congratulations Louie!

Three SHS students represented the high school in the 2010 Wisconsin State High School Table Tennis Team Championship in March at the Hickory Grove Center in New Berlin, WI. The three SHS students that participated in the event were Mohammad Almomani (SHS), Seung-Hyun Jin (SHS), and Yee Wang (SHS). They did an excellent job in the competition and came in second in the lower level group.

SHS student Aaryn Kealty will be competing in the North American Irish Dance Championships in Orlando, Florida in July. Her eight member Ceili team qualified to advance at the Midwest Championships from among forty-four teams competing from the mid-west region.

During the month of March, students from SHS’s Madame Jacquart's level three French classes sold delicious crepes at lunch on Wednesdays to raise money for Haiti. Students donated $320 to Youthaiti – very impressive.
 

Music Award
Connor Peck, SHS Junior, received a second place scholarship from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. He competed in the rock/blues guitar, age 15 to adult category. Contestants were judged on musical qualities, technique and performance skills. Congratulations Connor!