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Stepping It UpBoys and girls track gear up for state
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Valued Visitors Esteemed alumni grace Shorewood hallways
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Volume 94, Issue 10June 1, 2016
1701 E. Capitol Drive, Shorewood, WI 53211The Student Newspaper
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College Spread Student plans after graduation take them across
the globe
From May 13 to May 15, the mock trial team competed at nationals
for the third time in 22 years.
Mock trial started in Shorewood in 1984, the first year the team
made it to nationals. The team went again in 2007, as well as this
year, taking 25th place out of the 46 states participating.
We split it two and two: we only lost by one point in the third
round, out of 280 points total. The judge changed the score sheet;
we had been up by two and then the judge changed it so we lost by
one, said Debra Schwinn, coach and social studies teacher.
Schwinn began coaching mock trial as a parent volunteer when her
son was in high school. When she got a job at Shorewood in 2009
they happened to need a coach, and as a licensed attorney, Schwinn
fit the bill perfectly.
I had a natural interest in it. Its the perfect combination of
law and teaching, Schwinn said.
The national competition took place in Boise, Idaho, and the
case was a dispute between a cattle rancher and a sheep herder,
which is actually a common case that
This summer, the Lake Effect Surf Shop plans to join Shorewoods
group of diverse businesses on Capitol Drive.
Jake Bresette, owner, has always wondered about the lack of
surfing shops in the Milwaukee area, despite an increasing interest
in the sport.
When I came around the Milwaukee area to surf, one thing that I
noticed was while the number of surfers were increasing, there was
never really a surfing shop in Milwaukee, Bresette said. I thought
it would be a good idea to bring one to the community.
Bresette chose Shorewood for both its proximity to the lake and
the community.
I decided on Shorewood because its so close to Atwater beach,
and Shorewood has always been a nice area, Bresette said. Its a
historically good neighborhood.
While working for an insurance company, Bresette has continued
his passion for surfing.
Mock trial takes on nations bestby Olivia Poole
Local surfing shop plans openingby Shimana Bose
He has been an avid surfer and athlete for over 10 years.
When I was younger, I would skateboard and snowboard a lot,
Bresette said. After high school, I moved out to Colorado and on
the weekends, my friends and I would take trips to California.
Thats where I discovered surfing and learned how to surf.
Despite his roots in coastal
surfing, Bresette finds the culture of the Great Lakes surfing
to be more enjoyable.
The surf culture here, on the lakes is a lot different than on
the coasts; its amazing here, Bresette said. On the coasts, you
usually get negative vibes, lots of people who are pretty
territorial and intimidating, and its really hard to get inside the
community
But on the lakes Ive never gotten that feeling. Here, everybody
is always welcoming, helping each other set up their boards, get
into their wetsuits, theyre almost like a family.
Other members of the Great Lakes surfing culture agree.
I would compare the culture here in the Great Lakes to what
surfing was like in the golden age on the coasts, said Eric
Gietzen, English department chair and avid surfer. Theres a close
knit feeling thats a very Shorewood vibe, and is something that I
know that Jake has and his business will exude its a perfect fit
for the community.
Others also agree that Bresette and the Lake Effect Surf Shop
will bring a sense of community, as well as a new awareness for
freshwater surfing.
Jake Bressette is my cousin, and hes really cool, said Monica
Dix, senior. Im really excited for Jake to move to Shorewood
presents itself in Idaho.Every October the
Wisconsin state bar puts out a case of stipulations, the
complaint and six different witness statements [plaintiff and
defense side]. We split the kids up and have to know both sides of
the case and at the competition they will say, Shorewood plaintiff
will face Whitefish Bay defense, and then we go with half our team.
Same thing with nationals but a new
case, said Balen Essak, senior. Teammates agree that, up
until the last round of the state competition, they had no idea
they would make it to nationals.
We knew wed be a good team, but we did not in any way expect to
go to nationals. We even had made a lawyer group chat in October
called Boise 2016, and all laughed at it, Essak said.
Though the team had no expectations going into nationals,
they were very impressed with how they competed.
We love state and we worked really hard to go to state, but
nationals was a whole different animal. We were one of very few
public schools. There were mostly private schools; in the case of
some, homeschool consortiums, Schwinn said.
The team didnt know what the national competition was going to
be like, as no one on the team had been before, and it changes
every year.
It was a good 25th; we are really happy with how it went. We
didnt know what to expect Schwinn had never been and Nathan [Bayer,
volunteer attorney coach,] was with the 2007 team but he said it
was very different. We didnt know if wed be totally blown out or do
really well, Essak said.
As for the individual trials at nationals, Shorewood also
impressed themselves. The team went against Mississippi,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Missouri, beating Mississippi in the
first round, and then losing to New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania was a good
Will Sandy and Sarah Goldberg, seniors, deliberate their actions
during a trial. The mock trial team traveled to Idaho for
nationals.
courtesy Sarah Goldberg
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The storefront destined for the Lake Effect Surf Shop remains
emp-ty before its coming opening. Bresette aims to educate the
commu-nity about Great Lakes surf culture, and sell surf
products.
Ben Davis
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NewsRipples June 1, 2016page two
The 2016-2017 school year will include some changes to
previously offered classes.
The current Integrated Math I will change to algebra I for
incoming freshmen.
We decided to go with this particular curriculum. It is more
traditional [and what] a lot of others schools in this area do.
said Elysha Rice, math teacher.
The Integrated Math program will be phased out over the coming
years.
The kids who are taking Integrated Math now would take that
[until] they leave. Its phasing out because we dont want to take
kids that are already in Integrated Math and shove them into
Geometry, Rice said.
Algebra I will be taught by Rice and Cheri Sobel, math
teacher.
A similar change is taking place in the science department,
where Integrated Science will change to Physical Science.
There is a new generation of science standards that we are
moving toward We need a physical science class [for new science
standards], said Julie Cabaniss, science teacher.
Physical science is a course for ninth graders.
It is a freshmen course that is focusing on chemistry and
physics. It will be hands on, Cabaniss said.
Cabaniss and new science teacher, Jessica Votava, will be
teaching the new course.
I will be teaching one section and then ... Ms. Votava would be
teaching two sections, Cabaniss said.
There are also some new classes that
The Shorewood School District will be switching over from their
current student information system (SIS), PowerSchool, to Infinite
Campus starting with the 2016-2017 school year.
The three most common and used SIS in Wisconsin are PowerSchool,
Skyward and Infinite Campus.
Infinite Campus is a student information system its teachers
grade books, it tracks student demographics, health logs,
discipline and behavior stuff. Lunch accounts can eventually be run
through Infinite Campus, basically anything that we do that
involves student information, thats what it entails, said Joe
Patek, assistant principal.
S h o r e w o o d h a s b e e n u s i n g PowerSchool since
2006, and with the use of Infinite Campus the district will be able
to shrink the number of systems it currently uses.
In 2012 the state of Wisconsin wanted all of its schools to use
the same SIS. Multiple student information systems were reviewed
and scored based on their ability to meet the needs of Wisconsin
school districts. Infinite Campus won with a score of 29/31 in
terms of use and ease.
When you access the Infinite Campus portal, its not just
accessing your grades. Its accessing your whole student profile, so
you can access a ton of different stuff, Patek said. If youre a
parent you can see lunch balance, attendance, you can see all of
this in one spot.
Infinite Campus will also allow the district to look into the
settings for how much access a student has.
If [Infinite Campus] going to be
New school year brings curriculum changesby Yasmin
Mohd-Suhilian
PowerSchool replacedby Cela Migan better for us and the schools
going to
have more say, I think itll be better, said Melissa Mora,
freshman.
PowerSchool was sold by its company a year and a half ago and
then sold again. It is now owned by an investment group. According
to Patek, the school district wants something more stable.
Every year it seems like there are settings in PowerSchool that
we lose control over or that just dont work very well, or that have
lost functionality, Patek said. Every time that happens it gets
more concerning for people that
have to use it. Its a student information c e n t e r , t h a t
s something every school needs and it needs to be working and
working well.
One element of PowerSchool that is a particular stressor is its
feature that tells you when your grade
increases or decreases, said Aaron Wilder, freshman.
My sister went to Rufus King, so she talks about Infinite
Campus, but it wasnt as much as a stressor for her, Wilder
said.
Infinite Campus is used by all Milwaukee Public Schools, the
School District of Waukesha, the Madison Metropolitan School
District and the Racine Unified School District, among many others.
The program currently serves 7.5 million students in 45 different
states across the nation.
I want to assure everyone, from everything Ive seen, its a very
good program. There will be an adjustment period, but I think in
about a year from now were going to be thinking, Gosh, this was
hopefully a healthy and good change for the better, Patek said.
Eric Matthews, science teacher, and Jack Schill, junior, speak
about the upcoming
AP environmental science class. Many new classes are being
offered next year.
Olivia Loomis
will be offered next year, including AP environmental science,
visual journalism, AP music theory and Project Lead the Way (PLTW):
Introduction to Engineering and Design.
AP environmental science is a class for juniors and seniors,
centering on environmental systems.
It focuses on the core concepts of environmental science as a
topic, said Eric Mathews, science teacher. It is like [a] field
investigation with labs that are designed to get students to
investigate key ideas to see how [the] environment works.
Mathews plans to teach AP enviornmental science next year.
Another new class, AP music theory, is open to sophomores,
juniors and seniors.
It is one of the Advanced Placement offerings to college courses
and it basically follows freshmen year in music theory for music
majors, said Karen Frink, orchestra teacher. [While it] can be very
hard for sophomores and juniors it will probably help them
understand the music and play a lot better.
According to Frink, students do not have to take a music class
at SHS in order to sign up for the class.
Its [best] to be band, orchestra, choir kids, but there are
couple kids that are actually taking the class but are not in other
music classes, Frink said. The prerequisite is that you have to be
able to read music you have to understand several components of
music theory.
Celeste Guse, sophomore, is taking AP music theory next
year.
Im very excited [I want] more knowledge about music theory
because it is something that Im not that great at right now, Guse
said. Hopefully it will prepare me for the classes that I will be
picking for college.
Frink will be teaching the class next year.
Visual journalism is a one semester double period class that
will be taught by Jeff Zimpel, art and graphic design teacher, and
Mike Halloran, English teacher, next year.
The class will be revolving around journalism and the visuals of
stories.
It is going to be a combination of the art department paired
with the English department through the lens of journalism, said
Zimpel. We will be continually creating design-based projects based
around journalism.
Students will be working with the Milwaukee Institute of Art and
Design (MIAD) for the visual elements of the course.
They have actually sent over some representatives to help build
the class... [and] provide us help with teaching the subject
matter, Zimpel said.
Visual journalism is being offered for
juniors, seniors and underclassmen that have experiences with
Ripples.
It is one semester but [two periods] so you can really dig in.
This will provide people a longer opportunity to dig into ideas in
one semester than usual, Zimpel said. [Its] going to be juniors and
seniors because we want people to have at least two years of
English and at least one semester of graphic design. With few
exceptions usually those exceptions would revolve around experience
with Ripples.
Introduction to engineering and design is all about building and
creating 3D models.
It is a basic introductory level of engineering course where the
students will learn about the engineering design process, said
Derek Larson, math teacher.
Larson wants students to be aware of the upcoming engineering
class.
I hope that the students are aware that the class is being
offered next year and hope students are aware that the engineering
classes are going to start being offered, Larson said.
In addition to the new changes, forensics, which has been
offered for the past 10 years to seniors and taught by Cindy
Zauner, science teacher, will not be offered
next year. I am the only
one who was teaching it. It took me a couple of years to make
this course, Zauner said.
It is no longer offered because of the new AP environmental
science class.
We try to limit how many different classes you have in the
science department. We limited it to three. The
problem is as soon as you get more offerings somebodys got to
teach them, Zauner said.
Forensics taught students how to distinguish and examine
evidence.
Miranda Jacobi, senior, who took the class this year, was
disappointed it will not be offered next year.
Honestly, I am sad to see the class go, Jacobi said. It taught
me a lot and it was really fun and interesting and everyone in
years to come are missing out.
Zauner said she will miss teaching the class.
I will miss teaching it, that is for sure, and students have
been really a lot of fun and it was a fun class to teach, Zauner
said. I think they got a lot of hands on experience and at least
exposure to some of the things that are going in the real
world.
Despite the loss of forensics, the new additions ensure that
there will be many options for next years students to choose
from.
There is a lot [more] of variety than other schools, Guse said.
We have a bunch of different literature classes. I think its
awesome that they are starting to put more classes that students
would be interested in.
Michael Halloran and Jeff Zimpel, teachers, collaborate on the
visual journalism class. The class plans to combine design and
journalistic skills.
Olivia Loomis
I think its awesome that they are starting to put more classes
that students would
be intrested in.-Celeste Guse,
sophmore
From everything Ive seen, its a very
good program.-Joe Patek,
assistant principal
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The SHS drama department raised funds and honored veterans
during the spring mu-sical, South Pacific. South Pacific, which
tells the story of a group of soldiers on an island in the south
pacific during WWII, ran from May 19 to 21, the latter also being
Armed Forces Day.
A couple months ago I noticed that our spring musical, South
Pacific, closed on Saturday May 21, and I also noticed that
happened to be Armed Forces Day, said Joe King, drama director. I
started brain-storming about how we could do something for veterans
because the themes of South Pacific are very relevant to WWII,
[and] I thought it would be natural connection for us to do
something.
The drama department is known for their intense, yet
enlightening themes and subject matter, along with the ability to
bring a discussion of the topics throughout the community.
Whatever the theme of the musical, we try to tie into a social
aspect of soci-ety, King said. When we did I Never Saw Another
Butterfly, we did a Holocaust remembrance we brought in Holocaust
survivors and talked about it in discussion groups.
South Pacific was no exception. I think its great to tie the
theme of the
musicals that we are doing to our own community, King said. This
was just an-other natural and easy way to do that.
To raise money, the drama department worked on both a national
and local level in collaboration with organizations devoted to
supporting and honoring veterans. The na-tional organization, Honor
Flight, works to get aging veterans on a flight to Washington DC to
experience their monuments and me-
The Mac and Cheese Cook-off took place May 13 from 6:00-7:30.
The student-council-run event sent all their proceeds to the Mark
Harris Family Fund, the schools charity for the year.
We were looking for ways to get more kids, different kind of
kids involved so we really tried to do a variety of events, sports
events, dances, cooking events trying to reach all students, said
Olivia Holbrook, senior.
The Mac and Cheese Cook-off started three years ago and has
continued every year since. According to Holbrook, Mac and cheese
was chosen as the dish because it was something simple, yet unique
for a cook-off.
Everyone loves mac and cheese, and everyone can make mac and
cheese so it sounded like a pretty good idea, said Izzie Tasse,
junior.
This year the Mac and Cheese Cook-off was held later in the year
due logistical reasons surrounding the student-council-held movie
night.
It cost $10 to enter a dish and $5 to the mac and cheese and
vote for your favorite. This year, 13 dishes were entered.
The cook-off raised about $350.It was a good amount, right
around
where we wanted to be, Tasse said.According to Tasse, the
completion of
the event attracted a lot of participants. There are prizes from
different
merchants around Shorewood, Tasse said.This year first place was
a $25 gift card
Latest production fundraises for veterans by Shimana Bose
Mac ncheese unitesby Martha Dix
morials. All the veterans expenses are paid, but
its 500 dollars per veteran to fly there. They go see the
memorial, they are escorted around all day, and then they fly back,
and a group of people greet them at the airport with flags and
signs and banners, King said. Because a lot of the veterans were
not necessarily greeted fondly were raising money for that.
In addition, the production is also rais-ing money and supplies
for a local organiza-tion, Milwaukee Veterans Stand Down.
Milwaukee Veterans Stand Down is an organization that helps
homeless veterans in
the Milwaukee area, King said. Once a month, the organization
tries to get home-less veterans off the streets for a day, where
they can get showers, dental appointments, suits and be given
personal care items, like toothbrushes and razors and shaving
cream. Were also trying to get people to bring these personal care
items.
The department has been advertising both on Facebook and the SHS
school web-site, urging people to bring donations and any care
items.
The reaction from the community was overwhelmingly positive.
People have been responding very
positively to it, King said. The goal was to raise 500 dollars
to send
a veteran to Washington DC, but the produc-tion managed to raise
1,546.00 dollars.
Both students and veterans found the effort very admirable.
I think its great that theyre doing so much, and that they
raised that much mon-ey to help these people whove served this
country, said Akshaya Kannan, junior.
Being a veteran, this connection is re-ally important to me,
said Maylan Thomas, technical director.
Its pretty awesome that we can do this on Armed Forces Day
everything aligned so we could do something to honor veter-ans,
Thomas said. It makes me happy, Ive done a lot of veteran advocacy
throughout my career [and] I think its awesome.
Not only did the production manage to raise 1,546.00 dollars,
but also honored all and any veterans in the audience at the
pre-show on Saturday.
We asked to take a pause and ask any-one in the audience who is
a veteran to stand and be recognized, King said.
The pre-show at the 2:00 pm perfor-mance was short, but conveyed
a message of respect towards veterans throughout the community.
There were people walking down the aisle holding the flag, and
everyone sang the national anthem, Kannan said. I thought it was
nice; it was a way to salute everyone who served our country.
We are trying lots of different ways to show our respect and
honor for the veterans who fought for freedoms so that we in
Shorewood have the benefit of being able to produce plays and
musicals that sometimes push the envelope, King said. We only have
these freedoms because people fought and died for them.
Graham Hartlaub and Alec Sill, seniors, and Cal Curran,
freshman, sing during South Pacific. The drama department raised
$1,546.00 for veterans.
Olivia Loomis
to Metro Market, and second place was a $20 gift card to City
Market.
Jacqueline Klisch and Sarah Clausen, juniors, won the cook-off.
They made a dish with macaroni-style pasta, a creamy sauce and
cheese.
We thought the cheesier the better, Klisch said.
Klisch had helped out with the event in previous years but this
was her first year cooking.
My favorite part of the event was watching people smile and be
really happy about eating our mac and cheese and other peoples mac
and cheese, Klisch said. Everyone was just really excited to be
eating.
Holbrook said the atmosphere of the Mac and Cheese Cook-off made
it a popular event.
My favorite part was just trying all the
mac and cheeses and being surprised by some of the kids who
could actually cook, Holbrook said. I didnt know a group of
freshman boys would be so passionate about their macaroni.
A few community members made dishes this year.
It is really great to go outside the boundaries of the school
because it attracted other people to come in and taste, Tasse
said.
Klisch plans to participate in the event in the future.
I think it was a really fun experience, and I even had some
leftover mac and cheese to take home, Klisch said.
My favorite part of the event was watch-ing people smile and be
really happy about eating our mac and
cheese.-Jacqueline Klisch,
junior
Clayton Holbrook, freshman, serves Annalise Lena, freshman, his
mac and cheese at the cook-off. The cook-off raised $350.
Olivia Loomis
Surf shop joins community continued from page one
and start the business, I think hell really become part of the
community, and being at the High School I feel like I can share it
with my classmates and help them get interested as well.
Members of the surfing community and around Shorewood believe
that the new business will raise awareness of the surfing culture
around the lake along with the environment, and ways to keep it and
ways to keep it clean and safe.
I think [surfing] is cool because its a way to keep focusing on
our environment, and find ways to appreciate the lake, Dix says. I
think this is one of those ways we can do that by getting out there
and keeping it clean and safe.
Gietzen agrees.
[Surfing] has really given us a great relationship with the
lake, a relationship that unique for anyone who tries it, Gietzen
said. The Lake Effect Surf Shop is just another manifestation of
that relationship.
Despite being his first business, Bresette hopes his passion for
surfing will inspire the community and raise awareness.
This will be my first business venture Ive ever done, and Im
really looking forward to it, Bresette said. I think with a surf
shop in business, the interest in lake surfing will increase.
Bresette invites anyone with a curiosity on freshwater surfing
on Lake Michigan to stop by.
Anytime people want more information about the shop, they can
walk right in, and ask away, Bresette said.
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NewsRipples June 1, 2016page four
Facade grant for Colectivo sparks debateby Kaite Eder
The Shorewood village board gave a facade grant of $103,000 to
the owners of Colectivo in order to renovate the former Verizon
building into a new burger and ice cream restaurant.
It will bring people together, said Tammy Bockhorst, village
trustee. It is centrally located, and it fits so many needs and
wants of the people in our village, so I was excited that they
brought this proposal and for the project.
Colectivo is planning on making an $800,000 investment in the
new building. The money will go into a complete remodel of the
building including install ing glass garage doors and a wrap-around
patio.
The project is a really expensive project, and so we were way
over budget, said Paul Miller, Colectivo co-owner. The v i l l a g
e m a d e u s a w a r e t h a t [the grant] was available ... The
grant helps us finish the project with the original vision of what
we wanted to do.
The village facade grant program gives funds up to $25,000
dollars, but exceptions have been made in the past. In order for an
exception to be made, a proposal must be made and presented to and
voted on by both the Community Development Authority Board and the
village board.
$100,000 is just too much. Its out of line, said Davida Amenta,
village trustee. I would have suppored $25,000 but certainly not
$100,000 ... I am very conservative when it comes to handing money
to a private entity, and I need to ask myself, what is the
public
Atwater implements new recycling programby Abby Widell
benefit? What is the public good that were doing here? In this
particular case, this is a great project; I think it will be fun
... but is it going to create great revitalization in that area of
downtown Shorewood? I dont think so.
Milwaukee county has a cap on facade grants of $5,000, and
Whitefish Bay has a cap of $7,500.
These are not supposed to be large amounts of money; its in
their definition. Its facade improvement, said Calli Spheeris,
resident. The objection is not the building itself. Its a cute
little building ... I think their building fits in very nicely, but
its the way its being financed which is the problem.
According to Bockhorst, this restaurant fits well in the 2025
vision of the village.
I voted that i t fits the requirement, Bockhorst said. As a
board member, this a business thats coming and the investments that
the organization is making in the existing Verizon building are
beneficial ... This grant will basically pay for itself in tax
revenue. But the bigger issue is
that this has a public benefit. That is hard to argue. What is
being proposed as a burger and ice cream and also a pocket park, is
something that the community needs and the community wants.
The facade grants are used for front facing work that improves
the public view of a storefront.
In most places theyre used to improve the look of a building,
only the part facing the public, Amenta said. In Shorewood we use
them a little more liberally. We would use them for landscaping,
for example, or signs or awnings ... They are not need-based. If
you own or rent a building, you will probably
get it.According to Spheeris, the grant proposal
did not fit the correct criteria for the facade fund.
Its not that we shouldnt have development. Its the unrestricted
nature of it, Spheeris said. They were asking for the wrong type of
grant ... Thats basically my objection to this. Its not that they
shouldnt get money, but that it should be done in the correct way,
not the easy way of stretching the rules.
Colectivo will be leasing the Verizon location, which is
predicted to raise the value of location from about $400,000 to
$721,600.
The grants were available, said Paul Miller, Colectivo co-owner.
There are probably people who disagree with the villages plan, but
I dont disagree with it. I think that the course of Oakland Avenue
is
4144 Oakland remains empty, awaiting redevolopment by Colectivo.
The village gave a grant of $103,000 to Colectivo to redo the
facade of the former Verizon building.
Olivia Loomis
really positive, and I think our project is an example of
that.
Amenta and Donna Whittle, resident, both agreed that the policy
of the village board is the problem.
To me the whole policy doesnt make sense, Amenta said. We need a
new direction when it comes to economic development.
Its difficult to see there being concern linked to the name of
Colectivo because I recognize that they have done so much for our
village, and I appreciate what they do bring to village, Whittle
said.
I think we need to be very sensitive to that. That they are not
the first people to get this kind of money, and they are not the
issue. It is the policy that is the issue, and they just played by
the rules that everyone else played by.
Its not that we shouldnt have devel-opment. Its the
unre-stricted nature of it.
-Calli Spheeris, resident
Dumpsters wait to be filled at Awater School. Atwaters new
recycling program has allowed them to reduce the waste they produce
by significant amounts.
Ben Davis
Atwater Elementary Schools new and improved recycling program,
implemented in February, focuses on reducing waste and teaching
students about environmental responsibility. After observing the
enormous quantity of waste produced in the cafeteria, Lora Caton,
Atwater parent and recycling enthusiast, decided it was time for a
change.
Were throwing away so many plastic spoons, forks, and bags
everyday so I thought, since recycling is becoming
a major part of our culture these days, theres no reason why
Atwater cant be doing it, Caton said.
Caton and Kayla Russick, Atwater principal, began looking for
effective ways to cut waste production, including switching back to
metal utensils and actually teaching students how to recycle.
Caton received a grant from the Atwater PTO to buy metal
silverware for the lunchroom, and she took the magnetic garbage can
lids out of storage, which
retrieves carelessly discarded utensils. Additionally, the
school participates in Trash Free Tuesdays every week.
We recycle everyday of the week, but Tuesdays we try especially
hard not to produce any trash, Caton said.
On these days, students are encouraged to minimize food waste,
and bring reusable containers if they consume lunches from
home.
Through the schools character education system, there are five
main qualities, or PERKS, Perseverance, Empathy, Responsibility,
Kindness, and Self Discipline, that students are expected to
follow.
Recycling goes along with responsibility because its our
responsibility to take care of the lunch room, and our Earth, said
Russick.
While there is not yet a system for quantifying the amount of
change happening in the lunchroom, the improvements are vast enough
to be seen in plain sight.
The amount of trash being thrown away is quite noticeably
decreasing. We have even been able to go down to one garbage can
during lunch and there are 534 students who use it, Russick
said.
This success is due in huge part to the students, who have
displayed high levels of cooperation while adapting to a new
system, and for some, this involved forming
brand new recycling habits. Recycling may seem like an easy
task, but it takes practice and repetition, and students who dont
have experience with recycling need to build awareness.
The kids seem to like it. We have noticed that the kindergarten
and first graders are way better at it than the older students but
they are all very cooperative. Nevertheless, students are becoming
more conscious of recycling, Russick said.
In previous years, Atwater has offered metal utensils, but they
were frequently thrown away and managing the loss of so many forks
and spoons became an expensive issue. Eventually, Atwater made the
switch to less eco friendly, but more economically friendly
plastic
silverware. I
remember when Atwater had real silverware. So much of it got
thrown away and it became sort of a problem, but it seems like a
few lost spoons are a small price to pay for taking care of
the planet, said Lucy Merkel, freshman and Atwater graduate.
The recycling program has also shed light on other areas for
improvement regarding the school lunch program, and will be the
basis for change in future years.
Nevertheless, stu-dents are becoming more concious of
recycling.-Kayla Russick,
principal
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News RipplesJune 1, 2016page five
Sunday, May 29 marks Shorewoods 17th annual Memorial Day program
at Atwater Park. The event typically consists of various student
performances, from readings to music by students from the districts
band, orchestra and choir programs. Each year there is also a
keynote speaker, either a retired military officer or veteran. The
2016 speaker was Saul Newton, who served a tour of duty in
Afghanistan and is the founder and executive director of the
Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce.
Jan Zehren, SIS teacher, first got involved with the celebration
in 2007, and currently coordinates this event each year along with
the Shorewood Mens Club and the American Legion Post. Zehren also
coordinates the Veterans Day assemblies at the elementary and
intermediate schools each year, and formerly worked on the 4th of
July celebration and National Night Out for more than a decade.
We work together as a good cohesive team to organize this event
for the community, Zehren said. Having grown up in a military
family, Ive always had a love of country. My passion is thanking
those men and women who have served our country. I try to instill
that same passion with the kids that I work with.
Zehrens father served for 23 years during WWII, Korea and
Vietnam.
The first year of the Memorial Day celebration was the year that
the Shorewood
A group of SHS students were invited and attended the event
hosted by a program known as The Commons in order to witness the
preliminary presentations of startups created by teams of college
students and to decide whether a similar program could exist at the
high school level.
The Commons is an entrepreneurial skills accelerator program,
preparing students for the 21st century innovation economy as said
by Joe Poeschl, one of the co-founders of The Commons.
We teach students to think like an entrepreneur and that
includes a lot of different types of skills. Its not only the
scientific part of it The more difficult part is the art, science
and attitude of entrepreneurship The art part is something you have
to practice a lot to get good at, and those are skills like being
able to communicate, collaborate, think critically and be creative,
Poeschl said.
A lot of our workshops dive into how to do those things and the
experience itself helps students learn how to create effective
teams and communicate properly Attitude is ways of thinking, so
persistence, resilience, being opportunistic and taking risks,
Poeschl said.
The Commons is a nine-week long program done in collaboration
with 23 different colleges and universities in the Milwaukee area.
The program starts with a kickoff weekend followed by workshops
The Commons promotes entrepreneurshipby Cela Migan
Centennial Committee installed the permanent veterans memorial
dedication plaque at Atwater Park as a celebration of the villages
100th birthday.
Its so important that our kids understand our rich military
history and why we have the freedoms that we have today, Zehren
said. Getting my students
involved makes me feel really proud when I go to an event and I
see upwards of forty kids involved in an event for the
community.
Michael Braun, past commander of the North Shore American Legion
Post, also helped to organize the first Memorial Day event in the
year 2000.
According to Braun, there were originally Memorial Day
celebrations after WWI, but they fell apart due to a lack of
interest.
Through Jan, weve gotten more of the kids in Shorewood and the
community involved, Braun said.
Joe Hughes, second Vice President of Special Events, has been
involved with the Shorewood Mens Club for 40 years and the Memorial
Day event for eight years.
Its important to play a role in honoring a village that has
served and given so much for the country. You cant
ever pay them back, but its certainly a way of honoring their
efforts for the country, Hughes said.
One of the things I enjoy seeing every year is the high school
band, which comes and provides wonderful entertainment, Hughes
said. It really locks in the whole community aspect; we are all
neighbors.
every Tuesday night and ends in a Demo Day in which the student
teams present their startups.
Shorewood was one of the six high schools in the area to be
invited to the test-run of The Commons presentations, in which they
then gave critiques that contributed to the teams final
presentations the following week on April 19.
The student teams really delivered - it was great. [The
students] saw some great presentations, but really they were just
okay; they were great on Demo Day. They were
Program honors veteransby Ananya Murali
Its important to play a role in honoring a
village that has served and given so much.
-Joe Hughes, vice president
Its so important that our kids understand our rich military
his-
tory. -Jan Zehren,SIS teacher
Mock trial competes at nationalscontinued from page one
Nick Castonguay, band director, rehearses with students. SHS
band members will be playing at the Memorial Day program on May
29.
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Students from six high schools participate in an event hosted by
The Commons to determine whether a similar program could be
implemented at SHS.
courtesy Evan Schmidt
team, and the New Jersey trial was really close, we lost by one
point because the judge changed their decision, and New Jersey got
13th overall so we were really one point out of 13th, which is
pretty cool, Essak said.
In the third round when they lost to New Jersey, the one point
that decided the trial was one of around 280 points total.
These guys were great and could go toe to toe with anybody. We
were the scrappy little public school that could, Schwinn said.
Being prepared for nationals was a challenge of its own, as the
team had four months less to prepare a case twice as long as the
state case.
That being said, the students still could only think of one true
negative to the trials and the process, the judging.
The only negative is that judging and final results are really
subjective, with no hard and fast rules, said Claire Howland,
senior. You can get a wonderful score from one judge, and the other
judge can hate you, which is hard to prepare for, Howland said.
Still, the students involved take a positive outlook, continuing
to work their best.
We do compete and want to win, but also we understand judging,
said Molly Eder, senior.
None of us won competition-wide awards but we totally won it on
the dance floor. We kicked butt, Essak said.
10 times better, all of your feedback really helped They did a
lot of changes and they made them really good, Poeschl said.
Lindsay Campbell, Joe Friedman, Maureen Patterson, Dayton
Simenz, Luis Roche and Edison Wolniakowski, juniors, Avery Dedjoe,
Shilei Bell Lipsey, Veronica Madell and Lilli Musto, sophomores,
and Jack Hietpas and Cela Migan, freshmen, attended.
I thought it would be an interesting opportunity and I thought
the idea of integrating a business mentality into school
could prove ... interesting, Madell said.The trip was chaperoned
by Evan
Schmidt, French and economics teacher.The goal of the outing was
to determine
whether or not our students were interested in this type of
program and it was to show the students that this organization
exists, Schmidt said.
The Commons is 18 months old and already exploring various
methods of expansion, whether its program expansion with
weekend-long hackathons or entire summer workshops, or geographic
expansion in bringing The Commons to other cities or states, as
well as market expansion as with working with corporate partners or
bringing the program down to the high school level.
What I want to know right now is are the students interested in
doing it, and then going through that experience and what would be
the best way to deliver that experience to the students, said Tim
Kenney, principal.
The Commons program high school edition would most likely start
as a club and expand based on student interest.
Im very excited for the opportunities that this relationship
will give to students and that its another example of what were
trying to do here at Shorewood, to reach out to students with
different interests This is a kind of program that is geared to
help build entrepreneurial skills and to show different ways that
this exists in the real world, Schmidt said.
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FeaturesRipples June 1, 2016page six
Senior and freshman reflect on high schoolby Celeste Carroll
With the end of the school, year comes the graduation of half
the SHS student population from either their first year of high
school or the school all together while many freshman will exit the
high school for the summer with three more years ahead of them,
seniors will leave for the very last time, with their futures on
the horizon.
Greta Maierle, freshman, and Ryan Beckwith, senior, two students
who have experienced either one year o r four years of high school,
respectively, are two of these students; both are leaving for
summer with thoughts of the future and reflections of their time at
the high school this year on their minds. Maierle has three years
of high school left to further experience, while Beckwith is
nearing completion of his high school career.
Going into high school as a new freshman last fall, Maierle said
that she first expected a classic stereotype within American high
schools the freshman vs. senior divide. However, Maierle said that
after a year of high school, and participating in various sports
and clubs, she learned that this was not the case.
It was weird being in a bigger school after the middle school
had only two grades. But it was better than expected, Maierle said.
I thought high school would be much more segregated by grade almost
but I found that theres a lot of sophomores, and even seniors in
some of my classes, and its ok to talk to other people [in other
grades.] I thought it would be the stereotypical Oh, a
freshman!
Beckwith, on the other hand, laughed as he said that his
freshman year was so long ago in his mind that he hardly remembers
it but he can describe how he has grown as a person since he
started school as a freshman, the grade Maierle is soon to
complete.
I think since freshman year I was kind of just a stay to the
sides of everything, [kind of person,] I just kind of cared what
people thought of me, Beckwith said. As high school went on, I just
began to stop caring about that, and I dont really care [about
that] anymore. I mean, mostly just freshman year I worried about
that. It was such a big change going through the middle school
to
The SHS band council is making some changes for the upcoming
school year.
The council plans to change from a system comprised of a
president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and the first
chair member of every section, to a more inclusive simple seven
person committee.
A little known but hard working group, band council, is advised
by Nick Castonguay, band director.
Despite this, it is predominantly student run.
It is mostly student led, said Bess Werner, junior.
The group makes decisions about pep band themes for football and
basketball games as well as more professional mat-ters about
concerts.
Its the governing body of the band, Castonguay said.
We make decisions about our con-certs, what music we play and at
which events we should play, said David Desh-pande, sophomore.
The council also plans gigs for the bands at local events such
as SEED, the opening of Metro Market and more.
One of band councils biggest events this year was the first ever
Rocktoberfest.
The concert was completely student run and was deemed a
success.
[The council] decided the entire pro-gram. What songs we were
going to fea-
ture, they did skits in it, it was an entirely student run
concert. Its our showcase, Castonguay said.
Rocktoberfest fundraised directly for the bands and raised over
$2,500 for the program.
Justine Spore, senior and current band council president, headed
the change from a structured council to a more cohesive one.
She wants to make it more inclusive and less formal, Castonguay
said.
The decision to change the council from a power structured
council to a more equal group spurred from the hope of getting more
band members involved not only in the council, but in the decision
making process.
I think this will make the younger band folks included in the
decision mak-ing. The more students are engaged, the more theyre
going to like band and want to join band. I think the more
leadership they have the more engaged theyll be, Castonguay
said.
A lot of people dont go [to band council] because they dont have
a lot of responsibility in it, Werner said.
The hope is that with a more equal set-up, students will be
inclined to attend meetings and help make crucial decisions for the
band.
It will allow for more open discus-sion and will include more
people, said Gretchen Froelich, sophomore. Ryan Beckwith, senior,
reflects on his time in high school. While he will be graduat-
ing this year, freshmen, like Greta Mairle, have three years
ahead of them.
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high school. Beckwith credits much of this change
to his joining of the mountain biking team at Shorewood, which
started up as a group last school year.
Last year, one of the biggest things [for me] was being a part
of the mountain biking team, Beckwith said. It was the first year I
did it and the first year [the club was started up,] and that was
probably one of the biggest
things in high school for me, one of my [biggest] achievements
Its made me rethink mountain biking its really a part of me now,
its something I really like to do.
Though Maierle has only experienced one year of high school
while Beckwith four, Maierle says she has
learned much about the benefits of getting involved here at the
school.
I think [the best thing you can do to get involved] is that you
should join clubs that interest you, not what your friends are all
doing, because you might find new friends that definitely have the
same interests, Maierle said. But also, I thought that I was going
to join every single club because thats what I was told as an
incoming freshman, but Ive realized you also have to think about
time management, because if you stretch yourself too thin youll be
very stressed out, and not be successful in anything youre
doing.
Both Maierle and Beckwith said that their advice for incoming
freshman relates back to the idea of being yourself.
This is kind of clich, but I think its true you just have to be
yourself, because high school is kind of a fresh start, Maierle
said. You can take [this fresh start] anywhere you want, and if
youre not happy with who you are hanging out with or how your life
is going in middle school, that doesnt determine your [time in]
high school at all.
Beckwith said he believes that if someone is interested in
something as a teenager at SHS, they should take action.
I actually was never a part of any clubs [here], so I never
really did anything like that, but I think some advice would be if
something sounds interesting to you, just do it you only have four
years here, youre never going to be able to do it again in high
school, so just do it, Beckwith said.
While Maierle still has three more years
of high school to go, she says she will miss the excitement that
freshman year brought. After joining the cross country and track
teams, as well as joining the costumes crew for the high schools
production of American Idiot, she says she has become even more of
a happier person.
Im actually a little sad to leave [freshman year] behind,
Maierle said. You get kind of emotionally attached without
realizing it everything is new freshman year, and so you dont
really have expectations and I think going into next year, having
that mindset, that you already know what to expect, it kind of wont
seem as exciting.
Beckwiths future is different from Maierles: after graduating in
June, he plans to move to California, where he will attend
community college. He says he will miss Shorewood this year, he
said he enjoyed graphic design as a class with Mr. Zimpel as well
as becoming even more involved with
the mountain bike team, and he said that as his senior year
progressed, he started to think about college more and how senior
year was going to impact his future, what he was going to do after
senior year and where the rest of his life is headed. With a
three-year age gap, both students will leave the school on June 9
having completed a crucial year of their high school career.
You grow and change each year, Maierle said. I think itll be
weird, because [I] wont be the youngest [anymore] there will be
younger kids, and you just kind of keep moving up, and people
leave, and you just have to deal with it.
I do think Shorewood [high school] is an accepting place people
dont judge each other as much as I thought they might when I came
here. Its more of a united school, Beckwith said. I think I will
miss Shorewood as a community. Its been a cool place to be, but Im
excited for the future, and everything it has for me.
I think I will miss Shorewood as a com-
munity.-Ryan Beckwith,
senior
Justine Spore and Nick Nesler, seniors, rehearse. They are
leaders of the band council this year, which has recently made a
number of structural changes.
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Band restructures by Olivia Holbrook
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Features RipplesJune 1, 2016page seven
Meet next years StuCo excecutive board
Jacqueline Klisch, junior, was elected secretary of Student
Council Executive board for the 2016-17 school year. Klisch served
as president of the class of 2017 during this past year, and is
looking forward to applying her student council experience to the
Exec. Board.
I ran for Exec. Board because being in student council for the
past three years has been a lot of fun, Klisch said. I really
wanted to move to a position with more responsibilities.
Klisch helped plan and execute events over this school year.
I helped out with all the events [this year], but this upcoming
year I will be running the Bachelor I am looking forward to a lot,
Klisch said.
Klisch hopes to see the rest of student council being
enthusiastic about the upcoming years events.
I hope to see members of student council as, or even more,
excited about the events we will do, Klisch said.
Izzie Tasse, junior, ran unopposed and was elected as president
of Student Council Executive Board. Tasse served as vice president
this year and is prepared to take on her new leadership role.
I spent a lot of time this past year learning from our current
president, Tasse said.
Tasse would like to get more people involved in student council
next year.
I really want to expand student councils borders to reach more
people and different groups of people, Tasse said.
Additionally, she plans on continuing the tradition of picking a
charity of the year, and raising funds for it through various
fundraisers.
I am ready to take on this amazing job, and Im super excited to
do so, Tasse said.
Jacqueline Klisch, Secretary
Abby Schill, sophomore, ran unopposed and was elected vice
president of Student Council Executive board for the 2016-17 school
year. Schill was president of the class of 2018 and is looking
forward to a larger leadership role in the upcoming school
year.
I ran for Exec. Board because I wanted to have a larger role I
wanted to be more on the leadership side of it, Schill said.
Schill hopes to expand communications between student council
and the student body for the future.
I want there to be a stronger communication system between
[student council] and the student body so we can plan events that
appeal to a larger community, Schill said.
Schill looks forward to collaboration as a whole for next year
to guide student council in a positive direction.
Im looking forward to hearing new ideas from all of the new
additions to [student council], Schill said.
Catherine Puppe, junior, was elected treasurer of Student
Council Executive board for the 2016-17 school year. Puppe aims to
take her two years of student council experience to the board,
including serving as representative for the class of 2017, and
increase her leadership role.
I ran for treasurer because I thought it would be fun to be a
leader for the club and and Exec. Board member, Puppe said.
Puppe hopes that student council will continue events in the
upcoming year.
Looking forward to next year Im excited to plan and have fun
events at Shorewood, Puppe said.
Overall, Puppe is enthusiastic about her upcoming position.
Im excited to be a leader on Exec. Board, Puppe said.
Catherine Puppe, Treasurer
Josue Bayle, junior, was elected publicity coordinator of
Student Council Executive board. After serving as class
representative this year, Bayle will take his energetic personality
into a leadership position and try to improve the school year for
all.
Running for Exec. Board gives me a better platform to serve the
student body, Bayle said. My strong personality makes me a great
publicity coordinator.
Bayle is looking for more cohesion between the student body and
student council in the upcoming year.
I hope for better involvement between student council and the
students I believe next year, [student council] will serve as a
voice for the students, Bayle said.
by Maya Schneider
Josue Bayle,PR CoordinatorAbby Schill,Vice President
Izzie Tasse,President
Shorewood alumni are honored by districtby Elena Cruz
There was just something in the water, said both David and Jerry
Zucker, filmmakers from the classes of 66 and 68, when discussing
Shorewood High School. Dressed in dark suits and flanking either
side of Jerry Harrison, musician and class of 67, these men
answered student questions for two hours in the Gensler Auditorium.
They used this expression three times when talking of Shorewoods
talent pool during their upbringings.
The alumni spent Thursday, May 20 at the high school in order to
receive their 2016 Shorewood Tradition of Excellence Awards. The
Zuckers and Harrison, alongside Jim Abrahams, class of 62, who was
absent from the ceremonies, were honored for their achievements
following graduation.
The Tradition of Excellence Awards are basically a way of
honoring distinguished alumni who have made accomplishments in a
variety of different areas including science, the arts, public
service, said Ted Knight, advancement director and coordinator of
the events.
However, no other group of honorees thus far graduated within
the same parameters. That is, these are the only alumni who
graduated within the same time period, worked in artistic fields
and achieved international success. This is where the Zuckers
comments that there was just something in the water came into
play.
As Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers: The Story of Success,
wrote, People dont rise from nothing It is only by asking where
they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and
who doesnt, these mens roots hint that their
Jerry Zucker, class of 68 answerd questions from students. On
May 20, four alumni, including Zucker, recieved the districts
prestigous Tradition of Excellence awards.
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success could have sprouted in Shorewood. Before Harrison was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a band member of
The Talking Heads, and before the Zucker brothers and Abrahams
joined together to write and direct the comedic box office hit
Airplane!, they attended school together at Shorewood in the
sixties.
There was a transition of a whole philosophy of the fifties,
like when you think of the movie Grease, when we started high
school; thats what people, what the older kids, looked like,
Harrison said. By the time you graduated, it had started the
movement the philosophies of the hippies, and love, and stuff like
this. I really feel that with the people of our three classes and
this is definitely true there was a creativity that came from
having gone from one order to another order.
All three honorees agreed that the era
of adolescence impacted their future, along with the region in
which they spent their childhood.
I think that there was a sort of advantage youd get because you
were Midwestern. You would actually do your readings, your work You
knew you were not going to sneak around that, David
Zucker said.The graduates also cite the localized
form of comedy as an attribution of their success.
There was a Milwaukee self-deprecating sense of humor that was
great, and I think that, going to LA and getting into the movie
business, served us well actually, Jerry Zucker said.
To zoom in even further, the honorees and long-term friend Fred
Bliffert, class of 66, guessed that their financial situation was
influential.
It could have been a socio-economic thing, Bliffert said.
Shorewood, being in the middle between the upper class and the
lower class in those days, I think it kind of helped.
David Zucker, Harrison and Bliffert were also involved with the
music scene at Shorewood, and this could have been the final
ingredient toward their successes. Not because of the exposure to
the arts, but because of the exposure to passion and community.
We didnt none of these guys started playing to get famous. We
did it because it was fun, Bliffert said. I mean theres so much
love involved When you play together, its like a communication.
I think [being in a band led me to the film industry] because I
liked the attention. On the stage, we would get applause and its
the same with our jokes now. The gratification is almost
narcissistic, but I liked being noticed, David Zucker said.
This something in the water led to an explosion of creative
alumni, maybe even offering an unknown motive behind the writing of
Take me to the River. However, according to Harrison, the given
opportunities would not have amounted in anything without hard
work.
Success is not the goal; the art itself is the goal. Theres an
awful lot of those kinds of people thinking that when theyre
writing songs, and theyll reach very little success. I mean you
understand sometimes when you look back on why something is
successful, sometimes you capture the zeitgeist of the moment and
you can just say, yeah I can see why theyve made it. But when youre
in the middle of it all, youre just thinking, Im going to try as
hard as I can, Harrison said.
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As the 2015-2016 school year comes to a
close, its time for the senior class to look toward the
future. Whether remaining in the state, going to college 4,000
miles away or
heading into the work force, our
seniors are destined for an adventure. Good
luck to all!
CLASS OF 2016s POST-GRADUATION PLANS
West
Midwest Northeast
SouthWorldly
Wisconsin
University of Cincin-nati- College Conser-vatory of Music Zach
Lipo Zovic
IllinoisBenedictine University Joe Lock
OhioDenison University Eli Ben Bordow Zach Hammond Eva
JornKenyon College Molly Eder
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Clarence Corbett Abby
JustusUniversity of Chicago Alex Knitter
IowaThe University of Iowa Grace Kleaveland-Kupczak
MichiganMichigan Institute of Technology Jun Wang
MinnesotaCrown College Alaina Beau
Macalester College Claire Howland Will SandyUniversity of
Minne-sota-Twin Cities Natalie Dess Aaron Kessler Quinn McCafferty
Max Rawling Peter Sottile Russell Sottile
Miami University Bubba KneiselOberlin University Monica Dix
Kelly WhittleXavier University Jonathan Bussen Grace OBrien Austin
Poole
Columbia College Marie MatthiasDePaul University Katherine
Johnson Eliana WassermanLoyola University of Chicago Ella
Xistris
MissouriUniversity of Missou-ri-Columbia Elena CruzWashington
University Michael Perry
As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is
throw away that store-bought map and begin to draw your
own.-Michael Dell
ArizonaNorthern Arizona University Carter WarrenUniversity of
Ari-zona Katelyn Krieg
CaliforniaCalifornia State University Sarah Hamrick
Mesa Community College Ryan Beckwith
ColoradoUniversity of Colora-do Boulder Ari SchermerUniversity
of Denver Shelby Hammond Grace Reckmeyer
IdahoBringham Young University Matt Kelly
UtahUtah State University Tommy Hayes
WashingonSeattle University Willem Van den Kieboom
MarylandUnited States Naval Academy Marlee Lane
MassachusettsWellesley College Olivia Holbrook
New JerseyPrinceton University Maria Stahl
New YorkBarnard College Olivia LoomisCornell University Jada
StackhouseHamilton College Hyein KimRensselaer Polytechnic
Institute Ananya Murali
Rhode IslandBrown University Morgan FlorsheimRhode Island School
of Design Tristan Blum
VirginiaWashington and Lee Unversity Balen EssakWashington
DCGeorge Washington University Cole FalknerAlabama
Alabama State Uni-versity Makayla Inman Shelly King
FloridaNova Southeastern University Squeaky Washington
University of Miami Calvin Chappell
GeorgiaSavannah College of Art and Design Ben MillerUniversity
of Georgia Kyle Tsuchiyama
ConnecticutWesleyan University Henry Fowler
MaineBates College Sydney Widell
MississippiJackson State Uni-versity Kaia Dunlap
TennesseeTennessee State University Ayanna Candie
TexasSaint Edwards Uni-versity Megan EimersTexas Christian
Uni-versity Sarah Goldberg
Cardinal Stritch Uni-versity Tala Abu Zahra Sami
PalmisanoCarroll University Zach LambertCarthage College DeAnthony
MannsConcordia University Nathan RaskinMarquette University Marra
Garran Gabby Oliveras Bonapar-te Alireza Radvar ZangenMATC Ashley
Allen Jack Andritsch
Kourtni Armstead Tyrone Cobb Savannah Daniels Lauren Frigerio
Francis Harper Richard Lafford Lilyana Markoff Marissa Mesich
Elijah Miller Marilyn Parlow Isiah Rosenblatt Jacob Skinner Michael
Temple Jordan Terry Daniel Tesfaye Aneiya Thompson Kendra Waite
Alexis Waldron Gerrien Wilson
Jake Wickstrom Chris Williams-HudsonMIAD Nick NeslerUniversity
of Wis-consin- Green Bay Hayley LudwigUniversity of Wisconsin-
Madison Celeste Carroll Meghan Curtis Genevieve Vahl Jake Woyak
Dominic Ziebert Tasha Cherono
Ben Davis Corinne Ebel Gabe Freding Mario Fregoso Andre
Letourneau Alison Reinhoffer Jake Rock Justine Spore Claire Stowe
Alice Svetic Kayla Wasserman Gus WettsteinUniversity of Milwaukee-
Wisconsin Eli Dorsey Simon Bjornstad Mario Rojas Victoria Vitucci
Alex Luger
Ana Padro Paola Tejero Tommy Chamberlain Angelo DeCicco Zac
Efron Bradley Fremder Graham Hartlaub Molly Hayes Aaliyah Ingram
Zalen Isaacson-Copps Miranda Jacobi Jordan Javor Cal Rosenblatt
Hana Schofield Alana Smith Ryan Sperry Anastasya Titko Robert
TreacyUniversity of Wiscon-sin- Parkside Ava Miller Annie Leo
University of Wiscon-sin- Platteville Chris Sibila Jon Georgeson
Joe KosidowskiUniversity of Wiscon-sin- Washington County Miles
Perkins Jeremy WalkerUniversity of Wiscon-sin- Waukesha Haley
Kwiatkowski Ethan MaricleUniversity of Wiscon-sin- Whitewater
Alexis Shields Kelby Spann DeAngelo Stewert Selome Fenta Tony
Quian
University of Texas at Dallas Sasha Velikanov
Bryant and Stratton College Jacey Alvarez
Super Senior Sam Lenz Katherine MauerEducation Pro-
gramsAmericorps Hannah ThomasMilwaukee County Police Aide
Program Jeremy WalkerRobert of Stokewood Blacksmithing Intern-ship
JD HillardUrban Training Center Frankie Cortez
Gap Year Hannah Abroe Addie Marenda
Traveling AbroadGermany Quinn FosterWOOFing in Patagonia Marylou
White
Working Nekisha Armstrong Henri Carignan Amber LaGrone Sam Lenz
DeJuan Young Katherine Mauer
Undecided Shayne Carrington Dominic Carter Mariah Custalow Kayla
Gipson Kate LaFollette Chris Perine Larry Turner
Unknown Donal Maloney Daniel Tesfaye
Kav Johnson Julia Klatte
Data collected by Elena Cruz and Monica Dix.
Spread and graphics by Elena Cruz.
Sarah Lawrence College Hazel PritchardSkidmore College Alec
SillPennsylvania
Bucknell University Ella Curran
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Ripples Class of 2016Ripples June 1, 2016page ten
Seniors reflect on their careers in RipplesElena Cruz
Editor in Chief
10. Exploring the tunnels underneath the school! There are
secret pathways in places I never expected, and it was awesome to
wander through the depths of SHS.
9. Discussing our survival plans/spirit animals/hatred of social
interactions during layout. I have successfully learned that Mr.
Halloran is a large bird at heart, Eli absolutely loves social
activity and I would be the first to die in a zombie
apocalypse.
8. When Celeste, Monica and I danced to early 2000-era pop hits
AKA bobbed our heads and slowly bent our rock on-signaling fists
back and fourth.
7. My first above-the-fold article. It was about the weirdly
controversial Alterra-to-Colectivo name change, and I can remember
coming home to my always-supportive (!) parents, being super
excited to share my ac-
complishment.6. Simon Earle. That boy gets an entire
number dedicated to him. When he actually attended layout, this
senior would spend his time prancing about in his dance pants,
ask-ing Anjana to be his girlfriend or misbehaving until
Monica/Ananya/I locked him out of the library. He was a funny and
ever-so-slightly alarming guy to my sophomore eyes.
5. Talking to a writer and her family as they told me I actually
made a difference in the girls life. It was one of the sincerest,
nicest things I have ever heard, and I am still so honored. Thank
you again :).
4. Interview-ing oh so many incredible alumni for feature
articles. Their accomplish-ments are awe-inspiring these
people include a large-scale journalist, local musician (cough
Fred Bliffert, featured in my article this issue, whos personal
achieve-ments didnt fit in the article but are crazy), Talking
Heads band member and Hollywood film directors. But, as incredible
as their ac-complishments are, their kind nature brings them to the
top of the list. All of these men did their best to help out a
student writer, and all were positive human beings in their
actions.
3. Ripples making a splash.2 . 5 . A l l o f
the Ians mac and cheese pizza we ordered.
2 . 2 5 . T h a t time when Katie and I attempted to pay for
dinner and took ten minutes trying and fail-ing to organize our
money.
2.125. Abusing
my executive power as Editor in Chief to give myself way more
than ten top moments.
2. (For real). Getting to know all of the editors. High school
is definitely not always easy or fun, and getting mushy here the
nice people I worked with throughout the years created a safe
atmosphere where I could return. I looked forward to layout so I
could surround myself with intelligent, hilarious, kind human
beings, all of whom had their own personalities (see #6) and
motivations. No matter how strange we got, everyone remained
accepting, and I could really be myself.
1. This year was all about lasts, but my all-time favorite
memory occurred at the end of my first layout as Editor in Chief. I
was the final one to leave, and as I turned off my hectic rap
music, pushed in my chair and looked at the silent Ripples room, I
felt both pride for completing Issue I and anticipation for the
future. I can clearly remember think-ing that it was going to be a
good year, and Id say it definitely was.Ben Davis
Monica DixManaging Editor of Staff
10. Drawing penguins in every single empty photo box as a copy
editor and delaying layout so we could finish perfecting them, just
in time for the pages to be recycled and never seen again.
9. Locking Simon Earle out of the library that we were exiled to
during summer layout and having him serenade Elena and I to let him
back inside, which quickly escalated and became terrifying as he
ran around the school, going back and forth between the sets of the
doors on both sides of the library.
8. Different parts of my body being featured in Ripples when we
needed filler
photos, most memorably a photo of me bending over for a dress
code opinion, which became alarmingly large on the page once
printed.
7. Perfecting my abilities to fling Hallorans keys down the
length of the entire third floor hallway at high speeds with the
hall squad at all hours.
6 . My very first Ripples article when I a lmos t didnt
interview anyone because I was too scared to talk to anyone in
person, even though I just had to interview my swim team
teammates.
5. Going to school board meetings as the only student there and
contributing my perspective to the group as well as witnessing key
decisions like the modification of the start time and changes in
key administrators.
4. Writing an opinion about gym class for athletes and affecting
actual change in the
health department program policies for junior year gym class.
Moreover, receiving feedback from people on both sides of the
conflict and realizing the long-term impact of my opinion on
teachers and students
made me more aware of the effects of my opinion and the
importance of writing informed and writing to inform.
3. Going to Hallorans room at least once a week for life advice
in my senior year and having really fascinating discussions about
everything and nothing in particular.
2. Interviewing candidates for two years of school board
elections and meeting people who inspired me to be active in and to
question local politics.
1. Writing an article that was entirely ghost stories from all
of the schools in the district and traveling through the tunnels
with Mr. Kenney, all in pursuit of content for our Spooky Shorewood
spread. This resulted in my current belief that at least one of the
schools is legitimately haunted.
Ben DavisPhoto Editor
Olivia LoomisPhoto Editor
10. Sometimes-questionable music choices during layout week, but
mostly good music that makes the time even more enjoyable.
9. Most of the time when Mr. Carey visited us he brought us
food. Again, whats not to love?
8. My favorite photo I ever took for Ripples is a photo of the
Plensa when there was a big scandal with the sculpture.
7. Whenever we didnt have a good photo for an article, we had to
take a quick filler photo, most of the time of hands typing. It was
always interesting trying to
get a creative shot.6. Once upon a time not long ago,
Celeste drew a picture of my face on the whiteboard and
continued to experiment with the new snapchat face swap function
using the drawing and my own face. It was the best day ever.
5. Whenever placing photos right after the page is finished,
there would be joke titles, which were most of the time so bad that
they were funny.
4. The first photo I turned in, a bublr bikes photo, was well
received by the staff at Ripples back in my sophomore year, which
was a good feeling.
3. I always remember at the end of each year the college maps
coming out, which was one of the best times at the end of the year.
Seeing where everyone is going to college who I know is very
interesting.
2. Eating out awesome food and even getting a free slice of Ians
mac and cheese pizza, whats not to love?
1. This is by far my favorite photo in Ripples:
10. I learned to navigate the interwebs with fierce, and perhaps
alarming, speed and accuracy as I tragically became accustomed to
scouring Facebook pages and blog posts for last minute emergency
photos. If you are an involved student, I have probably frequented
your Facebook page more than a few times to steal or, ahem, borrow,
some pics...
9. The forms of post-layout recreation. Namely, developing my
skateboarding and key-throwing skills on the silky floor of the
third floor admin building.
8. Sharing in many rousing choruses of The Weight with the class
of 2019. This class holds a tender place in my heart. Their passion
was manifested in many forms: a thrown chair, a Culvers receipt
that was ten thousand items long, strangely elaborate Secret Santa
gifts. Throughout the last school year, I was humbled and inspired
by the characters from the class of 2019.
7. Being a part of the Ripples tradition. Its an honor to
participate in a group that has earned a voice and, dare I say, an
influence, in its community. Ripples alumni are some pretty radical
people! Just take a look in the server; ones eyes can be
significantly enlightened after exposure to the elusive poem
entitled Ignorant Armies and other ancient gems.
6. Conversations with Halloran. Its a privilege to know this
man, if youve not shared many words with him, you are missing
out!
5. Writing absurdly pretentious captions and disgusting puns,
following which I would be ritualistically reprimanded by a
frustrated Monica.
4. The sunsets witnessed at late night layouts. They wielded the
rare power to tear the editors from our computers as we gathered in
awe around the bloody and blushing colors that the sunsets
presented to us. They felt like a gift.
3. The dance parties, man, the dance parties. Be it Kelly
Clarkson or Sylvan Esso we always jive dang hard in the Ripples
Room.
2. Learning to engage in politics. The more time I spent with
Ripples, the more I learned to appreciate the power of political
voices and perspectives. My understanding of politics and
politicians grew thanks to my coeditors.
1. Ripples consistently gifted me with compelling dialogue and
important friendship that shaped not only my experience at
Shorewoood, but entire worldview.
Celeste Carroll
10. Kat, Lizzie and Emma danced to Kelly Clarkson; Eli hummed
Yiddish folksongs.
9. We scoured every boys bathroom in the school to find Jack
Tettings artwork, which was no longer on display and then we
sprinted through the dark halls for thrills.
8. Dylan threw a chair in a fit of rage, and fearlessly enforced
discipline.
7. We watched countless sunsets through the west staircase
window; we did our copy editing in the golden hour.
6. We stayed long after layout was over, bowling with car keys
and pondering the mysteries of the universe. Mr. Halloran could
have married for a horse and ten
acres.5. We made enemies of every group
that attempted to use the library after 7:00pm during layout; we
racked up extensive tabs at City Market, consumed record amounts of
pizza, pillaged the teachers lounge and bought food from highly
questionable sources.
4. The secrets of the tunnels were
revealed, Shorewoods icons were interviewed, the drama buildings
rodent problem was uncovered and Eli Frank, local pest, emerged
from the toilet. Looks like hell, said a witness familiar with the
issue.
3. We felt the rush of seeing our work start conversations and
inspire change; we challenged injustice, celebrated achievement,
opposed Matt Sweetwood and
shoveled snow. 2. We said goodbye to our favorite
senior editors, only vaguely understanding that someday we would
have to leave, too.
1. We transformed into engaged and aware citizens, learned how
to think critically and with open minds, discovered the power of
the press and made the dearest friends.
Sydney WidellFeatures Editor
Celeste CarrollCeleste Carroll
Celeste Carroll
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Ripples Class of 2016 RipplesJune 1, 2016page eleven
Celeste CarrollCopy Edit
Im so incredibly proud and honored that I got to create a
sustainable website for Ripples so that our devoted readers can
catch up on Shorewood news anytime and anywhere
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Arts & Entertainment June 1, 2016Ripplespage twelve
Shorewood Drama presented the WWII musical, South Pacific, on
May 19, 20 and 21.
Walking into the lobby, the crowd was a combination of excited
drama parents, community members, students and families with young
children, all ready to see a family friendly classic. As I looked
for my seat, I saw many children under 10 running up and down the
aisles; something I obviously didnt see in more controversial
productions.
Devoid of any prior knowledge to what I was about to see, I was
unsure of what to expect. I pictured it to be a classic family
friendly, light-hearted and carefree production about a group of
fun soldiers looking for romance. However, within the first few
numbers, I was pleasantly surprised by the romantic, yet serious,
themes of the story.
With the fantastic orchestra pit, costumes, French dialogue and
performances by the ensemble and main cast, I felt that I had been
transported to a different time and place.
The musical tells the tale of nurse Nellie Forbush, played by
Ella Curran, senior, as she falls for a French plantation owner,
Emile de Becque, played by Zach Lipo Zovic, senior, on an island in
the south pacific during WWII. With energetic ensemble numbers,
like There is Nothin Like a Dame and Im Gonna Wash That Man Right
Outa My Hair, as well as slow and emotional performances like Some
Enchanted Evening and Younger Than Springtime, the show brings a
classic
South Pacific surprises with in-depth storyby Shimana Bose
production to the community.
The show began with the touching Dites-Moi sung by Ngana, played
by Sofia Hansen-Cardona, seventh grade, and Jerome, played by
Matthew Aldana, third grade. Their playful number set the stage for
Currans humorous and lively performance of A Cockeyed Optimist. The
mood changed again with Lipo Zovics performance of Some Enchanted
Evening, setting the scene with romantic yet peaceful tones.
In the second scene, Bloody Mary shifts the mood once again from
a slow romance to playful and lively with the ensembles
choreography and singing. The show changes again and again, and
ends on a romantic note with Finale Ultimo; a happily ever
after.
Throughout the show there was plenty of light-hearted humor,
merriment (especially from the sailors) and colorful swimsuits.
However, as a classic, South Pacific still remains rooted in a
different time, with
themes of racism and war preventing a completely candy-colored
experience. Throughout the play we see the bigotry toward race
towards the pacific islanders, as well as the actualities of war.
This brings a balance to the romantic aspects of the show.
As director Joe King writes in the directors notes, Classical
musicals are classics for a reason They are beautiful and charming
and were groundbreaking in their own time.
While South Pacific is unlike the more progressive plays the
drama department is known for, such as American Idiot, Cabaret or
Spring Awakening, it still maintains a level of controversy, and is
open to criticism, which is necessary, classic or not.
The performance of Youve Got to be Carefully Taught by Lt. Joe
Cable, played by Ryan Groeschel, sophomore, highlights themes of
racism, and even analyzes the roots of racism and bigotry. After
such merry numbers, the last thing I expected was such a deep and
thought-provoking performance, one whose ideas can be applicable
even today.
The play also touched on the casualties of war, and the effect
it has on those left behind.
In addition, to raise awareness, the performance also utilized
the themes and setting during WWII to benefit the community by
raising funds for veterans.
I was pleasantly surprised by South Pacific, as I was expecting
a jovial army romance. By the end, however, I felt South Pacific
was an ebullient and cheerful, yet thought-provoking, performance
which brought many unexpected messages to the stage.
Ella Curran and Zach Lipo Zovic, seniors, sing a romantic duet
in South Pacific. While the musical was romantic and upbeat, it
also tackled serious themes.
Olivia Poole
After controversial performances, drama opts for family
classic
Puzzle section: Issue 10 crossword and solutionsby Shimana
Bose
ACROSS1. Disrespect 5. Dove sounds9. Enemy 12. Inactive 13.
Leave out 14. Past participle of light 15. ____ on Me 16. Canadian
music group 17. Middle-earth race 18. Physical worker 20.
Unreliable person 22. Purge 23. All ____ sudden (two words) 24.
Actor, writer and director, ____ Hawke 27. Roped 31. Busy as a
_____
32. American indie band33. Mobster, Patrick ____34. Famous
romantic novelist, ______ Cartland 37. See you in a ____39. Private
doctoral university in Rochester, New York 40. Last letter 41.
Spanish goodbye 44. Sells 48. ___ Weasley 49. Secret hideout 51.
Stare 52. Latin for and other things (abbr.)53. Brand of whiteboard
markers 54. One of the Great Lakes 55. Agency founded after
9/11
56. Views 57. Bag
DOWN1. Type of pickle 2. Light bulb over the head 3. Thick piece
of stone 4. Spanish Mrs. 5. Encrypted 6. Character from HBO series,
The Wire, ____ Devone Little 7. Petroleum 8. Wizard weapons
(plural) 9. Pest for dogs and cats 10. Pig sound 11. Suffix
denoting small size 19. Main character of Blue Exorcist, ____
Okumura 21. ____ Vegas 23. Needed to move a rowboat 24. Recede 25.
British drink 26. Female version of him 27. Grassy field 28.
Demon29. Anguilliformes 30. Baseball player, ____ Gordon 32. Mona
Lisa 35. Brother (abbreviated) 36. Found in a supermarket or
theater 37. Get married 38. Shrubs (plural) 40. Six are in a
million 41. Commune in France 42. Polka ___43. Largest
pre-Columbian empire 44. Romans made this out of lead 45. Tomb
Raider, ____ Croft 46. Iliad is this type of poem 47. Look for 50.
Strong deodorant
Issue 9 solution
Issue 10 solution
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Arts & EntertainmentJune 1, 2016 Ripplespage thirteen
Jeff Tweedy, the contemporary folk-rock icon, performed at his
annual benefit for education at The Vic Theater in Chicago on May
14.
For years, Tweedy has led the much beloved and critically
acclaimed band, Wilco, writing a majority of their songs and
creating an eclectic discography with roots ranging from country to
noise rock. Every year in early May, Tweedy holds a special concert
in Chicago whose profits go to scholarships for Chicago
students.
The entire night seemed to be all about the fans, from the fact
that the tickets cost slightly more than usual (a tactic to both
raise more money and separate the casual Wilco fans from the
diehards), to Tweedys choice to allow the set list to be chosen by
the first 30 people in line at the door.
Tweedy plays fan-focused show at The Vic
Jeff Tweedy strums an acoustic guitar at a benefit concert at
The Vic Theater in Chi-cago on May 14. The show brought all the
best of a Tweedy performance.
Maeve McKaig
by Max Janairo
This spontaneity in song selection gave the show variety,
featuring both classic Wilco songs such as Misunderstood and Im
Always In Love, as well as several covers ranging from Bob Dylans
soaring epic of destiny, Simple Twist of Fate to
the late David Bowies incomparable take on outer space, Space
Oddity.
Though Tweedy managed to pul l a beautiful and nuanced s h o w o
u t o f t h e suggestions, he was qu i te voca l o f h i s
disappointment in the fans choices, joking, [The fans] want to
hear
a lot of 12-minute songs in a row that are very sad which
probably wont be any good But I think I pulled a decent show out of
a pile of crap.
This playful banter continued throughout the show, cementing
Tweedys place as one of
the quickest witted and genuine performers in music.
During lulls in the show when switching to new songs, Tweedy
would often answer questions that were submitted by audience
members, often with uproarious stories and honest monologues. These
brief vignettes endeared Tweedy to the crowd, creating a friendly
and laid back atmosphere, prompting Tweedy to say, You guys are
cooler than I thought youd be. I mean, a Saturday night crowd with
an open bar can be a little crazy, especially for a guy with an
acoustic guitar.
But the fact that Tweedy was armed only with his light acoustic
strumming and his raspy, emotive voice did not detract at all from
the mood of the show. His subtly beautiful interpretation of each
song left the crowd in a constant state of awe, something difficult
for other performers.
The audience was a respectful group, apart from a few drunken
outbursts (which Tweedy responded to with loving sarcasm), but they
still maintained enthusiasm.
Generally, a sense of admiration and love emanated from the room
to the stage as the night progressed, culminating in an all
out explosion of warmth when Tweedy was joined onstage by his
two sons, Spencer and Sammy. The former joined his father on the
drums in 2014 to form the band Tweedy, and released the acclaimed
album Sukierae. The two toured extensively, which formed an onstage
bond that could easily be seen as soon as Spencer walked out during
the benefit.
The real surprise of the night was hearing the angelic voice of
Sammy Tweedy, who sang a cover of Big Stars song of adolescent
longing Thirteen. A collective gasp came over the crowd as soon as
the first few haunting notes came from Sammys mouth, prompting cell
phones to be drawn from pockets like swords from their sheaths in
desperate attempts to capture the voice of the next generation of
the Tweedy family.
This appearance