Co-Curricular Clubs & Activities

AFS promotes international understanding by sponsoring students from other countries for a year at Shorewood High School. We provide opportunities to know these students better, to learn about other parts of the world, and to consider participation in AFS programs in the United States and the world. Please e-mail Mr. Schulteis for info on meeting times.

Advisor/s:

Brian Schulteis

Advisor: John Jacobson

The Art Club is comprised of a group of interested students who wish to become involved with a spectrum of art activities such as making art projects, raising funds for art scholarships, going on field trips, and helping the school and community with their activities.

Advisor:

Sonja Juffer

Best Buddies operates as a student-run friendship club, which creates buddy pairs between students with and without disabilities.

Advisor: 

Chris Gagne

Who doesn't love board games? Board Game Club meets Tuesdays at lunch in Rm. 140

Advisor: Sonja Juffer

Uses student talent and theater to create informative videos for the District. We are currently seeking students who enjoy videography, video editing, acting, writing, teaching, and technology. Broadcast Shorewood will meet Mondays during lunch, and after school as needed in Rm. 314.

Advisor:

Amanda Krueger

The Cake Decorating Club at Shorewood High School allows students to gain experience in baking, decorating, and garnishing cupcakes and cakes.  We bake our own cupcakes with recipes the club members find and would like to try.  We also make our own different kinds of frosting to decorate our cupcakes with.  Then we make embellishments out of edible material to decorate our cupcakes with. About once per month we make a large quantity of various cupcakes and sell them to students and staff at SHS to benefit the local women's shelter.  It is a very fun and hands-on club where the students learn various skills they can use in the culinary world. 

Advisor: 

Heather Clancy

In addition to our regular class responsibilities, these students perform in a number of community service events per year. Chamber Choir meets Tuesdays from 3:15-4:15 in the choir room, 273.

Advisor:

Jason Clark

To promote team/school/community support & spirit, while promoting student/community involvement.

Advisor:

Lonrae Davis

The Chess Team consists of varsity and junior varsity members that compete in the Milwaukee City Chess League from early November to early March. The season includes four home and four away matches culminating with an all-day, league-wide tournament. The team meets after school two days per week and at lunch almost daily for practice from the first week of October until the end of the season.

The Chess Club is a less formal organization of students who meet at lunch daily from the first week of October until the end of the season. Chess Club offers the opportunity for students to enjoy/learn chess in a less competitive setting. Chess Club also allows students to experience chess that otherwise may not have the time or skill to make a commitment to the Chess Team. Chess Club additionally gives those students a chance to develop their skills if at some time in the future they might want to compete with the Chess Team.

Advisor:

Troy Thibedeau

Actively fosters an atmosphere of compassion and kindness in Shorewood schools and community through word, action, and deed.

Advisors:

 Julie Cabaniss & Sue Fox

Creative Writing Club provides an environment for writers to share their work and receive critiques and  suggestions for future drafts and revisions. They meet every other Thursday during lunch in Rm. 216.

Advisor:

Mike Halloran

Desktop Publishing provides students with experience and training in the varied skills necessary to publish the Copperdome Yearbook for the High School. Students will learn the Adobe InDesign and Photoshop programs and engage in layout design, copy writing, desktop publishing technology and photography. The DP staff will also engage in some graphic design work, such as in-school advertisements, event programs, etc. Staffers are required to gather information, write effective copy, have basic computer skills and meet rigorous deadlines.

Advisor:

Jeff Zimpel

The Dragon Society, unique to Shorewood High School, is an honors group founded in the late twenties. Dragons, the leaders of our Drama Club, and sponsors select new members at the end of each semester. Criteria are: (a) membership in Drama Club for four consecutive semesters, (b) outstanding performance in one area and superior in another and (c) demonstrated leadership. Election is by unanimous consent of drama instructors.

 Advisor:

Joe King

Teaches all aspects of theater: team work, leadership, life skills, strengthens self-esteem by maintaining a tradition of excellence.
Drama Club productions take place each quarter. 

Advisor: 

Joe King

Members are given opportunities to learn about pertinent feminist issues, develop leadership and organizing skills, improve their SHS campus and community, and connect with a nationwide feminist movement.

Advisors:

Lisa Bromley & Linda Knutson

Forensics involves tournament competition in eighteen different categories. Students compete at both the individual and team level in acting categories such as play and solo acting, speaking categories such as oratory and extemporaneous, and reading categories such as prose and poetry reading.

Advisor:

Jessica Braun

The GSA promotes understanding for all cultures, specifically lesbian, gay, bi-transgender, and questioning.

Advisor:

Jessica Braun

This club gathers those who have visited, or are interested in visiting the Hogares orphanage in Guatemala, to help fundraise for the orphanage. Many students love the Guatemalan children, and the club works to help those orphans.

Advisor:

Susan Leslie

This group provides instrumentalists with the opportunity to perform music from a broad range of popular music styles.

Advisor:

Sal Terrasi

To promote an interest in the foods and practices of other cultures, specifically the Jewish heritage. Jewish Culture Club meets every other Tuesday during lunch in Rm. 304.

Advisor: Brian Schulteis

Mock Trial teaches students how to think intelligently, write clearly, speak passionately, and compete gracefully, with a little bit of law education thrown in for good measure. Student attorneys learn to conduct themselves as real lawyers would in a courtroom, giving opening statements and closing arguments that need to convince a jury of the fictional defendant’s guilt or innocence. Student witnesses learn to play a part defending their characters’ convictions on the stand. Attorneys and witnesses alike learn the importance of good sportsmanship in practices at the competition. Mock Trial helps develop poise and confidence as well as knowledge of courts and the legal system. Shorewood's Mock Trial team has a long-standing reputation as one of the best teams in Wisconsin. 

Mock Trial begins in early fall, and meets Tuesdays & Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. and Sundays from 6-8 p.m. in the Library.

Advisor:

Deb Schwinn

Students interested in international relations are offered an opportunity to discuss international issues with other Shorewood students and students from other schools. Students simulate the United Nations by selecting a country to represent and by attending the Model UN competitions held in various places around the state and nation. In the past, students have gone to UW-Milwaukee, UW-Parkside, New York City, and Harvard.

Model UN meets Thursdays at lunch in Rm. 304.

Advisor:

Brian Schulteis

The National Honor Society is a school and community service organization. Junior and senior students who have achieved a 3.6 cumulative grade point average and are willing to commit to service will be accepted upon application. A contract to complete the required service hours will be used. Students remain members by participating in continued service activities while maintaining a 3.6 GPA.

Senior NHS members will meet the first Thursday of every month during lunch in Rm. 233
Junior NHS members will meet the first Tuesday of every month during lunch in Rm. 233 

Advisor:

Brett Aiello

Our goals are to help improve our local environment with small-scale projects, by not only physically helping, but by teaching our peers about what we can do for a more sustainable future.

Advisors:

John Jacobson & Eric Mathews

Outdoor Adventure Club is designed to give students an opportunity to experience the outdoors, while gaining an appreciation and respect for the world that they live in. This experience in the outdoors may include winter camping, rock climbing, canoeing, backpacking, dog sledding, and more. The skills associated with these activities will also be taught, along with teamwork, and cooperation, the “leave no trace ethic.” Students will learn how to pack clothing, gear, and food for outdoor trips, how to respect the land, people, and equipment they travel with, and how to work with their fellow travelers to work towards a common goal. With these measures, Outdoor Adventure Club wishes to provide a passion and respect for the wilderness that will carry over into every aspect of life for each participant.

Advisor:

Mike Gregornik

Mentoring provides students with the opportunity to work with peers about personal, social, academic, and transitional issues present in their lives. Interested peer mentors will need to apply and go through training once they are selected as a mentor. Mentors will then be assigned freshman, sophomore, and/or transfer students to mentor at times throughout the school year to help address issues, learn how to make positive decisions, and/or receive help with the academic stressors (i.e. organization, homework completion, time management, etc.) of transitioning to a new school.

Applications for peer mentors are accepted in the spring. 

Advisor:

Mandy Kluck

Pegasus is two things: it is a group of students who get together every week to plan events that contribute to the literary and artistic community of SHS, and it is an art and literary magazine that comes out at the end of every school year. Pegasus-run contests have attracted dozens of submissions from students who otherwise might not have found a way to share their photograph or short stories. Poetry Nights give members and non-members a chance to enjoy reading and hearing poems for a couple of hours, without having to analyze them or write papers. Finally, at the end of the year, Pegasus members log hours and hours after school and on weekends to create a magazine filled with the work of students who submitted to the magazine over the course of the year. The end result is a beautiful publication that editors and contributors alike can be proud of.

Pegasus meets Tuesdays at 3:15 in Rm. 274 (Performing Arts building)

Advisor: 

Kyle Jacobson

This club is for those students interested in all aspects of photography. In particular, the club is oriented toward development of the skills necessary for taking pictures, developing film, and printing photographs. In addition, the club has expanded to include the growth of skills needed to utilize and take quality digital images. Students have the capability of additionally learning how to modify their digital images in the Photoshop program. It is hoped that the club will be training ground for future Ripples and Copperdome photographers, as well as hobbyists.

Advisor:

Jeff Zimpel

This one-year 8^th hour course is one credit per year, and requires the consent of the instructor. Ripples is the student newspaper that is published ten times during the school year. All staff meets regularly to learn principles of journalism, including gathering news, writing, and maintaining high journalistic standards. Work includes getting information for news stories about school events, activities, and personalities, and writing articles for Ripples. All staff are required to meet strict deadlines and expected to contribute by selling ads, taking pictures, managing subscriptions, contributing web content, and distributing the paper.

Ripples meets every Monday & Wednesday during lunch in Rm. 216.

Advisor:

Mike Halloran

The purpose of Science Club is to enhance student awareness and understanding of science, encourage and assist students with science fair projects, and support students in science competitions such as Lake Sturgeon Bowl, Science Olympiad, and SMART team.

Science Club meets Fridays during lunch in Rm. 128

Advisor:

Karen Grzybowski

Members work to craft performance poetry and build skills in use of language and presentation.

Spoken Word Club meets Wednesdays during lunch in Rm. 274 (Performing Arts building)

Advisor:

Renee Glembin

Stock Market Club increases knowledge about markets and the economy. 

Stock Market Club meets Wednesdays at lunch in Rm. 316

Advisor:

Jessica Braun

Student Council provides for student input in the areas of social activities, student concerns, community relations, and some administrative decisions. Elected representatives meet weekly to discuss ideas, plan for new events, and debate various proposals. Leadership and organizational skills can be improved through participation in Student Council.

Student Council Executive Board will meet Mondays during lunch in Rm. 137
Student Council will meet Tuesdays during lunch in Rm. 137 

Advisor:

Jim Krolikowski

Thespians is an international society aiming to promote interest in all aspects of theater, as well as attend conferences & plays, and to work for the good of the SHS Drama Dept.

Thespians rehearse after school during drama seasons in the Auditorium.

Advisor:

Joe King

Uniting Shorewood students to make an impact globally by acting locally. This club is a way for SHS students to give back to the community, through helping out the less fortunate in our community.

Volunteer Shorewood meets Thursdays during lunch in Rm. 305

Advisor:

Susan Leslie

“Youth Haiti” educates members about environmental changes in Haiti, and developing youth while building a sustainable future.

Youthaiti meets Mondays at lunch in Rm. 309

Advisor:

Christine Jacquart

Advisor:

Patrick Spreadbury