Everything about Shorewood High School Wisconsin totally explained
Shorewood High School is a comprehensive
public high school located in the village of
Shorewood,
Wisconsin, as part of the
Shorewood School District.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 667 students and 43.1 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.5.
Performing Arts
Shorewood High School's Band,
Choir
, Orchestra, and Drama departments are located in the school's Performing Arts Building, whose 1,000-seat auditorium was modeled after
Radio City Music Hall in
New York City.
The Shorewood Drama Department has been under the direction of Barbara Gensler for over thirty years, producing a minimum of three shows annually. The Shorewood Drama Department was the first high school in its area to perform the musical "
A Chorus Line" in 1986, and the first in the nation to perform "
Rent" (the high school edition) in 2006. Also in 2006, they performed "
Urinetown the Musical". The high school has been mentioned in
The New York Times along with three other schools for its outstanding theater and its ability to "spend more money on a drama production than on their director's annual salary."
Athletics
State Tournament History
1924-25: Boys Tennis Champion
1925-26: Boys Tennis Champion
1926-27: Boys Tennis Champion
1928-29: Boys Tennis Champion
1931-32: Boys Swimming & Diving Runner-Up (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1932-33: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1933-34: Boys Swimming & Diving Runner-Up (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1934-35: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1935-36: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1936-37: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1936-37: Boys Basketball Class B Quarterfinal
1937-38: Boys Basketball Quarterfinal
1937-38: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1938-39: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1938-39: Boys Basketball Quarterfinal
1939-40: Boys Basketball Quarterfinal
1939-40: Boys Swimming & Diving Runner-Up (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1940-41: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1940-41: Boys Basketball Quarterfinal
1941-42: Boys Basketball Champion
1941-42: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1942-43: Boys Swimming & Diving Champion (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1948-49: Boys Swimming & Diving Runner-Up (Coach Peter Colosimo)
1954-55: Boys Basketball 1st Round
1960-61: Boys Track & Field Class B Runner-Up (Coach Leonard Leverson)
1965-66: Boys Track & Field Class B Runner-Up (Coach Leonard Leverson)
1974-75: Girls Volleyball Class B Semi-Final (Coach Sarah Kneser)
1975-76: Girls Volleyball Class B Runner-Up (Coach Sarah Kneser)
1980-81: Boys Basketball Class B Semi-Finalist
1981-82: Girls Tennis Runner-Up (Coach Cheri Strother)
1990-91: Girls Volleyball Division 2 Semi-Final
1994-95: Girls Gymnastics Division 1 Champion (Coach Robert Bradley)*
1995-96: Girls Gymnastics Division 1 Champion (Coach Robert Bradley)*
1994-95: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach David Westfahl)
1995-96: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach David Westfahl)
1996-97: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach David Westfahl)
1996-97: Girls Gymnastics Division 1 Runner-Up (Coach Robert Bradley)*
1997-98: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach David Westfahl)
1997-98: Boys Soccer Division 2 Champion
2000-01: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Champion (Coach Tim Kenney)
2000-01: Boys Tennis Division 2 Runner-Up (Coach Kevin Francis)
2000-01: Boys Volleyball Quarterfinal
2001-02: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach Robby McCabe)
2001-02: Boys Volleyball Semi-Final
2002-03: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Runner-Up (Coach Robby McCabe)
2003-04: Girls Swimming & Diving Division 2 Champion (Coach Robby McCabe)
2003-04: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Champion (Coach Tim Kenney)
2004-05: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Champion (Coach Dominic Newman)
2004-05: Boys Soccer Division 2 Runner-Up (Coach Carlos Gomez)
2005-06: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Champion (Coach Dominic Newman)
2005-06: Boys Volleyball Semi-Final
2006-07: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Champion (Coach Dominic Newman)
2007-08: Boys Cross Country Division 2 Runner-Up (Coach Dominic Newman)
- - Co-Op team with Whitefish Bay High School
Cross Country
Shorewood's boys' cross country program is one of the strongest in the state. Led by head coach Dominic Newman, the team won four straight WIAA Division 2 State Championships (2003-06), making them the first Division 2 school ever to do so. They also won the 2000 Division 2 State Meet under former coach Tim Kenney, who resigned after the 2003 championship.
The 2006 meet saw Shorewood winning by a narrow margin of two points over top-ranked
Monroe High School (96) and
Catholic Memorial High School (99). Team member Dennis Walsh became the first runner in state history to be the top runner on his team on four consecutive championship teams.
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