Faculty
As of 2006, there are more than 100 full and part time faculty members at Shorewood High School. Faculty have on average approximately twenty eight years of teaching experience, and 72% of faculty have graduate degrees. Biology teacher Paul Witt was awarded State Biology Teacher of the year for 2004-2005. In November/December 2010, math teachers Jill Owen and Paul Villanueva were awarded Symmetra/Seahawks Heroes in the Classroom. Through the program Shorewood won an additional prize one of three schools to be awarded the Symmetra/Seahawks Heroes in the Classroom MVP school winning a $10,000 grant toward geometry manipulatives. For 2008–Present Shorewood has been recognized by Newsweek magazine as one of America's Best High School ranking in the top 5% of all schools in America.
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