1848 – first school built on the present site of Shorewood High School campus.  Destroyed by fire in 1864 and 1895 – rebuilt in 1896 at northeast corner of Capitol and Oakland.

1908 – present village hall built as a four room elementary school in then East Milwaukee

1913 – School Board purchased seven acres of land for today’s Atwater School – front half completed in 1915 with eleven classrooms, back half in 1919 with eleven more classrooms and an auditorium-gymnasium – high school students went to Riverside High School as tuition students

1915 – St. Robert Elementary School opened with first four grades, added a new grade each year thereafter

1922 - Shorewood Opportunity School opened providing adult evening classes in languages, art classes, sewing, photography, commercial skills and other enrichment areas – sponsored Travel and Adventure Series, North Shore Children’s Theater, and Shorewood Players - merged with MATC in 1970

1924 Lake Bluff Elementary School opened first section of 6 classrooms – 1930, main wing completed – 1932, third phase completed

1925 - Shorewood High School Administration Building with 7^th and 8^th grades and Manual Arts Building (today’s Fitness Center) open with first graduating class the same year 

1928 – H.S. Physical Education Building, North Gym, and heating plant completed

1929 – H.S. Science Building completed

1930 – H.S. Swimming Pool completed

1935 – H.S. and community auditorium building completed – auditorium patterned on Radio City Music Hall in New York

1951 – New H.S. Gym and Youth Center completed

1970 – Intermediate School built and Early Childhood Center additions made to Atwater and Lake Bluff

1976 – Esser Pool built

2003 – H.S. Science addition opened

4 and 5 year kindergarten present in the 1920s

H.S. curriculum in 20s included college prep math, science, languages, English, history. A major portion of early H.S. staff, men and women, possessed university degrees at a time when normal school was the major teacher training; many also had advanced degrees – a separate salary schedule existed for the H.S. until the 1950s

Emphasis on the arts with band, orchestra, vocal music and drama all part of school programs from the 20s and were rapidly provided superior facilities in all areas – included such instruction as piano and drama production

A wide range of physical education and sports for high school students was offered from the beginning made possible by excellent facilities

Ripples, Copperdome, National Honor Society and many extra curricular activities such as debate introduced in the 20s

Health exams conducted for each student in schools beginning in the 30s with a dental hygienist present in the schools

From the 1920s to the 1960s, Shorewood was high school for tuition students from Butler, Whitefish Bay, Brookfield, Fox Point, Bayside, Glendale, Mequon and Thiensville, until high schools were built in those areas

Shorewood consistently considered one of the best school systems in the Milwaukee area – highest ranked in metro area, Milwaukee Journal, 1997 and Milwaukee Magazine, 1998

State test scores indicate a high level of proficiency in all subject areas

On national tests, Shorewood students score higher than the state average even as Wisconsin ranks as one of the highest achieving states, most recently first in ACT scores

Among first school districts in the state to offer elementary foreign language instruction
Among the first to offer full day 5 year kindergarten

Public Policy Forum award for intergovernmental cooperation, 1994

Public Policy Forum award for the Fitness Center as an unique public-private endeavor, 1999