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Frequent Flyers
Student writers who earn five hole-punches on a Frequent Flyer pass earn a king size candy bar!!
Contest Winners
Winners of SWC creative writing contests receive gift cards to various local treasures including Swensons, Mitchells, Rising Star, and more!!
Most Recent Contest:
Winter Haiku Contest!
Drop by the Writing Center (Room 228) by Dec.20 to receive a contest form and get candy for entering and a chance to win a gift card!
Most Recent Contest:
Winter Haiku Contest!
Drop by the Writing Center (Room 228) by Dec.20 to receive a contest form and get candy for entering and a chance to win a gift card!
Special Guests
Our Mission Statement
The Shaker Writing Center is an enrichment junior and senior English course. Students taking this course are strong writers and communicators who have a passion for helping their peers become better writers. They are trained in effective tutoring methods before assisting other students in one-on-one and small group conferences.
Our goal is to provide a more individualized, student-centered approach to writing instruction for all students in all classes for all types of writing including the IB Personal Project, college essays, resumes, SAT essays, science lab reports, research papers, and any other writing one may want help with.
We believe that writing is central to all disciplines and subject areas, that writing should be seen as a process, that everyone can improve as a writer, and that writing is not, nor should it be, a solitary endeavor.
We also believe that the SWC is valuable not only as a tool to create better writers, but that it has the potential to foster a sense of community at Shaker Heights High School.
Peter Routman Benmar (1969-2019)
Shaker Heights High School Class of 1987
Peter Routman Benmar was a lifelong writer who was actively involved with The Shakerite as a student. Peter Routman Benmar went on to become a reporter in college at The Cornell Daily Sun and then a journalist with The Times of Northwest Indiana and The Seattle Times. He went on to work with Microsoft and later was a senior content strategist for University of Washington Continuum College. Peter battled a rare and tenacious cancer and passed away on January 7, 2019, leaving behind his wife, Claudine, his daughters Katie and Brooke, his parents Regie and Frank Routman, and countless friends.
In his honor, the Shaker Schools Foundation established an endowment to benefit our student writers and the interns of the SWC. Because of their generosity, the SWC is able to host various author visits, as well as fund conference visits, workshops, and various writing projects. We wanted to take this opportunity to express gratitude for this gift and honor Peter’s memory.
In his honor, the Shaker Schools Foundation established an endowment to benefit our student writers and the interns of the SWC. Because of their generosity, the SWC is able to host various author visits, as well as fund conference visits, workshops, and various writing projects. We wanted to take this opportunity to express gratitude for this gift and honor Peter’s memory.
Shaker Writing Center
Snow days provide a temporary break from the school building. Everyone needs that. The sheer joy of waking up to a snow day and not having to truck all the way to the school building in the early hours of the morning.