Activities


There are a wide variety of extra curricular activities offered at Shadowlawn Middle School.
 
Shadowlawn students are very active at their school and in their community. Shadowlawn Middle School encourages the students to explore their personal strengths by being active in clubs, volunteering for community service and participating in sports and the arts. Some opportunities for growth are offered during school such as Choir, Band, and Art classes. Other extracurricular activities are offered immediately after school to meet the diverse needs of the student.
 
Click on a link to find out more.
Art Club
Basketball
Beta/ Honor Society
Newspaper
Peer Mediators
Cheerleading
Yearbook
Choir and Band
Choir Site

Builder's Club
 
 
Environmental Club

Community Service
Dance Team

Student Council

Students for Christ

Book Club
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Choir

Shadowlawn Middle School Choirs have a long reputation for excellence in performance and competition. Our choirs have consistently scored high at local, regional and national music festivals. This year our program consists of three choirs which meet during the school day and two select choirs which meet after school.
 
The 6th Grade Concert Choir, 7th Grade Concert Choir and 8th Grade Concert Choir all meet 2 - 3 times a week and perform a Christmas concert, Spring concert and compete at the WTVMEA Jr. High Choral Festival in May. Last year's choirs all earned Superior ratings at Festival, the highest possible rating.
Show Choir is an audition group which is selected in October. This high energy group sings and dances to pop, jazz or show tunes. Last year's group received Superior ratings and 1st place at the Music in the Parks Festival in St. Louis, Missouri with their medley from the musical "Footloose".

Honor Choir is a group selected by the director from the best choral students in 7th and 8th grade choirs to sing more difficult literature. Both Honor and Show choirs travel in the Spring to compete in a national competition.
 
Choir Website

 

Band
The Shadowlawn Band students had an awesome 08-09 school year! Eight of our Band students were selected for the All-West TN Jr. High Bands. The Shadowlawn Middle School Honor Band earned straight Superior Ratings (from all three judges) at the March 11, 2009, WTSBOA Concert Festival (Memphis, TN) and the April 24, 2009 Six Flags Music Festival in St. Louis, MO. Additionally, the Shadowlawn Band was presented with their 3rd Tennessee Bandmaster’s Sweepstakes Award in April 09 at the TNMEA (TN Music Educator’s Convention) held in Nashville, TN. Congratulations to the SMS Band students on your tremendous accomplishments! We are proud of you!
     The award winning Shadowlawn Middle School Bands are comprised of 6th Grade Beginning Band,  7th Grade Beginning Band, 7th Grade Intermediate Band and 8th Grade Band.  All Band students present Fall and Spring Concerts and participate in the WTSBOA Solo & Ensemble Festival. Band students also perform a holiday concert at area nursing homes.
     The Honor Band performs at the WTSBOA Concert Festival and a national concert festival- usually an overnight trip.  
     The Band Boosters provide financial support for the Band program.  The Band Boosters sponsor parties, fund raisers and other events for the Band students. For more information, please check this link: http://www.shadowlawnband.org
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Art Club
In order to be selected for the Art Club, prospective members must submit a portfolio filled with different aspects of art to the sponsor and current Art Club members. If selected, these students must then submit a still life picture for evalualtion. Students are selected based on the submitted final drawings. Art members meet weekly depending on competitions and participate in many local, state and national art competitions. These competitions include the annual Arts in the Park and Junior Scholastic Art Competitions.
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Builder's Club
Builder's Club is a student led community service organization whose objectives are to provide opportunities for working together in service to school and community; to develop leadership potential; to foster the development of strong moral character; and to encourage loyalty to school, community, and nation. Builder's Club is the largest service organization for middle school students in the world. It is sponsored by Kiwanis International and the local Bartlett Kiwanis Club. They are a part of the Kiwanis family which include the Key Clubs at the high school level and Circle K clubs at the college level. The Builder's Club at Shadowlawn will be working with Special Olympics, LeBonheur Children's Hospital, and the local Kiwanis Club. Any student may join the Builder's Club with the recommendation of their homeroom teacher.
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Environmental Club
This club was new to Shadowlawn in 2002-2003. These energetic students help to make the campus of ours a little but nicer by planting flowers, shrubs, and generally sprucing up.
 
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National Junior Beta Club
 
The Shadowlawn Middle School Beta Club is a service organization that sponsors the Alzheimer's Day Center at Kennedy Park and the Salvation Army's Angel Tree. The Club's services to the day care center include visiting the center to interact with the participants, buying presents at Christmas for the participants, and gifts for the center. Members choose three or four angels at Christmas for the Salvation Army's Angel Tree. These angels receive great gifts and the Beta Club ensures they have wonderful surprises on Christmas morning. Membership in the National Junior Beta Club are selected in the following manner:
1. The candidates for Beta Club membership are selected by Shadowlawn Middle School Faculty.
2. The candidate must have a 3.45 GPA.
3. The candidate must have good conduct grades, no N's or U's.
4. The candidates must have good teacher recommendations from each teacher on his/her team.
5. Community service is also one of the considerations.
 
National Junior Honor Society
Distinguishing itself as the most elite academic organization, club, or institution at Shadowlawn Middle School, the Ward L. Harvey chapter of the National Junior Honor Society holds the top four percent of our academically motivated students. It is a service organization and the members are selected by the Shadowlawn Middle School faculty. Members must possess high academic achievement (3.67 GPA) as well as qualities such as character, service, leadership, and citizenship. The club's service projects include: giving Thanksgiving baskets for the needy, collecting toys for the MIFA toy drive, and helping with the PTA Kids-Kan food drive. An individual from the National Junior Honor Society reads the morning announcements each day, leading the Pledge of Allegiance over the school's intercom system.The National Junior Honor Society induction ceremony is held each spring for any seventh or eighth grade students willing to push toward the ultimate academic and scholastic discipline.
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Peer Mediators
Peer Mediators help other students resolve their differences by allowing them to talk them out. Many students who were peer mediators in their elementary schools find their skills useful in the middle school setting.
 
 
 
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Student Council
The Student Council at Shadowlawn Middle School is a leadership organization whose purpose is to provide students with an opportunity to experience and practice leadership skills while serving their school and community. Representatives of this organization will serve as liaisons between the student body and the faculty/administration to help to improve the quality of the educational program by providing suggestions and organizing projects that will assist and benefit not only the students, but the school as a whole. One representative will be elected from each 6th, 7th, and 8th grade homeroom. Candidates for Student Council should maintain at least a C average in all academic and MAPS classes, and should maintain an S or better in conduct. Once elected, representatives are expected to be positive role models to their peers. The Shadowlawn Middle School Student Council will meet once monthly. Currently, we meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. However, that may change soon due to other club meetings that are also held on that day. The Student Council is given the prestigious honor of conducting (daily) opening announcements for the school.
Additionally, The Student Council has sponsored and/or participated in the following school events: 1) [Helped to establish] The 8th Grade Recognition Ceremony. 2) [Recommended] School P.E. uniforms (this was later approved by admin.) 3) Valentine's For Vets and other Valentine's Day fundraisers. 4) Work concessions during home basketball games. 5) [Helped to organize] Spirit Week. We look forward to your interest and participation in our organization.
 
 
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Students for Christ
At Shadowlawn Middle School, the Students for Christ club is a group that meets once a week for approximately an hour to pray, sing, read the Bible, listen to speakers, serve others, and encourage one another. Anyone is welcome to attend at any point during the year. Usually, the group mostly consists of students who attend Baptist churches; however, many different denominations are represented, and students of any and all religions are welcome to come and ask questions. Students for Christ is students-initiated, student-led and student-run. This group is organized and led by a council of officers: President, Program Director, Service Leader, Secretary, treasurer, and Refreshment Leader. Each officer heads up a committee. The officers and committee members meet weekly to plan the meetings, create Bible study lessons, invite guest speakers, organize activities.
 
 
 
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The Cougar Claws Newspaper
The Cougar Claws Newspaper is published four times during the school year. Shadowlawn students are the reporters. It is the reporters' job to find the stories on campus, then write the article for the newspaper.
 
 
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The Cougar Yearbook
The Shadowlawn Yearbook Staff is for any student interested in designing and creating the school yearbook. Students learn how to produce layouts, create captions, proofread pages, and size pictures. Staff meetings begin after school pictures are taken and end at our last deadline in February.
 
 
 
 
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Book Club
The purpose of this club is to celebrate literature and a love of books by reading selected titles, sharing ideas, and exchanging opinions with other students. Book Club will meet the 1st Monday of each month from 2:15-3:30 p.m. Each month the group will discuss an assigned book and complete an activity or craft realted to the book.
 
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Community Involvement
Shadowlawn Middle School's faculty, staff and students are committed to helping the comminuty. Most of the clubs and organizations at Shadowlawn have a specific charity they sponsor yearly or they choose a different charity based on student input. Some of the projects include: Chunk your Change for Alheimer's, Secret Santa for struggling families, MIFA toy drive, Thanksgiving food baskets for the homeless or the Salvation Army's Angel tree.
 
 
 
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Sports
 
Shadowlawn Middle sponsors two basketball teams, a cheerleading squad and dance team that competes with the other middle schools in the Shelby County System. Students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades are eligible to tryout. Practices are scheduled after school. Students who participate in these groups have indicated a desire to contribute time and energy for the good of themselves, the team, and their school. We expect our athletes to be good representatives of Shadowlawn Middle wherever they go.
 
All students are encouraged to attend the games and support our teams.
 
Girls Basketball
In 2008-2009, the girls basketball team won the North District Championship and placed 4th in the Shelby County Championship.
 

Boys Basketball

During their after school practices the team perfects their plays and shots. In 2008-2009, the boys basketball team placed second in the North District Championship and fourth in the Shelby County Championship.
 
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Cheerleaders
The Shadowlawn Middle School cheerleaders are a group of girls chosen to lead our basketball teams to victory. Tryouts are in May of the previous year. Girls are chosen to be cheerleaders based on their enthusiasm, coordination, spirit, and conduct. Each year the cheerleaders learn several pom routines, sidelines, and building cheers as well as several half time routines. This is a competative squad.
 
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Trendsetters
The Shadowlawn Cougar Trendsetters was added as a dance team at Shadowlawn in 2003-2004. Tryouts are held at the end of the school year so practice can start as soon as school starts in August. The dance team practices after school throughout the week and performs at the basketball home games.
 
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Band
Choir
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball







Cheerleading
Newspaper Staff
Yearbook Staff
National Junior Beta Club







National Junior Honor Society
Art Club
Student Council
Students for Christ







Builders' Club
Environmental Club
Peer Mediators
Black History Challenge







Kids Kan
St. Jude Math-a-thon