This past year the choir at Shadowlawn made great strides with its new director, Clavin Ellis.  Now there are four choirs which rehearse during the school day, 6th grade mixed choir, 7th grade women's choir, 8th grade women's choir, and 7th and 8th grade mixed choir.  After school the Shadowlawn Show Choir meets at least 4 hours a week.  This is a choir which requires the students to be able to sing and do choreography.  All choirs perform in the Christmas and Spring concerts along with several competitions throughout the year.  In addition to these performances there are many opportunities for students to audition for solos and the annual talent show.  There is a rental fee for the students uniforms.

Shadowlawn proudly displays trophies from the best middle school band in Shelby County. Beginner band is offered to 6th graders. Advanced band is offered to 7th and 8th graders. Students are required to furnish their own instruments with only a few available through the school. Rental/purchase information will be made available to parents. Students are expected to practice and develop their skills so that they can make a meaningful contribution to the band. They are expected to attend all performances as part of their grade. Participation in the band is a very rewarding experience. The pride associated with our band program is a big factor in its success. If you would like to learn more about our band, log on to www.shadowlawnband.org

Membership in clubs is open to all students who meet the membership criteria. Every student will profit from the varied experiences which he/she enjoy as a member of a club. Regular meetings will be held after school with each club announcing its schedule. Shadowlawn proudly offers the Art Club ,Cougar Pride Team, National Jr. Beta Club , National Jr. Honor Society, Newspaper Staff, Pep Club, Science Olympiad, Sign Language Club, and Yearbook Staff.
 
 

P.R.I.D.E.... Stands for Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education. The Cougar Pride Team is open to all Shadowlawn Middle School Students and meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays after school. The Pride Team meets to plan and perform skits, plays, songs, and have fun in a drug free environment. It is the goal of Pride Teams across America to spread the message that students can have fun without using substances of abuse and that friends are the strongest support to stay drug free. The Cougar Pride Team sponsors the Red Ribbon Week celebration in October of each year. Ms. Evelyn Joyner, Guidance Counselor, is the sponsor of the Cougar Pride Team.
 

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.
 
 

The Ward L. Harvey chapter of the National Junior Honor Society is a service organization and the members are selected by the Shadowlawn Middle School faculty. Members must possess high academic achievement 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. National Junior Honor Society members also lead the school in saying the pledge each day. The National Junior Honor Society is sponsored by Ms. Evelyn R. Hill, Mrs. Mary Ann Krause, and Mrs. Gaynell Perry.
 

Shadowlawn Middle School is proud to offer an after school program designed to teach students Sign Language. Sign Language is a visual-gestural system of communication. There are two different types of Sign Language called American Sign Language and English Sign Language. American Sign Language (ASL) is the type of Sign Language that most people in America and Canada use. ASL differs from other Sign Languages as much as English differs from other spoken languages. The Shadowlawn Sign Language Club is sponsored by Mrs. Linda Hopkins, Librarian.
 

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. The Shadowlawn Yearbook Staff is sponsored by Ms. Debra Fisher
 
 

Each Spring, Shadowlawn helps replenish the shelves of the Memphis Food Bank by participating in the Kid's Kan project. Students can bring nonperishable food items during the week of the drive, and each classroom competes for the most food collected. This teaching project allows our students to focus on the needs of others and gives them the opportunity to help meet those needs in a very tangible way.
 

This is an annual event where students are sponsored either by a "per-problem" pledge or with a flat donation. You can help support this worthy cause and challenge your favorite student at the same time.

Shadowlawn Middle sponsors two basketball teams and a cheerleading squad 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.
 
 

The Shadowlawn Middle School cheerleaders are a group of girls chosen to lead our basketball teams to victory. Tryouts are during the first week of September. Girls are chosen to be cheerleaders based on their enthusiasm, coordination, spirit, and conduct. Each year the cheerleaders learn three pom routines, 38 sidelines, and four building cheers as well as several half time routines. This year we will enter a competition for Shelby County Middle Schools.

Shadowlawn Middle School participates in the WDIA Davis Brothers Black History Challenge each year. The competition is open to sixth, seventh, and eighth grade winners of the intra school elimination rounds and competitions. This will be the third year that Shadowlawn Middle School has participated. The first place winners receive an all expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. and to Nashville, Tennessee. Sponsors of the Black History Challenge are: Mrs. Mattie Jones, Ms. Cheryl Smith, Ms. Jackie Ferby, Mrs. Rhodis Thompson, and Mr. Dennis Webber.