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The award-winning Shaker Heights High School student news organization

The Shakerite

The award-winning Shaker Heights High School student news organization

The Shakerite

The award-winning Shaker Heights High School student news organization

The Shakerite

Lauren Sheperd

Lauren Sheperd, Editor-in-Chief

Lauren Sheperd (‘21) is in her fourth year with The Shakerite. She is currently Editor-in-Chief, running and overseeing coverage for shakerite.com and the print issues. She is also a part of the Editorial Board. Lauren was The Shakerite’s Web Managing Editor her junior year, and Education Columnist her sophomore year. In the past, Lauren has written about mental health and gun violence. Aside from The Shakerite, Lauren is a cross country and track captain, is a member of the Student Group on Race Relations, is the president of Political Action Club and is a lifeguard. In her free time, she enjoys writing and listening to music.

All content by Lauren Sheperd
Racial Breakdown of the LEL

[Photo] Back to the Lake Erie League

Kellon Smith, Raider Zone Reporter
September 8, 2021
Students are split into tracks at Woodbury Elementary School.

[Photo] Equity Moves From Ideas to Action

Jaimee Martin, Investigations Editor
September 8, 2021
One student sits in class Friday afternoon in their AP Psychology class.

A New Schedule, Again

Lauren Sheperd, Editor-in-Chief
February 9, 2021
The screen displayed before each Google Meet class.

[Photo] What About the Internet?

Chethan Chandra, Campus and City Editor
December 11, 2020
Junior Mia Compton-Engle leads the pack at the District Championship at Madison.

[Photo] Raider Review, Oct. 19 – Oct. 25

Marcus Bertsch, Raider Review Reporter
October 26, 2020
Invest in Restoration, or Abandon It

Invest in Restoration, or Abandon It

Lauren Sheperd, Web Managing Editor
August 26, 2019
A Persisting Culture of Ignorance

A Persisting Culture of Ignorance

Lauren Sheperd, Web Managing Editor
May 21, 2019
Solar panels were installed on the school last November. Photo taken Nov. 29.

A Greener Shaker

Lauren Sheperd and
February 21, 2019
A sign at the Cleveland March for Our Lives on Mar. 24, 2018.

One Year Later

Lauren Sheperd, Education Columnist
February 15, 2019
What About Mental Health?

What About Mental Health?

Lauren Sheperd, Education Columnist
February 5, 2019
A Change of Pace

A Change of Pace

Lauren Sheperd, Education Columnist
October 3, 2018
A crowd of people filling Cleveland Public Square at the March For Our Lives rally on 
March 23.

[Photo] Why Now?

Olivia Warren, Curriculum Columnist
September 27, 2018
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