Shorewood instructional coach Shana Lucas, district superintendent JoAnn Sternke, and Shannon after serving on their Passages panel.

Shorewood area branch manager Shannon Weber recently served on the panel for this year’s Shorewood Passages program. The program — a rite of passage for children entering middle school — gives students the opportunity to reflect on how they’ve grown academically, socially, and emotionally during elementary school.

Students prepare presentations for a panel of adults including a district administrator, teacher, and community member. Parents and other family are welcome to watch as well. After each presentation, the panelists get to ask questions and offer feedback to the students.

“The students really put a lot of work in to their presentations,” Shannon said. “It was so great to see and hear how they had developed and grown over the years. And having the parents there to experience their children’s presentations — you could just see how proud they were. I really appreciated and feel very fortunate to have been selected to be a part of this process.”