White Station Scroll

A publication by the students, about the students, and for the students of White Station High School

A publication by the students, about the students, and for the students of White Station High School

White Station Scroll

A publication by the students, about the students, and for the students of White Station High School

White Station Scroll

White Station High School’s JROTC unarmed drill team competes at multiple events each year. Currently, four members of this team are involved in the marching band.

Marching through band and JROTC

Jane Mercer, Podcast Director April 2, 2024

You may have heard students shout the phrase “White House,” either while watching the marching band perform or at a JROTC parade. After being established in 1897, thousands of students have gone to...

Members of the JROTC program at White Station High School study with each other for boards. Participants are given several different study sources in order to prepare for the competition.

JROTC cadets go before the board

Erin Maury, Business Manager March 22, 2024

For the past few months, select members of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program have participated in a series of voluntary interviews that test various areas of their knowledge in...

A group of students rehearses their part for the Black History Month program in the auditorium. For the past few weeks, groups have been practicing multiple times a week to be ready for the program on February 26.

Honoring the legacy: the Black History Month program

Erin Maury, Business Manager March 22, 2024

Though celebrated for years before its founding, Black History Month was officially recognized in 1976 to commemorate the overlooked accomplishments of Black Americans.  Today, Black History Month...

Gavriela Perezsalvador (10) was given her specific name by accident. When her father was writing what was going to be her name, “Gabriela,” on her birth certificate he wrote it in Spanish as “Gavriela” instead.
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Unique names: being yourself

Sophia Marmion, News and Features Team Leader March 22, 2024

A name is the basis of a person’s identity, the first description attached to them when they enter the world. Every person is unique, and sometimes this means having a unique name. A name can have all...

Markayla Bridges (9) displays her bracelet designs in a jewelry box. Bridges runs her own jewelry business.

Bridges turns artsy hobby into self-made business

Sophia Turner, Editor-in-Chief March 22, 2024

Opaque beads and translucent wire merge together as Markayla Bridges (9) completes yet another of her original bracelets. Bridges is an up-and-coming entrepreneur beginning to run her jewelry business,...

Nick Blumkin, Conner Blumkin’s (12) father, has served in the military for 24 years. He has been a member of the Air Force, Navy and Army.

A look behind the front lines – military kids

Jane Mercer, Podcast Director March 19, 2024

After moving four times up and down the East Coast, he finally settled in Memphis, TN. Eli Jacobs (11) is a military kid attending White Station High. Military kids, sometimes called military brats,...

Esporta Fitness has many machines and apparatuses laid out throughout its facility. Esporta is frequented by many White Station High School students throughout the year, and the gym even offers deals for high schoolers during the summer for cheap memberships.

Student gym progress accounts on Instagram

Erin Maury, Business Manager March 19, 2024

Instagram is rife with various accounts of users documenting their personal gym progress.  Gym-goers from all over have created these accounts to motivate themselves and others to maintain a consistent...

Over 100 people came together to perform the “Harriet Tubman Oratorio.” The members of the choir were from all over the Memphis area.

The chorus of The Underground Railroad

Jane Mercer, Podcast Director March 19, 2024

Looking at the stage, she watches as the conductor moves his arms to a precise rhythm. Then, Earnestine Robinson, the composer, hears over a hundred voices begin to perform her musical creation while images...

Hussein Wahab (11) displays a car he has been working on in his brother’s shop. Wahab took out and stripped the motor before sending it to Ghassan Automotive to forge the internals and successfully hold 800 wheel horsepower.

Car enthusiasts pulling in at the ‘Station

Sophia Marmion, News and Features Team Leader February 22, 2024

Revving engines, spinning tires, flashing headlights. Cars are a staple of modern life, transporting people across the world and exemplifying advanced engineering through everyday utility. In the hundred...

New custodial staff cleans up White Station

New custodial staff cleans up White Station

Evan Easley, Lead Copyeditor February 15, 2024

Following their return from winter break, students may have seen several new faces sweeping the halls. This sight is not of just a couple new custodial members; instead, the entire custodial staff has...

Madu recruits students for publication

Madu recruits students for publication

Evan Easley, Lead Copyeditor February 15, 2024

In room M-134, Dr. Chikezie Madu is not only teaching AP Biology, DE Medical Terminology, DE Biology and DE Anatomy and Physiology, but he is also working on publishing his books. Starting from many years...

Eno Mkpong-Madu poses next to a structure on display for her science classes. Madu teaches many STEM classes and sponsors Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA).

Teacher Spotlight: Madu, Mullins, Peterson

Sophia Turner, Editor-in-Chief February 12, 2024

Eno Mkpong-Madu What was your favorite movie as a child? “As a teenager ‘Karate Kid’ … the actor was so cute. I was sure I was going to marry him. He was so cute. The good thing was actually...

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