Kate Metcalf, News and Features Team Leader
• April 23, 2024
A fire burning at temperatures up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, a hammer drumming against metal on the anvil and skilled hands toiling for hours come together to form the masterpiece of a blacksmith’s...
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...
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...
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,...
High school hallways echo not only with the shuffling of textbooks, but also with diverse language—each sentence exhibits an aspect of identity and culture. African American Vernacular English (AAVE)...
How do people gesture? How are Latinx people represented in video games? Does dramatization in television affect high schoolers’s perception of the ethics of true crime shows? All these questions...
Grace Amgalan, Sports Team Leader
• October 31, 2023
As the last seconds of the final lap around the bike track come, Jayden Powell (12) pedals towards a victory for the Southeast Gold Cup Champions. Powell comes home from Dothan, Ala. with two gold cups,...
Sloan Huebner
Beginning the 2018-2019 school year, Sloan Huebner stepped into Scott Harrison’s journalism class, returning for her second and final year as a staff member for The Scroll. As a...
With an increase in the number of school shootings this year, gun ownership is becoming a contentious issue among many Americans. Guns are listed as the leading cause of death for children aged one...
A toothbrush, a blanket and a pair of shoes. These basics that most take for granted are what the homeless population of Memphis frequently go without.
However, with the help of Calvary Episcopal...
Chase Pittman, Arts and Entertainment Team Leader
• May 19, 2023
The curtains go up, bright lights beat down on painted faces and Cayenne Stephens (12), prepares for another show. Theater has been a key passion of hers for a long time, and over the years, she’s had...
What do Tchaikovsky, The Beatles and Catherine Cheng (10) have in common? These three — and many more — musical entities hold the world-recognized honor of taking the stage at Carnegie Hall. Since...
