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

London Haines (10) is crowned Miss Chester County’s Outstanding Teen by the former Miss Tennessee Outstanding Teen. Haines started competing in pageants after the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to break out of her shell.

Haines dominates course and stage

Sophia Marmion, Writer October 27, 2022

  Each day, London Haines (10) bears the weight of her clubs and her crown on top of her academic duties. Haines is often titled the most valuable player (MVP) of the White Station golf...

Mentor and cast member Sean Winfrey dresses as an evil puppet for an electrical repair scene. 
Even with heavy scheduling conflicts, all crew members worked hard to meet deadlines for their Memphis Indie Festival short film submission.

Quiet on set — Spartans in film

Kate Metcalf, Writer October 26, 2022

Hot chocolate — this is what first brought Mikey Graves (11) into the world of film. At the age of four, Graves was asked to act in a local holiday commercial for Oak Court Mall, his one job being...

Students tend to the plants near the benches in the courtyard while other students leave to take a break after picking up trash or weeding various gardens. Either way, this leaves more garbage for the Spruce Up Sparta to pick up.

The courtyard, a place of Spartan pride

Grace Dillender, Writer October 24, 2022

  Some called it the “prison yard,” others called it the “dead space.” For years, the space between the main building and east annex served as an eyesore to students and faculty. However,...

White Station Key Club members hand out food and water to cyclists for a quick endurance boost. Volunteers distributed supplies and cheered on more than 1,100 athletes as they raced through their station.

IronMan 70.3 makes its way to Memphis

Katie Robinson, Viewpoint Team Leader October 24, 2022

  After swimming, biking and running 70.3 miles, athletes reach their final destination: the IronMan Triathlon finish line. This year, both the White Station Key Club and the Junior Reserve Officer...

Cracked and filled with weeds, the White Station grounds in 2018 looked nothing like the school’s current courtyard. The grounds were soon torn-up and replaced with trees, shrubs and engraved bricks.

The courtyard: a little dirt never hurt

Kate Metcalf, Writer October 21, 2022

  June 2018, ground breaks as bulldozers tear up White Station’s inner grounds. This moment marked the beginning of a four-year process to create a community courtyard for the students of...

The crosswalk on South Perkins Rd., where students can cross to school in the early morning and afternoon. The crosswalk is another facet of ensuring safety on school grounds.

Safety and mental health assurances at White Station

Megan Shipp, Writer October 21, 2022

  In less than one week, numerous kidnappings, a serial shooting spree and several school shooting threats unfolded — leaving Memphis residents fearing for their lives as they waited in suspense...

Joseph Collins (10) found his happiness in music even as a toddler. His dad would always bring Collins along during his studio sessions.

The Story of Lil Joe Collins

Elias Clements, Writer October 17, 2022

Some may call young artist Joseph Collins (10) a prodigy. By the tenth grade, Joe has had multiple television appearances, has an album underway and is producing and directing his own show. Working...

 Lyle Dodson Jr. (12), Tamia Elliot (12), Natela Bonaparte (12), Christina Askew (12), Nevaeh Edwards (12), A’ziya Wills (12), Kierston Conner (12) and Brooklynn Smith (12) pose in front of one of the photo walls set up in the east gym. After a long three years of being denied a homecoming dance, hundreds of seniors and underclassmen flocked to attend the long-awaited event.

Written in the stars: the return of homecoming

Hannah Lam, Sports Team Leader October 6, 2022

For Christina Askew (12), the 24 hours before Sept. 17, 2022, were a shock, to say the least. Only 24 hours prior, Askew was crowned homecoming queen; only eight hours prior had she found a dress for the...

 President Ramyla Dahmer (12) (left) and vice president Thomas Riley (12) (right).

The 2022-2023 class presidents and class vice presidents

Sophia Turner, Online Editor October 4, 2022

The class of 2023 will be led by Ramyla Dahmer (12) as their senior class president this year. Dahmer has a passion for leadership and is working hard to fulfill her position’s demands. She has one main...

During her sophomore year, Liana Markos (11) goes out with friends to Poke World — the first cafe she has eaten at in America. Markos has found that she likes to befriend people that have traits she aspires to possess.

When in Memphis: transfer students at White Station

Ellie Pappas, Copyedit Lead October 4, 2022

It is a July day at the Memphis International Airport and Diogo Trindade’s plane has landed after 12 hours and 30 minutes of travel. As he is waiting for his bag, he hears the parents of Dakota...

Starting from the furthest back left to front right Jason Niu (10), Cabell Mercer (12), Elias Clements (12), Adithya Kumar (11), Kevin Chang (12), Kayden Li (10), Allen Guo (10), Saphe Khader (10), Nia Reed (11), Eva Raffel (10), Emily Wei (11) and Joseph Lei (10) display their robot, Eudoxes, in the midst of the competition. While Team 5045 missed a key component of their team, Shivam Aarya (12), they still put up a fight and advanced onto the final round.

Team 5045 crushes the 2022 Ozark Mountain Brawl

Hannia Antunez, News & Feature Team Leader October 3, 2022

Driving a robot around cones while blindfolded, controlling the robot’s shooting of balls and scouting competing teams were only a few of the tasks the robotics team, Team 5045, took on while competing...

Members of the team review the research they observed during the project. The team often met at libraries to study and go over their data.

Freshmen reach national science competition

Kirana Richmond, Writer September 28, 2022

This past summer, Garrett Chaudron (9), Amy Yu (9), Daniel Lam (9) and Pragna Rajashekar received the chance to take their eCYBERMISSION team to Nationals in Washington, D.C. The group’s project consisted...

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