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

White Station Scroll

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White Station High School Key Club members give out candy to a family at the Memphis Zoo’s Zoo Boo. The family is dressed as the Gru family from the “Despicable Me” film franchise.

‘Tis the season – the holidays of fall and winter

Joaquin Gonzalez, Writer November 20, 2024

As temperatures begin to drop and the days suddenly appear shorter, the fall and winter seasons sneak up on us. It is the time of year when leaves start to cover our backyards and we put on our heavy coats...

Junior year is filled with challenges and overwhelming demands. This caused many people to stigmatize junior year as the "worst year" in high school.

Exploring the deepest and darkest trenches of junior year

Katie Salazar, Writer November 20, 2024

You hear it from your parents and see others affected by it, but do you believe in it? Every year underclassmen are warned of the horrors of junior year in high school. Picture this: you passed your sophomore...

Elon Musk's Cybertruck is a new electric car. Cybertrucks have an electric engine, 11,000 towing capacity and can travel up to 325 miles on a single charge.

What’s Elon Musk up to this time?

Sherlyn Gutierrez-Herrera, Writer November 20, 2024

Visualize a world filled with new experiments and creations: lying cars in the sky, underwater planes and talking robots that help you every minute of the day. From teaching children how to read to bagging...

The resources that Aboubacar Amadou Ide sends to Niger start in Memphis, Tennessee, and take several months to journey to Niger, where they are distributed. Recently, due to political tensions between Niger and some neighboring countries, the time and cost for distribution has expanded.

The connections between statistics and improving lives

Phoebe Fuerst, Writer November 19, 2024

Throughout the years, American youth have gained access to increasingly greater resources. At 16 teens are allowed to obtain a driver's license. At 18 they can vote and at 21, young adults can legally...

In this poem, Andrew Bell uses themes of class, wealth, and the degradation of material goods by time. Bell has usually written poetry ranging from 10 to 25 lines long, with this poem at 23 lines.

Teaching business, crafting poetry

Evan Easley, News and Features Team Leader November 19, 2024

‘What is the function of the enjambment in this line?’ ‘How does the author’s shift from pastoral to urban imagery contribute to the meaning of the work?’ ‘What effect does the iambic pentameter...

Many people watch mukbangs for the auditory pleasure it brings them, while also the visual effects of watching someone eat the food. Mukbangs main food course is structured around junk food and fast food.

Hey, should we watch this mukbang?

Audrey Griggs, Writer November 19, 2024

Imagine opening YouTube on your phone, glancing at the nearest video and salivating as you find a video with a person posing with huge heaps — almost gargantuan — plates of food. Throughout the video...

White Station High School students Samuel First (11), pictured on the far left, and Zahra Altareb (11), pictured second to left, are both members of the MICAH Youth Council. Both First and Altareb spoke at a press conference discussing the gun referendums that were found on the most recent election ballot.

A vote of confidence — MICAH Youth Council

Jane Mercer, Lead Copy Editor November 19, 2024

Press conferences, city council meetings and counting votes. None of these events are something a high school student would be involved in, right? At White Station High School (WSHS), many students like...

Afifah Alma (11) speaks with Ashmita Karmaker (9) in the cafeteria, before the first bell. Many of the Bangladeshi students at White Station have been close friends for years and often sit with each other at school and visit outside of school.

Bangladeshi students reckon with protests back home

Zahra Altareb, Writer November 2, 2024

Lockdown. No entering or exiting homes, no going out to eat and no knowledge of what’s to come. And no, this isn’t about COVID.  This uncertainty was prevalent in Bangladesh for many during the...

Long Do (11) works on his painting in the AP 2D Art and Design classroom. He creates a detailed underpainting for each of his works to get the value balance just right.

Artists win recognition in Delta and Midsouth fairs

Addis Shiberou, Promotions Lead October 29, 2024

Besides the faint sounds of brushes flowing across canvases and pencils lightly scratching the surface of rough sketchbook paper, Charles Berlin’s art room is fairly quiet. The classroom reeks of fumes...

Kenneth Harms (12) attempts a dyno problem. Dyno problems require the climber to jump to progress through the problem.

Students climb to greater heights

Alex Le, Sport's Team Leader October 29, 2024

Chalk on his hands, Kenneth Harms (12) prepares to tackle a V8 bouldering grade. After discussing the plan, or beta, with Jeff Blumberg (12), he engages in battle with the wall, recruiting strength from...

(Left) Allison Brumbaugh (9) received her medal at a regional competition for artistic roller skating in 2024. Out of all of the disciplines within competitive roller skating, Brumbaugh focuses on dancing and has been skating since sixth grade.

Skating on wheels with rhythm

Ellen Tan, News and Features Team Leader October 25, 2024

Stuck between roller skating and dancing? Why not choose both? Artistic roller skating is a sport that blends both elements into a competitive sport or a casual hobby. Skating since the sixth grade,...

Maridee Cornell is an alumnus, teacher and coach at White Station High School. If she were a student, Cornell would wear comfortable clothes to school daily, but she enjoys wearing medical scrubs as a teacher.

Teachers with spirit — teacher spotlight

Erin Maury, Layout Lead October 25, 2024

Maridee Cornell White Station High School (WSHS) alumnus, physics teacher and volleyball coach Maridee Cornell has been teaching at WSHS for 13 years, connecting with students of all kinds. “I...

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