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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

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Cozbia Smith is the new White Station High School band director. Band practices are held by Smith four days a week from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Spartan Legion’s overture – the rebirth of the White Station band

Jane Mercer, Lead Copy Editor August 31, 2024

For over 10 years, Brian Sims was the director of the White Station High School (WSHS) band. However, on June 17, 2024, the Houston High School (HHS) band announced a change in leadership; HHS would now...

Yirui Tang (12) received her acceptance letter from Washington University (WashU) in St. Louis on Mar. 20 of 2024. She plans to attend WashU in the 2024-25 school year.

Spartan college choices

Jane Mercer, Podcast Director April 23, 2024

Tanner Bozant: Tanner Bozant (12) plans to attend the University of Tenn. in Chattanooga (UTC) after graduating from White Station High School. He will major in biology, leading into veterinarian medicine....

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...

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,...

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...

Dee Dee Blanchard, pictured on the right, suffered from Munchausen by proxy syndrome. She both caused and faked illnesses in her daughter, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who is pictured on the left.

Twice imprisoned, now free

Jane Mercer, Podcast Director February 9, 2024

After being told she had sleep apnea, leukemia, muscular dystrophy and needed a wheelchair and feeding tube, she discovered her life had been built off lies.  Gypsy Rose Blanchard was born to Claudine...

The Green Room Episode 1: Memphis - The Human Experience

The Green Room Episode 1: Memphis – The Human Experience

Jane Mercer, Podcast Manager December 2, 2023

In this episode of The Green Room, Jane Mercer speaks with WSHS Senior Braylen Robinson about his documentary style video titled "Memphis - The Human Experience." Produced and hosted by Jane Mercer.

Annular solar eclipses feature a characteristic “ring of fire” that last for only seconds. Oct. 14th’s eclipse was only partially visible in Memphis, Tennessee.

Rings of fire – A look into solar eclipses

Jane Mercer, Podcast Director November 27, 2023

A tremendous, lustrous figure crosses over the unyielding giant, lowering temperatures, shrouding the world in darkness, and silencing animals. Solar eclipses occur when the moon covers the sun, leaving...

The White Station High School marching band’s drum majors, color guard captains, drumline captain and co-captain and president present the three trophies they won at the Arlington Open Invitational. The band won first place in all three categories within their division.

A harmonious triumph at the Arlington Open Invitational

Jane Mercer, Podcast Director October 30, 2023

Marching across the field to take their places, the musicians' hearts race. All is silent until the first note of “Soul Vaccination” by Tower of Power envelops the stadium. On Sept. 23, the marching...

J-Hope considers J.Cole as his muse. J-Hope’s mixtape album “Hope World” was inspired by J.Cole’s album “Cole World.”

J-Hope and J.Cole’s ‘On the Street’: the end of a chapter

Adaria Crutcher, Writer May 19, 2023

In the lone streets of Gwangju, South Korea, the moon illuminates the sky as a young J-Hope dances down the road. His feet move swiftly to the beats of J.Cole’s newest album, as he feels moved by the...

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