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Samuel Noriega poses in the courtyard with a certificate commemorating his match with Boston University. Applications for the Questbridge National College Match are usually completed by students by the beginning of November, and decisions are released in December.

Is Questbridge worth it

Zahra Altareb, Viewpoint Team Leader March 25, 2026

It’s 2:13pm, right before school ends. You open the email. Silence, except for your pounding heart, surrounds you as you move through links. You’ve worked so hard up to this point and … you matched! This...

 The National Football League (NFL) shield logo sits on the Allegiant Stadium field in Paradise, Nevada ahead of the midpoint of the season in November. At this past NFL game, controversy was felt by many fans due to the choice of Bad Bunny as the halftime show performer.

The politics of the game

Zahra Altareb, Viewpoint Team Leader March 24, 2026

From the Minnesota Timberwolves’ moments of silence for Renee Good and Alex Pretti to FIFA giving Trump a newly created peace prize to a Ukrainian luge player disqualified this year for his helmet, politics...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents stand guard outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during an anti-ICE demonstration. Weeks after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, protests have continued.

ICE’s impact on White Station

Zahra Altareb, Viewpoint Team Leader February 13, 2026

It’s a Tuesday after school. You receive a phone call from your dad and the worst has happened. This situation is how a former student at White Station High School (WSHS), who will be attributed as Source...

The announcement phone in the main office is what’s used to make school-wide announcements. These announcements often contain important information about testing, grades and more and were recently suspended to limit the number of interruptions for AP testers.

How class interruptions affect learning

Zahra Altareb, Writer May 22, 2025

Your teacher has been talking for the last 10 minutes and is just about to get to the most important part of the lesson when suddenly everything takes a pause. An announcement is being made over the intercom.  For...

Addis Shiberou (11) and James Jin (11) discuss topics for upcoming meetings. The Politics club meets every other Tuesday from 2:30 to 3:30 in Lauren Larson’s room, E206.

WSHS’s Civics and Politics Club

Zahra Altareb, Writer May 15, 2025

Don’t talk about it at the dinner table. Don’t ask strangers their thoughts on it. Maybe you shouldn’t even involve yourself in it that much.  One of the topics considered most controversial...

Students sitting in Thomas Harris’s computer science class during seventh period. Thomas Harris retired before winter break and his students have had a long-term substitute since.

When teachers are nowhere to be found

Zahra Altareb, Writer March 4, 2025

The five-minute bell rings right as you’re walking into class. You’re just about to sit down when you realize that your teacher is nowhere to be found, and then you remember that they won’t be for...

Ja-Vincent Waller is White Station’s graduation coach, but before taking on this role in 2023, he was a social studies teacher. He graduated from Rhodes College with a degree in political science and later attended the University of Memphis for graduate school, studying political science and education.

Black excellence: Teacher edition

Zahra Altareb, Writer February 28, 2025

Jan-Vincent Waller What does black excellence mean to you? “I think black excellence is all of the triumphs that black people had to accomplish in spite of the laws and society being against them....

College football from the high school perspective

Alex Le, Sports Team Leader January 9, 2025

Whether attending tailgates, feeling the atmosphere of a packed stadium or sitting around the TV with close friends and family, high school students tackle college football in different ways. College...

Elina Roy (9) waits on a structure she designed for Science Olympiad to 3D print in the chemistry lab. Roy was on the Science Olympiad team for White Station Middle School and plans to continue it in the high school division.

White Station STEM Clubs: What, how and why

Zahra Altareb, Writer December 17, 2024

“And the award goes to — White Station!” a phrase White Station High School’s (WSHS) STEM clubs never get tired of hearing, whether it be at regional, state or even national competitions. Each...

Members of the White Station High School prayer group begin praying in the senior parking lot before the first bell. They have gathered every Wednesday for the past few months to pray for individual requests and the well-being of the school.

Prayer at the portables

Zahra Altareb, Writer December 15, 2024

It’s cold. It’s dark. No one’s here yet, but from the corner of your eye, you see a group of people standing near the portables. What could they possibly be doing? A group of students at White...

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