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

Will Smith (12) stands on a street corner holding up a sign to promote a White Station food drive. As head of the school’s service committee, this is just one of many drives he has organized.

Smith uses his voice to inspire change in his community

Chase Pittman, Writer June 8, 2021

Some students see making a change as an impossible feat. Will Smith (12), however, has made serving his community and changing it for the better a priority in his life. As the founder of the Black Poetry...

Both Instagram thrift accounts that students Kim Le (left) and Ben Nganga (right) own are focusing on selling highly demanded college apparel. They each incorporated their own unique skills into building a small thrifting business through social media.

Le and Nganga open their own small business through Instagram

Renata Bayazitova, Writer June 8, 2021

Everyone loves to thrift, but does everyone always have the time for it? Driving to and from different thrift stores and taking hours out of your day rummaging through racks with a hundred clothes on them...

Jokes such as a fake freshmen pool party at the nonexistent East Annex pool have become a trademark of “Spartamemes.” This flyer fooled many underclassmen, and many students joined in on the prank.

The man, the myth, the meme: the reveal of ‘Spartamemes’

Hannah Lam, Online Editor June 7, 2021

If you have Instagram, you have probably stumbled across a White Station meme and maybe even sent it to a friend. “Spartamemes,” an Instagram meme page with content about White Station from pranks...

Heads-in-a-box: senior college edition

Dottie Young, Writer June 7, 2021

What was your reaction to being accepted into an Ivy, and what was your application process like?  "I was super surprised," Graham Ross said. "I was in disbelief at first because Cornell was one...

 Volunteers help plant one of the first trees, an Asian Pear. During the Bluff Orchard project, volunteers completed various tasks including moving mulch, shoveling dirt and transporting plants.

The edible forest growing on White Station’s campus

Amelia Holt, Writer June 7, 2021

With the sun beaming down and the sweet smell of freshly turned earth, students, teachers and other volunteers work hard to restore a beautiful nature scene to White Station’s school grounds. Priya Tummalapalli,...

Lira poses with his degree binder at the University of Memphis. He finally finished the requisites needed to graduate from his master’s degree this year.

Earning a master’s degree while teaching Japanese — the academic journey of Lira

Hannia Antunez, Writer June 7, 2021

Not just any teacher can accomplish the task of acquiring a master’s degree while teaching four levels of Japanese to high school students. One teacher who could is Dylan Lira, who has been working to...

Dogecoin: the million dollar meme

Dogecoin: the million dollar meme

Jessica Sahota, Writer June 5, 2021

It’s 2016. Scrolling through social media, an image of a cute, yellow dog with impact font scrawled across the top surfaces. It elicits a momentary chuckle. Who would have thought that this simple image...

From cheering at football games to traveling across the world, Gaby Brown (12) took advantage of all the opportunities presented to her. As part of the graduating class of 2021, Brown completes her education from White Station as she attends college in Mississippi next fall.

Brown makes the most of her high school experience

Sophia Aiello, A&E Team Leader June 5, 2021

Gaby Brown (12) reflects on her high school career filled with a plethora of clubs, sports, leadership positions and rigorous classes as she graduates this spring. Going to Mississippi State University...

Daniel Gwin (11) shows off his 2020 Scholar Athlete award from the Memphis chapter of the National Football Foundation. Gwin — along with his family and coaches — met for a small ceremony in the courtyard to receive his award and scholarship information from a National Football Foundation representative.

Gwin is named the 2020 Scholar Athlete by the National Football Foundation

Katie Lamm, Editor-in-Chief June 5, 2021

Dedication, determination and discipline are needed to make a successful scholar athlete, and Daniel Gwin (12) exudes all three of these traits, earning him the 2020 Scholar Athlete award by the Memphis...

Surrounded by the marching band, Yuan led White Station’s color guard team through a 2019 football halftime performance. The color guard team has grown in popularity because of Yuan’s leadership and contribution to the sport.

Yuan waves goodbye to Sparta

Alice Willard, Head of Layout June 2, 2021

From color guard captain to theater historian to Executive Board co-president, Lynx Yuan (12) has done it all. Juggling sports, clubs and academics is a stressful balancing act for any student, but factoring...

Student protestors William Smith (12)  and Ellen Barnes (12) engaged at a protest on March 14, in attendance with figures such as Al Gore. Their sign detailed the slogan, “We saw what the snow did to the water. Now imagine an entire pipeline.”

No oil in our soil: the student battle against the Byhalia Pipeline

Autumn Bobo, Head of Layout June 2, 2021

From Feb. 18-25, Memphis was under a boil water advisory. Almost all water used had to be boiled or bottled, for activities from cooking to brushing teeth. The Byhalia Pipeline, a transport line for oil...

Tennessee law bans transgender youth from team sports

Emlyn Polatty, Managing Editor June 2, 2021

Say goodbye to teammates. Take one last sip of water. Line up at the starting line and get ready to go. For five years, this was the race day routine of White Station High School senior Emmett Campbell,...

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