White Station High School
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| Students | 1970 | ||
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| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||
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| Website | White Station High School's website | ||
White Station High School is a public high school in Memphis, Tennessee located at 514 S. Perkins Rd., 38117. White Station is a member of the Memphis City Schools system. The principal is Dr. Wanda Winnette. Dr. Winnette announced her retirement during the 2005-2006 school year, and will be replaced by Terry Brown in the fall of 2006. White Station is recognized as one of the best high schools in Memphis, as well as in all of Tennessee. Newsweek magazine ranked White Station as #621 in the United States and #3 in Tennessee in its 2005 (for the 2004-2005 school year) edition of America's Best High Schools. White Station is a School in Good Standing under the No Child Left Behind Act. The school mascot is the Spartan; the school colors are green and grey.
Academics
White Station offers two basic academic programs, the Traditional (Standard) Program , as well as the Optional (Honors) Program. To qualify for the latter program, students must achieve certain scores on standardized tests, maintain certain grades, and meet certain course requirements. Although it is the Optional Program that has gained White Station its reputation as an academic front-runner, there is intermittent local protest that resources are allocated unfairly between the Optional and Standard programs. White Station has one of the few hearing-impaired programs in the state, is affiliated with a vocational school (Kingsbury Career and Technology Center), and offers a wide selection of Advanced Placement (AP) classes. More National Merit Scholars have graduated from White Station than from any other public high school in Tennessee.
Extra-Curricular Activities
White Station is home to one of the nation's best male high school basketball teams, the Spartans consistently being ranked among the top ten high school basketball teams by USA Today and winning the state basketball tournament three of the past five years. Apart from male basketball, White Station has a women's basketball team, soccer teams (M/F), track and field teams (M/F), baseball/softball teams (M/F), a football team (Co-ed), rugby teams (M/F), a bowling team (Co-ed), a golf team (Co-ed), a volley-ball team (F), cross-country teams (M/F), ultimate frisbee teams (M/F), a swim team (Co-ed), a lacrosse team (M/F), and the city's (and maybe the state's) only high school cricket team (Co-ed).
White Station has a school newspaper (The Scroll) and an annual yearbook (The Shield), both staffed by students. ŴÖMΡ-ŴÖMΡ. White Station has many active clubs in areas including foreign language, mathematics, science, business, government, music, art, film, community service, and more. There is an active Student Council organization, a jazz ensemble, a champion Knowledge Bowl team, a respectable Model UN team, and student-produced morning announcements. White Station excels in local and national competitions of all varieties.
White Station also possesses one of the top Army JROTC units in the city. The Spartan Battalion consistently ranks as the #1 JROTC unit in Memphis City Schools. The unit has an armed drill team(Co-ed), unarmed drill team (F), color guard (Co-ed), ultimate challenge team (Co-ed), rifle team(Co-ed), and a knowledge bowl team (Co-ed). The cadets of WSHS compete in a wide variety of competitions both local and national, and for the last two years have attended the Army Eastern Region Nationals in Washington D.C
Demographics and Statistics
According to the 2004 state report on high schools (for the 2003-2004 school year), 1970 students were enrolled at White Station in grades 9-12. Of these, 20.8% were economically disadvantaged. Racially, 49.8% were White, 41.8% were African American, 5.6% were Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.7% were Hispanic, and .2% were Native American. The graduation rate was 81.7%.
Notable alumni
- Kathy Bates (Actress)
- Alan Lightman (Theoretical Physicist)