White Station High School

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White Station High School
School type High School
Students 2300
Location Memphis, Tennessee
Website White Station High School's website

White Station High School is a public high school in Memphis, Tennessee, United States located at 514 South Perkins Road, 38117.

White Station is a member of the Memphis City Schools system. The principal is Mr. David Mansfield. 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 #867 in the United States and #9 in Tennessee in its 2007 (for the 2006-2007 school year) edition of America's Best High Schools. White Station is classified as a High Priority (School Improvement 1) school under the No Child Left Behind Act. The school mascot is the Spartan; the school colors are green and grey.


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[edit] Extra-Curricular Activities

White Station is home to one of the nation's best high school boys basketball team. The Spartans are consistently ranked among the top ten high school basketball teams by USA Today. White Station also has a girls basketball team, soccer teams (M/F), track and field teams (M/F), baseball/softball teams (M/F), a football team (M), a lacrosse team (M/F). rugby club (M/F), a bowling team (M/F), a golf team (M/F), a volleyball team (F), cross-country teams (M/F), ultimate teams (M/F), a swim team (Co-ed), and a tennis team (M/F). White Station's Lady Spartan volleyball team won the Memphis city championships in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons. The Men's and Women's Cross Country teams have won the Memphis city champsionship for the past four years.

White Station has a school newspaper (The Scroll), an annual yearbook (The Shield), and an art-poem book, (The Scribbler), all staffed by students. The Scribbler is also entirely art and poems submitted by students. 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 synchronized swimming team, Model United Nations team, a Mock Trial team, and student-produced morning announcements. White Station excels in local and national competitions of all varieties. White Station students hold many of the All-West Tennessee Band, Orchestra, and Choir positions. Many students even hold spots in the All-State ensembles and Memphis Youth Symphony. They also have an extensive theatre program, with a troupe from the International Thespian Society. They are ITS Troupe 1581 and have major performances each fall, spring, and an annual one-act play festival early second semester.

White Station also has a Knowledge Bowl team that has won 4 of the last 5 Knowledge Bowl championships.

[edit] 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. There are now an estimated 2100 students at the high school. Of these, 20.8% were economically disadvantaged. Racially, 49.8% were White, 41.8% were Black, 5.6% were Asian, 2.7% were Hispanic, and .2% were Native American. The graduation rate was 81.7%.

[edit] School uniforms

All MCS students are required to wear uniforms. [1]

Students wear oxford shirts, polo shirts, turtlenecks, and blouses with "Peter Pan" collars. All shirts are white except for White Station-logo'd green and gray shirts. Sweatshirts might be colored be white, black, navy blue, or tan.

Trousers, shorts, skirts,skorts, and jumpers must be black, tan, or navy blue. Denim clothing and sleeveless shirts are not allowed; similarly, flip-flops and backless shoes are also in violation of the uniform policy. High heels are forbidden if measured over 1.5 inches.

[edit] College Admissions

White Station is notable for its outstanding performance in the college admissions process. The White Station classes of 2007 and 2008 earned admission to dozens of the nation's top universities, including (but not limited to):

Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Georgetown, Columbia, Duke, Dartmouth, UC-Berkeley, Rice, MIT, NYU, Washington University in St. Louis, Emory, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Vanderbilt, George Washington University, Wellesley, Tulane, Northwestern, Tufts, Boston College, University of North Carolina, University of Texas-Austin, University of Michigan, Cornell, Washington & Lee, Maryland, USC, University of Virginia, University of Tennessee, University of Memphis, Rhodes College, Rhode Island School of Design, Chicago Art Institute, Davidson, University of Georgia, Amherst, LSU, Eckerd, University of Colorado-Boulder, and Boston University.

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