White Station High School
| White Station High School | |
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| Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Enrollment | 2300 |
| Website | White Station High School Website |
White Station High School is a public high school in Memphis, Tennessee, United States .
White Station High is a member of the Memphis City Schools system. 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 #1027 in the United States and #8 in Tennessee in its 2009 (for the 2009-2010 school year) edition of America's Best High Schools.[1] White Station High made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2007.
White Station is home to one of the nation's best high school boys basketball programs. The Spartans are consistently ranked among the top ten high school basketball teams by USA Today.[citation needed] White Station also has a girls basketball team, soccer teams (M/F), track and field teams (M/F), a football team, 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), a wrestling team (M), and a tennis team (M/F). The Lady Spartans tennis team has won the city championship for 3 consecutive years and finished as state runner up in years 2009, 2010, 2011. White Station's Lady Spartan volleyball team won the Memphis city championships in the 2006, 2007, and 2008 seasons. The Men's and Women's Cross Country teams have won the Memphis city championship for 5 consecutive years.
The Spartan football team is also consistently ranked among the top performers in Tennessee. In 2009, the Spartans won the Division 6A State Title, the highest football division in the state, under second-year coach Devin Rutherford.[2]
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 swim team, Model United Nations team, a Mock Trial team, a HOSA club, 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 theater 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.[citation needed] Their Mu Alpha Theta is considered one of the best of Tennessee and have won 1st regional and 2nd state this past year. Their Mock Trial team won the Tennessee State Championship in 2009, 2010, and 2011. White Station's Science Olympiad team consistently places well in the state, placing 3rd in the 2010 competition.
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[edit] Demographics and Statistics
Currently there are more than 2,210 students at White Station[3]: 43% are African American, 46% are Caucasian, 6.1% are Asian or Pacific islander, and 2.9% are Hispanic. The graduation rate hovers around 85%.[4]
There are 20.7 students/teacher. White Station High School in 2008 had the most National Merit Scholarship semifinalists of any school in the state of Tennessee for the class of 2009.[5] White Station had a total of 52 students recognized in the National Merit Program.
[edit] Neighborhoods served
The family housing units of the University of Memphis, at the Park Avenue Campus,[6][7] are zoned to White Station High School.[8]
[edit] Future Development
The school began development on a new building in 2009 and is expected to be completed sometime in 2011, at which time an older building will be torn down.
In November 2009, the school system in which White Station is included won a grant of $90 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The gift of more than $90 million from Gates will fund plans to improve teacher effectiveness, including raising the bar for tenure and paying $6,000 incentives for high quality new teachers who stay at least four years.[9]
[edit] Reunion and Alumni resources
Alumni can get information about reunions, births, deaths, and keep in touch with other members by making a free profile on WhiteStationAlumni.com[10]
[edit] Notable alumni
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- Matt Barber (Dance Professional and Writer)[11]
- Kathy Bates (Academy Award Winning Actress)
- Dana Buchman (Fashion Designer)
- Cary Fowler (Agriculture Scientist and Executive Director of Global Crop Diversity Trust)
- Clare Grant (Actress)
- Joe Jackson (Basketball Player)
- Alan Lightman (Theoretical Physicist/Novelist)
- Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Professional Wrestler)
- Dan Schneider (Actor, Writer and Producer)
- Andrew VanWyngarden (Rock Musician, MGMT)
- Doug Wamble (Guitarist, Vocalist and Composer)
- Straycoughney Martha-Sue Dumpsterson-McBundt (Marine)
- John Martin (Writer, Fox Sports)
- Don Gu Yen (Optician/Optical Physician, DGY Enterprises)
[edit] References
- ^ America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com Jun 8, 2009.
- ^ Smith, Jason White Station Spartans win 6A football championship. Memphis Commercial Appeal. December 5, 2009
- ^ http://www.schoolmatters.com/schools.aspx/q/page=sp/sid=94855 School Matters, Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (2008)
- ^ Rebik, Dana. MCS Dropout Rates: Parent Involvement Needed (11/11/2008).
- ^ Roberts, Jane. White Station High School tops state with 21 National Merit semifinalists. Memphis Commercial Appeal Wednesday, September 10, 2008
- ^ "Graduate and Student Family Housing." University of Memphis. Retrieved on October 9, 2011.
- ^ "Campus Map Park Avenue." University of Memphis. Retrieved on October 9, 2011.
- ^ "2010-2011 High School Attendance Boundaries." Memphis City Schools. Retrieved on October 9, 2011.
- ^ http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/nov/18/mcs-to-sign-pact-for-gates-90m/
- ^ http://www.whitestationalumni.com/
- ^ Bottoms, Swayed. "Matt Barber: An Interview with the Author". Matt Barber: An Interview with the Author. BallroomBooks.com. http://www.ballroombooks.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
[edit] External links
- White Station High School's website
- White Station High School Junior ROTC
- White Station Baseball
- White Station Spartan Football (American football)
- White Station High School Spartan Soccer
Coordinates: 35°7′3.7″N 89°54′21.7″W / 35.117694°N 89.906028°W
