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. 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. 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), lacrosse teams (M/F), a golf team (M/F), a volleyball team (F), rugby teams (M/F), cross-country teams (M/F), ultimate teams (M/F), a swim team (Co-ed), a wrestling team (M), a baseball team (M), a softball team (F), a cheerleading team (F), 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 with the Boys team winning the 2011 district championship and advancing one player to the State Championships. 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.
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. 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. White Station has a student run sorority, Phi Sig.
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