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WOODDALE HIGH SCHOOL JROTC, MEMPHIS, TN
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Shoulder Sleeve Insignia


Description/Blazon
A blue shield edged with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) white border with a red scroll edged with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) white border, attached above the shield, the overall size 3 1/2 inches (8.89 cm) in height and 2 15/16 inches (7.46 cm) in width; on the shield a red Cardinal with white eye, black markings, lower legs and feet perched on a red segment of a branch, all fimbriated white.  On the scroll the inscription "WOODDALE" in white letters 5/16 inches (.79 cm) in height.

Background
The shoulder sleeve insignia was authorized 11 April 1969.




Shoulder Loop Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in width  overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Or, bordure Sable, a steamboat ensigned in dexter by an oak leaf palewise and in sinister a gear wheel, in base fesswise a cotton boll of the second.  Attached below the device, a Black scroll inscribed "MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS" in base metal letters. 

Symbolism
 Black and gold are the County colors.  The steamboat symbolizes transportation, trade and commerce that have long been strong in Memphis and along the Mississippi River.  The cotton boll represents the strong ties to cotton trading and its production in the surrounding Mississippi River Delta.  The oak leaf historically denotes the vast timber land originally found in the region.  The gear wheel depicts progress.   

Background
The shoulder loop insignia was authorized 17 June 2008.





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