Judges named 17 school newspapers and news magazines from 6 states as George H. Gallup Award recipients in the 2015 Quill and Scroll International Honor Society News Media Evaluation Service.

Named for the founder of Quill and Scroll and the Gallup Poll, the award is given only to those publications that have achieved and sustained excellence.

Gallup Award recognition is based on extraordinary journalistic accomplishment, exceptional service to the school and community, coverage, design, writing and reporting.

International First Place Award recognition went to 23 schools. The International Second Place Award was awarded to 30 schools. The International Honor Award went to 9 schools.

Gallup Award

California

Granite Bay: Granite Bay High School

Los Angeles: Harvard-Westlake Middle School

Studio City: Harvard-Westlake High School

Georgia

Athens: Clarke Central High School

Atlanta: Henry Grady High School – Southerner

Decatur: Decatur High School

Indiana

Carmel: Carmel High School

Crown Point: Crown Point High School

Indianapolis: Lawrence Central High School

Munster: Munster High School

Iowa

Davenport: Davenport West High School

Iowa City: West High School

Johnston: Johnston High School

Missouri

Wildwood: Lafayette High School

Ohio

Bexley: Bexley High School

Findlay: Findlay High School

Liberty Township: Lakota East High School

International First Place

California

Fullerton: Troy High School

Irvine: Irvine High School

Los Angeles: Shalhevet High School

Pacific Palisades: Palisades Charter High School

Florida

Orlando: Boone High School

Georgia

Atlanta: Henry Grady High School – Nexus

Illinois

Downers Grove: Downers Grove North High School

Iowa

Cedar Rapids: John F. Kennedy High School

Iowa City: City High School

West Des Moines: Valley High School

Kansas

Shawnee: Shawnee Mission Northwest High School

Maryland

Bel Air: The John Carroll School

Michigan

Southfield: Southfield High School

Minnesota

Stillwater: Stillwater Area High School

Missouri

Chesterfield: Marquette High School

Kirkwood: Kirkwood High School

St. Charles: Francis Howell North High School

New York

Port Washington: Paul D. Schreiber High School

North Dakota

West Fargo: West Fargo High School

Ohio

Sylvania: Sylvania Northview High School

South Carolina

Fort Mill: Nation Ford High School

Virginia

Harrisonburg: Harrisonburg High School

McLean: McLean High School

International Second Place

California

Apple Valley: Apple Valley Senior High School

Redlands: Redlands High School

San Jose: Branham High School

Florida

Miami: Dr. Michael Krop Sr. High School

Miami: Felix Varela Sr. High School

Miami: Our Lady of Lourdes Academy

Sarasota: Riverview High School

Georgia

Cumming: North Forsyth High School

Idaho

Lewiston: Lewiston High School

Illinois

Lake Zurich: Lake Zurich High School

Indiana

Fishers: Fishers High School

Indianapolis: Lawrence North High School

Versailles: South Ripley High School

Maryland

Rockville: Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School

Massachusetts

South Hadley: South Hadley High School

Michigan

Sterling Heights: Adlai Stevenson High School

Minnesota

New Hope: Robbinsdale Cooper High School

Missouri

Webster Groves: Webster Groves High School

Wentzville: Timberland High School

New Jersey

East Hanover: Hanover Park High School

New York

Fredonia: Fredonia High School

North Carolina:

Wilmington: Cape Fear Academy

Ohio

Dublin: Dublin Coffman High School

Loveland: Loveland High School

Pennsylvania

Berwyn: Conestoga High School

Easton: Notre Dame High School

Sounderton: Sounderton Area High School

Virginia

Mechanicsville: Hanover High School

Palmyra: Fluvanna County High School

Virginia Beach: Ocean Lakes High School

International Honors

California

Chatsworth: Sierra Canyon School

San Leandro: San Leandro High School

Illinois

Sparta: Sparta High School

Kansas

Topeka: Topeka High School

Missouri

St. Louis: Ritenour High School

New York

Almond: Alfred-Almond Central School

Pennsylvania

Brodheadsville: Pleasant Valley High School

Rhode Island

North Kingstown: North Kingstown High School

Wisconsin

Schofield: D.C. Everest Sr. High School