Entries by Marta Hill
Coloring contest with a learning goal
This team building activity asks students to color while having access to one color at a time and sometimes using their nondominant hand. Quill and Scroll Guiding Principles: Leadership, Loyalty, Friendship Materials: Coloring book Enough crayons so everyone has one Set up: Put out book and crayons Step-by-step instructions: Student leaders should be on the […]
Constitution Day activity
This Constitution Day you can easily do an interactive First Amendment activity that both reviews the rights guaranteed in the First Amendment and prompts important questions. It can be run in just media classes or expanded out to a larger school/community project. Quill and Scroll Guiding Principles: Learning, Leadership, Initiative, Judgment Materials: Chicken wire or […]
Miller wins adviser scholarship
Katherine Miller from Central Kitsap HS in Washington earns Lester Benz Scholarship Cougar Chronicle adviser Katherine Miller from Central Kitsap High School earned the 2023 Lester Benz Scholarship from Quill and Scroll. Miller will use the money she earned to attend this year’s NSPA’s Boston convention, with an express focus on print and production sessions. […]
Nichols wins adviser award
Sarah Nichols from Whitney HS in California earns Lester Benz Scholarship Former National Yearbook Advisor of the Year Sarah Nichols has earned the 2022 Lester Benz Scholarship from Quill and Scroll. Nichols will use the $500 stipend to pay for online learning opportunities, specifically courses in Adobe Illustrator, which she’ll then use in her lessons […]
Mississippi teacher earns 2021 Benz Scholarship
State’s 2016 adviser of the year oversees multiple media at Tupelo High School Shari Chumley, Tupelo High School Shari Chumley, the journalism adviser at Tupelo High School in Tupelo, Mississippi, and an admitted “professional development junkie,” has been named the recipient of the 2021 Lester G. Benz Memorial Scholarship. The Benz carries with it a […]
Connecticut adviser wins 2020 Benz scholarship
Laura Bowe from The King School earns award Laura Bowe, the yearbook adviser at the King School in Stamford, Connecticut, has been named the 2020 recipient of the Quill and Scroll Lester G. Benz Scholarship. Bowe has advised the yearbook for four years and has shown promise as one of country’s best young advisers. She […]
