Judges named 15 school publications from NINE states as George H. Gallup Award recipients in the 2016 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 26 schools. The International Second Place Award was awarded to 17 schools. The International Honor Award went to 4 schools.

Gallup Award

California

Irvine: Irvine High School

Los Angeles: Harvard-Westlake Middle School

Georgia

Athens: Clarke Central High School

Decatur: Decatur High School

Illinois

Downers Grove: Downers Grove North High School

Indiana

Carmel: Carmel High School

Crown Point: Crown Point High School

Munster: Munster High School

Iowa

Iowa City: West High School

Missouri

Chesterfield: Marquette High School

Kirkwood: Kirkwood High School

St. Charles: Francis Howell North High School

Nevada

Las Vegas: Southwest Career and Technical Academy

Ohio

Liberty Township: Lakota East High School

Virginia

McLean: McLean High School

International First Place

California

Chatsworth: Sierra Canyon School

Granite Bay: Granite Bay High School

Los Angeles: Shalhevet High School

San Leandro: San Leandro High School

Florida

Miami: Felix Varela Sr. High School; Michael Krop Senior High School

Georgia

Atlanta: Henry Grady High School

Idaho

Lewiston: Lewiston High School

Illinois

Huntley: Huntley High School

Indiana

Indianapolis: Lawrence North High School

Iowa

Johnston: Johnston High School

Kansas

Stilwell: Blue Valley High School

Maryland

Bel Air: John Carroll School

Michigan

Sterling Heights: Adlai Stevenson High School

Shelby Township: Eisenhower High School

Minnesota

Minneapolis: Minnehaha Academy

New Hope: Robbinsdale Cooper High School

Missouri

Webster Grove: Webster Grove High School

Wildwood: Lafayette High School

New Jersey

Wall: Communications High School

Ohio

Bexley: Bexley High School

Dublin: Dublin Coffman High School

South Carolina

Fort Mill: Nation Ford High School

Texas

Austin: McCallum High School

Virginia

Harrisonburg: Harrisonburg High School

International – Canada

Coquitlam, British Columbia: Gleneagle Secondary School

International Second Place

California

Redlands: Redlands High School

Florida

Tampa: Jesuit High School

Sarasota: Riverview High School

Georgia

Suwanee: Lambert High School

Illinois

Lake Zurich: Lake Zurich High School

Indiana

Fishers: Fishers High School

Iowa

Cedar Rapids: Kennedy High School; Washington High School

Kansas

Topeka: Topeka High School

Massachusetts

South Hadley: South Hadley High School

Minnesota

Stillwater: Stillwater Area High School

Missouri

St. Louis: Ritenour High School

New Jersey

Demarest: Northern Valley Regional High School

New York

Rye Brook: Blind Brook High School

Ohio

Loveland: Loveland High School

Pennsylvania

Easton: Notre Dame High School

Virginia

Palmyra: Fluvanna County High School

International Honors

California

Apple Valley: Apple Valley High School

Brentwood: Liberty High School

Redlands: Citrus Valley High School and Redlands East Valley High School

Illinois

West Chicago: Community High School