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
