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
