Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists was founded on April 10, 1926, at the University of Iowa by renowned pollster George H. Gallup and a group of high school advisers to encourage and recognize individual student achievement in journalism and scholastic publication.
Since its founding, school charters have been granted to more than 11,300 high schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 29 foreign countries. Media advisers in chartered schools are eligible to recommend outstanding high school journalism students for membership in Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society.
Members of the Quill and Scroll Honor Society must be chosen from students enrolled in the high school who, at the time of their recommendation, meet the following requirements:
1. They must be of freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior classification.
2. They must have done superior work in some phase of journalism or school media work.
3. They may be staffers of a magazine, newspaper, yearbook, news organization, online site, or radio/television station at the school, or one conducted by an external organization.
4. They must have the equivalent of a B grade average, or be in the upper third of their class in general scholastic standing, either for the year of their election or for the cumulative total of all high school work.
5. They must be recommended by the supervisor or by the committee governing the media.
6. They must be approved by the Quill and Scroll Associate Director.
If you have any questions about this, please contact Angie Gable at [email protected] .