Quill & Scroll Society

Quill & Scroll Society Since 1926

Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists were organized 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 academic 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.