Quill & Scroll
The Catoctin HS Publications Honor Society
New Member Application Deadline: November 3, 2023
CLICK HERE [Link Available in October] to access the 2023-2024 Quill and Scroll Google Form Application. The form (and all its components) must be completed and submitted by November 3, 2023.
If you have questions or concerns please feel free to reach out to the Catoctin High School Quill & Scroll Adviser:
 Theresa Hutchinson
theresa.hutchinson@fcps.org
Membership is open to media staff members in a Quill & Scroll school.
Quill and Scroll chapters have been established at more than 11,000 schools around the world. When a candidate is recommended for membership, the student pays an initiation fee of $25. The Society then provides the initiate with an official membership pin of their choice and a lifetime membership certificate.
Members of 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:
They must be of sophomore, junior or senior classification.
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.
They must have done superior work in some phase of journalism or school media work. 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.
They must be recommended by the supervisor or by the committee governing the media.
They must be approved by the Quill and Scroll Executive Director.