Quill & Scroll Inducts New Members

Aubrie Kendall, Staff writer

May 10, 2024

Quill & Scroll inductees with adviser Beth Koreski and guest speaker Alexa Griffey.

On May 1 Quill & Scroll inducted 11 new members in the library. Quill & Scroll is the International Honor Society for student journalists. PHS received their charter 93 years ago, on May 22, 1931, making it the the seventh oldest Quill & Scroll charter in the state.

PHS alumna and local journalist Alexa Griffey was the guest speaker. Before the ceremony began, Griffey, a former English teacher at PHS, highlighted the difficulties and the excitements of journalism and what it means to be a journalist. Griffey is currently the morning news anchor on WTAP.

Quill & Scroll members are selected from all three platforms of the journalism program: yearbook, newspaper and mass communications. To become a member, students must meet five qualifications. They must be a junior or senior and must be scholastically in the upper third of their high school class. They also must have done superior work in some phase of high school journalism. They must be recommended by the adviser and must be approved as being worthy of membership by the Society’s executive director. If students meet these requirements they are initiated into the society with the badge of Quill & Scroll.

The mission of Quill & Scroll is to encourage, support and recognize individual student initiative and achievement in scholastic journalism. It honors the passion, dedication and hard work of student journalists worldwide. Journalism adviser Beth Koreski said the 11 new inductees become a part of a long-standing tradition of journalistic excellence at PHS.

“All inductees were chosen for being leaders in their respective programs and represent the best of what PHS journalism has to offer,” said Koreski. “They serve our school with integrity and face the future armed with the skills only student journalism can provide.”

2024 Members:

Allyson Powers

Caelyn Wise

Catherine Hayes

Nastasia Miller

Megan Midcap

Kadie Anderson

Thea Bordeaux

River Deem

Peyton Louden

Morgan McFee

Margaret Mildren

“I’m very excited and honored to be a part of Quill & Scroll because I’m very passionate about journalism,” said Powers, a two-year member of the yearbook staff. “I love it because it’s like my past years in journalism have paid off and plus I got to be inducted with all the people I’ve gotten close to through journalism.”

About the Contributors

Aubrie Kendall, Staff Writer

Aubrie Kendall is a junior and this is her second year as a staff member on The Journal. She is in many extracurriculars for the school such as A Cappella Choir, Junior Cabinet,Student Council, Key Club, and Diversity Student Union. She is obsessed with the movies “La La Land” and “A Walk to Remember”, depressing right? If you ever see her with her AirPods in it’s likely she’s listening to Zach Bryan. In her free time she loves to paint or make Pinterest boards. She is so excited to be back on the staff and can’t wait to make the site the best it can be.

Brooklyn Miller, Staff Writer

Brooklyn Miller is a junior and a second-year member of The Journal. She is most excited to be writing feature stories and news stories once again. She is also assistant editor on the Yearbook Staff, participates in Junior Cabinet, NHS and is a Red Wing. She always has everything overly organized and if anyone needs something she probably has it. She can be found in 311C most of the morning working on stories, pictures, editing and anything else thrown her way. She has a new obsession with New York City and wants to be there as much as possible. Her favorite part of being on The Journal Staff is telling the stories of the school through the eyes of students and staff.