Congratulations to Smith Middle School of Chapel Hill (pictured above) and East Chapel Hill High School, our 2024 The Quill State Champions!

Saturday, December 7 marked the fifteenth annual State Finals of The Quill, the state writing competition for middle and high school students in North Carolina.  The event was hosted by Seaforth High School of Pittsboro and saw students responding to prompts in Argumentation, Problem/Solution, Narrative (middle school), Creative Writing (high school), Informational (middle school), and Literary Analysis (high school).  

 The following are our top ranked schools and individual winners in each event:

 High school

1- East Chapel Hill

2- Thomas Jefferson Classical

3- Seaforth

4- Ardrey Kell

5- The Early College at Guilford

6 - Discovery

7 - Northwest Guilford

8 - Chapel Hill

9 - Lenoir County Early College

10 - South Lenoir

Argumentation State Champion: Nishitha Daniel of Early College at Guilford

Creative Writing State Champion: Elissa Huettel of East Chapel Hill HS

Literary Analysis State Champion: Jordyn Viviers of Chapel Hill HS

Problem/Solution State Champion: Pip Overath-Pierce of East Chapel Hill HS

Middle School

1- Smith

2 - Brown Summit

3 tie - Jay M Robinson / Elizabeth City

5 - Mount Airy

6 - Millennium Charter

7 - Pine Lake Prep

8 - George M Horton

9 - Woodington

10 - Meadowview Magnet

Argumentation State Champion: Rahini Jala from Jay M Robinson MS

Narrative State Champion: Evienne Swihart of George M Horton MS

Informational State Champion: Jason Sliwowski of Smith MS

Problem/Solution State Champion: Adriell Hinton of Elizabeth City MS