Shapiro Administration Announces 36 PA High Schools Earn Governor’s Civic Engagement Awards for Helping More Than 3,300 Eligible Students Register to Vote

​Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania departments of State and Education announced today that 36 high schools in the Commonwealth won Governor's Civic Engagement Awards (GCEA) during the 2023-24 school year.

Eighteen schools won Gold Level Awards for registering to vote at least 85 percent of their eligible students, and 18 schools won Silver Level Awards for registering to vote at least 65 percent of their eligible students. In total, about 160 students helped register more than 3,300 of their peers to win gold- or silver-level awards for their schools.

“These prestigious awards celebrate the efforts of Pennsylvania high school students to register their eligible classmates to vote and to hopefully launch them on a lifelong habit of voting," Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said. “Engaging the next generation of voters is crucial to the future health of our representative democracy."

In addition, 267 students from across the Commonwealth won Student Poll Worker Awards for participating in a voter registration event at their school and serving as a poll worker in their communities on Election Day in November.

“Those students who served as poll workers on Election Day helped ensure that members of their community could cast their vote and make their voices heard," Schmidt said.

Here are the winning schools:

Here are the winning schools:

Gold Level Award