2019 Award Winners
Congratulations to all our districts who received awards for their outstanding work throughout the 2018-19 school year. Below is a list of our award winners!
Annual Report (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Monroe School District
Award of Excellence:
- Mercer Island School District
- Educational Service District 112
- Longview Public Schools
- East Valley School District No.90
- Ridgefield School District
Award of Merit:
Annual Report (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - Highline Public Schools
Award of Merit:
Blog (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - North Kitsap School District
Blog (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - OSPI
Branding/Image Package (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Educational Service District 112 - Camas High School Brand Refresh
Award of Merit:
Honorable Mention:
- Walla Walla Public Schools - School Safety Awareness Campaign
- Walla Walla Public Schools - Strategic Plan Branding
- Educational Service District 112 - James W. Lintott Elementary School Graphics
Branding/Image Package (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - Highline Public Schools - Strategic Plan
Award of Excellence:
Award of Merit:
Calendar (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Steilacoom Historical School District No. 1
Award of Merit:
- East Valley School District No.90
- South Kitsap School District
- Arlington Public Schools
- Ridgefield School District
- Oak Harbor Public Schools
- Lake Stevens School District
Calendar (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - Tacoma Public Schools
Award of Merit:
Communications Plan, PR, Marketing Campaign (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Bainbridge Island School District - BISD STRONG
Award of Excellence:
- Orting School District - #OrtingCares
- North Kitsap School District - Your Path, Your Way at North Kitsap
Award of Merit:
- Olympia School District - Identification for Highly Capable Services
Honorable Mention:
- Port Angeles School District - Port Angeles High School Klallam Language Class on NPR's All Things Considered
- Educational Service District 112 - "It's Elementary" Bond Campaign
- Peninsula School District - These Faces Need Spaces 2019 Capital Bond Campaign
- Mercer Island School District - Island to Island
Communications Plan, PR, Marketing Campaign (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category (PERFECT) - ESD 112 & PSESD - New School Funding Model Campaign
Best in Category (PERFECT) - Highline Public Schools - COLLEGECON 2018
Award of Excellence:
- Evergreen Public Schools - 2019 Levy Campaign
- OSPI - ‘Pick Your Priorities’ Public Budget Survey
- Tacoma Public Schools - 2018 Tacoma Teacher Strike
- Bellevue School District - Strategic Plan in Action
- Bellingham Public Schools - Welcoming the new and respecting the past: Opening Sehome High School
Award of Merit:
- Central Kitsap School District - CK Schools 2019 School Support Replacement Levy
- Bethel School District - 2018/19 Bond Campaigns
- Issaquah School District - Levy Stamp
- Bethel School District - Bethel Billboards
- Clover Park School District - Visitor Entry Systems Toolkit
Honorable Mention:
E-Newsletter (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Bainbridge Island School District - E-newsletters: Effective and Efficient
Honorable Mention:
- East Valley School District No.90 - East Valley Educators
- Arlington Public Schools - Employee Newsletter
- East Valley School District No.90 - East Valley E-news
E-Newsletter (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - Central Kitsap School District - CK Schools Employee Newsletter: "On the Inside"
Award of Excellence:
- Highline Public Schools - Keeping Our Promise (KOP) e-newsletter
Award of Merit:
- Highline Public Schools - Highline Insider
- Seattle Public Schools - School Beat: The Seattle Public Schools E-Newsletter
Honorable Mention:
- Clover Park School District - News Briefs
- Richland School District - Inside RSD
Finance (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Hockinson School District - Hockinson Levy Communications
Award of Excellence:
Award of Merit:
- Arlington Public Schools - Bond Brochures
Finance (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - Central Kitsap School District - CK Schools 2019 Levy Mailer
Marketing (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Olympia School District - Building Blocks for Success - Promoting Kindergarten Readiness in the Community
Honorable Mention:
- Walla Walla Public Schools - 5th Grade Transition to Middle School
Marketing (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - Highline Public Schools - Recruiting Cards and Materials
Award of Merit:
Honorable Mention:
Print Newsletter (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - ESD 112 - Hilander Highlights Newsletter
Award of Excellence:
- Walla Walla Public Schools - 10-10 Staff Newsletter
- Lake Stevens School District - Lake Schools
Award of Merit:
- Walla Walla Public Schools - Focus On Education Community Newsletter
- Shoreline School District - Flagship Newsletter
- Peninsula School District - The Compass
- East Valley School District No.90 - East Valley Excellence (Quarterly Printed Newsletter)
- South Kitsap School District - Community Connections Mailer Series
- Port Angegles School District - Port Angeles School District Visions
- Arlington Public Schools - Community Newsletter
Print Newsletter (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - Everett Public Schools - Winter 2019 issue of Our Schools
Award of Excellence:
- Bethel School District - Bethel Pride
Award of Merit:
- North Thurston Public Schools -Community Connections: Fall 2019
- Evergreen Public Schools - Your Evergreen Schools
- Clover Park School District - Inside Schools
Social Media (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - North Kitsap School District - Birthday Selfies with the Principal
Best in Category - North Kitsap School District - #BestStudentsEver Students as People
Award of Merit:
- Ridgefield School District - Construction Updates
- Orting School District - #OrtingCares
Honorable Mention:
- Educational Service District 112 and Washougal School District Washougal - School District Strike Social Media Communications
- Bainbridge Island School District - The Power of Social Media
Social Media (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - Tacoma Public Schools - National Counselor Week
Award of Excellence:
- Clover Park School District - #CPSDStaffSpotlight
- Bellevue School District - Winter Weather Week
Award of Merit:
- Highline Public Schools - Highline Gratitude
- Richland School District - Special Education In Richland Schools
- Tacoma Public Schools - Northwest Snowmageddon 2019
- Tacoma Public Schools - Doers
- Clover Park School District - #PromisingFuturesFriday
- Bethel School District - Social Media
- Battle Ground Public Schools - The 10 Days of Elfmas
- Evergreen Public Schools - EPS Social Media
- Kent School District KSD - State of Our District Digital Campaign
- Clover Park School District - 2019 Snowmageddon
- Lake Washington School District - Earth Day is Every Day at LWSD
Honorable Mention:
Special Purpose (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Oak Harbor Public Schools - 2018 Mailer
Award of Excellence:
- Monroe School District - #WeAreMSD - Special Safety Edition
- Educational Service District 112 - Lacamas Lake Elementary Signs
- North Kitsap School District - Building Promising Futures Capital Projects Report
Award of Merit:
- ESD 112, Washougal School District, and Hathaway Elementary - We are Hathaway Poster Series
- Lake Stevens School District - Effective Communication
- East Valley School District No.90 - Communication Survey Results
- Lake Stevens School District - How we communicate with families
Special Purpose (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category (PERFECT) - Everett Public Schools - 2018-19 Technology Handbook for Students and Parents
Award of Excellence:
- Everett Public Schools - 10-year Executive Summary
- Everett Public Schools - Everett Public Schools Quick Facts
- Lake Washington School District - Building on Success Annual Progress Report
- ESD 112 Battle Ground - Professional Development Catalog
- Everett Public Schools - EPS Brochure
- Central Kitsap School District - CK Annual School Progress Reports
- North Thurston Public Schools - Countdown to Kindergarten
- Issaquah School District - ISD Infographic
- Highline Public Schools - Brand Guidelines
Award of Merit:
- Bellingham Public Schools - Garden to cafeteria toolkit
Video (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Olympia School District - Olympia Regional Learning Academy (ORLA) Montessori Program
Award of Merit:
- Ridgefield School District - Growing Together, the 2018-2019 School Year
- Mercer Island School District - An Island of Opportunity
- Peninsula School District - An Overcrowding Tour
- Olympia School District - Why do YOU teach?
- Walla Walla Public Schools Bond - Community Involvement & Planning videos
- Mercer Island School District - Special Education: Preparing Students for Life
Honorable Mention:
- Orting School District - #OrtingCares
- Olympia School District - Student Learning in the OSD
- Arlington Public Schools - Post Middle Schools Video
- Oak Harbor Public Schools - Graduation Highlight Video
- Walla Walla Public Schools - Developing Washington's Most Sought-After Graduates Videos
- Mercer Island School District - The Great Kindness Challenge
- Educational Service District 112 - Our High School is Beyond Repair: Ferndale School District
- Educational Service District 112 - In Their Own Words: Discovery High School
Video (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category (PERFECT) - Seattle Public Schools Building Excellence V (BEX V) Capital Levy Video
Best in Category (PERFECT) - Tacoma Public Schools Why teach special education? Why not?
Award of Excellence:
- Northshore School District - Imagine the Possibilities
- Highline Public Schools - Storing Away our Acorns
- North Thurston Public Schools - Everyone Belongs!
- Tacoma Public Schools - Iraqi brother and sister are living their American dream
- Evergreen Public Schools - Heritage High Unified Dance Team
- Tacoma Public Schools - The relentless Megan Clark
Award of Merit:
- Bethel School District - Inclusive PE class teaches kindness, builds friendships
- Highline Public Schools - Our Strategic Plan
- Bethel School District - The Arcade Project
- Lake Washington School District - Art is...
- Richland School District - U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis Visits Chief Joseph Middle School
- Bethel School District - Spanaway Lake High School leading the way with drone class
- OSPI - Healthy Youth Survey Instructional Video
- Bellingham Public Schools - Welcome to Kindergarten
- Everett Public Schools - Everett High School Black Student Union "What's Your Community"
Honorable Mention:
- Everett Public Schools - Everett High School Theatre "What's Your Community"
- Evergreen Public Schools - Start Small
- Kent School District Students - Reflect on the Power of Building Relationships
- Evergreen Public Schools - Super-tech Superheroes
- Lake Washington School District - LINKS Lunch Buddy Program
- Pasco School District Pasco - Students: Who Inspired You?
Website (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Monroe School District
Honorable Mention:
Website (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - Highline Public Schools
Award of Merit:
Honorable Mention:
- North Thurston Public Schools
- Tacoma Public Schools
- Battle Ground Public Schools
- Evergreen Public Schools
Writing (enrollment LESS than 10,000)
Best in Category - Olympia School District - Students help rebuild homes and connect hearts in New Orleans
Honorable Mention:
Writing (enrollment MORE than 10,000)
Best in Category - Bethel School District - Get to know your principal: Elk Plain’s Tom Mitchell
Honorable Mention:
- Bethel School District - 10 More Bethel Myths
- Seattle Public Schools - Our Progress: Seattle Public Schools Sees Increase in 2017-18 Graduation Rates
- Everett Public Schools - Technology Stands Yoga on its Head
- Tacoma Public Schools - Iraqi brother and sister, Saif and Elaf pursue their American dream
- Tacoma Public Schools - Teaching empathy through athletics