10 Mar 2006
12 Gold Star awards and eight Silver Star awards are earned
DALLAS—The Dallas Independent School District Communication Services Department received a total of 20 2005 Texas School Public Relations Association Star Awards for excellence in school communications that were announced at the TSPRA Star Awards Celebration on Thursday, February 23, during the organization's annual conference in Austin.
Each year TSPRA, with more than 800 members, recognizes school communicators for outstanding work in print and electronic media. This year, more than 1,000 entries were received.
Entries selected as best in the state were honored with Silver Star, Gold Star and Best of Category Awards.
The awards received by DISD are listed as follows:
Gold Star Awards
Booklet – Superintendent Search
Invitations/Announcements – Volunteer Recognition Invitation
Posters – School Zone Dallas
Non-English Speaking Audience - DISD Parent (Best of Category)
Photo (Other Subjects) - Chess Game
Photo (Other Subjects) - School Zone Dallas cast members
Special Interest/Feature Series Video- School Zone Dallas (Best of Category)
Special Interest/Feature Series Video- Zona Escolar de Dallas
Instructional Video- Nuevos Amigos - (Spanish Language Instructional Show)
Instructional Video- It All Adds Up – (Elementary After-School Math Show)
Electronic Newsletter - @DISD
Web site - School Zone Dallas
Silver Star Awards
Flyer/Brochure - Wearing the district's new uniforms
Internal Newsletter - Communicator
Booklet - Awards & Honors
Booklet - Jesse Owens folder
Program - Volunteer Recognition Program
Poster - Got Math?
Poster - Wearing the district's new uniforms
Magazines - DISD Parent