The Holyoke Public Schools communications team has earned five national awards this year, including an Award of Excellence for a video produced by HPS Media Center Director Michael Hines—A Model School: Making it our own—along with four other winning entries produced by the HPS communications team.
The National School Public Relations Association recently announced its 2024 Publications and Digital Media Excellence winners, representing some of the best communications work produced by public relations professionals from school districts across the United States and Canada.
Winning entries were recognized during the Annual Meeting and Celebration of Achievement during NSPRA’s 2024 National Seminar July 14-17 in Bellevue, Washington.
HPS submitted a total of five entries this year, and all five were selected for national recognition. These include:
Three videos produced in house, including A Model School: Making it our own (Award of Excellence), Cultivating compassion: Sullivan Middle School's social-emotional learning journey (Award of Merit), and High school is just ahead: Advice for 8th graders (Honorable Mention)
The district’s e-newsletter, Together for Holyoke: Stories and inspiration from our schools (Award of Excellence)
A news article, ’You're good at math; you just don't know it yet,’ says Sullivan math coach, (Award of Excellence for writing)
The awards were presented to Communications Director Jennie Oesterreicher, Media Center Director Michael Hines, Senior Communications Coordinator Kat Johnson, and Chief of Strategy and Turnaround Erin Linville for their respective work on these projects.