2025 Communications Contest

CHESPRA proudly recognizes the recipients of the 2025 Awards. The CHESPRA Awards celebrate outstanding work in school communication across the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. This year’s award-winning entries showcase the innovative, high-quality work shaping the future of school public relations across our region.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients!

Blog

• Starting a Club Interactive Gameboard — Baltimore City Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

Brochure

• Winning Wednesday — Baltimore City Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

Calendar

• Social Media Campaign – Inclement Weather Customer Service — Baltimore City Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• Empowering Families Through Digital Integration: How Baltimore City Public Schools Expanded Its Reach and Strengthened Community Engagement — Baltimore City Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• Dual Language Immersion Programs Create Opportunities for Students in Baltimore City Public Schools — Baltimore City Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

Crisis Communications

• “At School on a Snow Day? City Schools Facilities Crews Safely Clear Parking Lots and Walkways” — Baltimore City Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

Financial Information

• ACPS Scholars Studios — Albemarle County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• ACPS 2024-25 Media Relations Annual Reports — Alexandria City Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• We’re in the Business of People — Baltimore City Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

Handbook

• “Taking the Lead” — How ACPS Turned Crisis Into Confidence — Alexandria City Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

Newsletter

• Live, Impact, Grow at ACPS — Alexandria City Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

Social Media

• Explore Your Leadership Opportunities: Shape the Future with ACPS — Alexandria City Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• Using a Chaotic Moment to Craft a Vision for Our Schools — Charlottesville City Schools 🏆 Distinction

• Revolutionary Roots — Isle of Wight County Schools 🏆 Distinction

Special Campaign

• Sharing Our Success — Fairfax County Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• Encore! Celebrating BCS Rockstars in Education — Berkeley County Schools 🏆 Distinction

• Think Before You Speak — Berkeley County Schools 🏆 Distinction

• FY 2026 Proposed Operating Budget — Chesterfield County Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

• Mirror Me – “See Yourself” Promotional Poster — Chesterfield County Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

• Online Store for Chesterfield County Public Schools — Chesterfield County Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

• BCS Insider — Berkeley County Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• Fast Facts Infographic — Chesterfield County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

Special Event

• Reflections — Isle of Wight County Schools 🏆 Distinction

• A New Chapter of Leadership: Superintendent Ryan Saxe’s Entry Plan & Welcome — Berkeley County Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

Special Publication

• HCPS Convocation 2024 — Hanover County Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• From Parent to Teacher – A Mother’s Journey — Fairfax County Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• Secondary Programs Video Series — Stafford County Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• The Impact of an Educator — Louisa County Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

• Elevate Your Experience: Launch of Our New Website — Stafford County Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

• Alexandria City Public Schools Annual Report: 2023-24 Measuring What Matters — Alexandria City Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• Building Bonds Beyond the School Webinar Series for Families — Alexandria City Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• Charlottesville City Schools News & Highlights: Earning Readers’ Attention, All Year Long — Charlottesville City Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• State of Our Schools — Fairfax County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• HCPS Budget Presentation FY26 — Hanover County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• Excused vs. Unexcused: What’s the Difference? — Stafford County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• How to Find My Bus Assignment with My Ride K-12 — Stafford County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• “Off and Away” Personal Device Policy — Stafford County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

Speech/Op-Ed

• #Kindness Day at LCPS — Louisa County Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

Video Production or Program (TV & Streaming)

• Jamiya’s School Scrapbook: Becoming the Portrait of a Hampton Graduate — Hampton City Schools 🏆 Excellence

• 2024-2025 Louisa County Public Schools Fiscal Year Budget Document — Louisa County Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• 2024-2025 Division Calendar — Louisa County Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• DISCOVER — Louisa County Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• The Roadmap to Student Success: Roanoke City Public Schools’ Strategic Plan — Roanoke City Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• Roanoke City Public Schools Parent Handbook Calendar — Roanoke City Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• 2024-25 School Year Calendar — Stafford County Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• A Message to the Class of 2025 — Louisa County Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

• Legislative Agenda — Stafford County Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

• Student Voices Tour — Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools 🏆 Distinction

• The 5Cs Series at Louisa County Public Schools — Louisa County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• Stafford In Action — Stafford County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• Discovery Nights! — Stafford County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• Find Your Focus — Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

Web Publication or E-Newsletter

• Hampton City Schools’ Academies of Hampton — Hampton City Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

• Welcome Back, Hampton City Schools (2024-2025)! — Hampton City Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention

Website

• School Year Calendar Magnet — Henry County Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• The My Path to Graduation Magnet — Henry County Public Schools 🏆 Excellence

• HCPS Annual Report — Hanover County Public Schools 🏅 Honorable Mention