The New Jersey School Boards Association is pleased to announce the winners in its 2005 Annual School Communications Competition. The competition recognizes school districts that have reached out to their communities with exceptional publications and public relations programs. Almost 200 entries were received this year.

Winning entries were assigned awards of excellence, merit and honorable mention. The excellence winners will be on display on the exhibit floor during Workshop next month. In addition, a special awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, October 27, from 12:10 to 12:30 p.m. in the association booth area.

The following school districts received awards of excellence:

Annual Reports

Passaic County Vocational, Expanding Horizons

Piscataway Township, With an Eye to the Future

Teaneck, School Connections: A Report to the Community

Audio-Visual Media

Lenape Regional High School District, Video Totem Newsletter

Ocean City, Building on Excellence

Pemberton Township, Image 19

Woodbridge Township, The Gifted and Talented Movie

Finance Publications

Cherry Hill Township, Information Resources for the Proposed 2005-06 Budget

Cresskill, Cresskill School District Public Schools Referendum

Flemington-Raritan Regional, 2005-06 Budget Campaign

Calendars, Information Guides, Handbooks

Hopewell Valley Regional, 2004-2005 Parent Calendar/Handbook

Passaic County Vocational, Passaic County Technical Institute Activities Calendar

Tinton Falls, Tinton Falls School District Information Guide

Union City, Keys to the Union City School Board of Education

Magazines

Hopewell Valley Regional, Portraits of Excellence

Newsletters/Tabloids

Flemington-Raritan Regional, Our District

Hopewell Valley Regional, Valley View

Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission, MRESC Update

Passaic County Vocational, The Technician

South Brunswick Township, Spotlight on Schools

Union County Educational Services Commission, Service Scope

PR Projects Other Than Publications

Mount Laurel Township, Springville Summer Review

Ocean County Vocational, Open House/Recruitment Campaign

Special Purpose Publications

Bayonne, Bayonne School District ESL and Bilingual Education

Middlesex County Vocational, Solutions that Inspire and Motivate Students

Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission, A Parent/Guardians Guide to the Transition Process

Mount Laurel Township, Mount Laurel Charter Education

Teaneck, The Forum

School District Web Sites

Glen Ridge

Haworth

Ocean County Vocational

Ridgewood Village