Fox Chapel Area School District wins national publication awards

The Fox Chapel Area School District won 10 national awards in the 2022 National School Public Relations Association Publications and Digital Media Excellence Awards contest.

The district’s winning publications were coordinated by Jill Leonard, the district’s community engagement specialist, and Bonnie Berzonski, the district’s coordinator of communications.

The district received an Award of Excellence for the entry, “Arts, Music Programs Find New Creativity During Pandemic, Continue to Thrive” in the excellence in writing category.

The district won Awards of Merit for the Fox Chapel Area School District Website in the internet/intranet website category; for the four-part series “Adapting, Innovating, and Overcoming: The Story of the 2020-2021 School Year” in the video (produced in-house) category; for the “IN Fox Chapel Area” community magazine spring and summer 2021 issues in the magazine category; for the “2020-2021 Fox Chapel Area School District State of the Schools” in the annual report category, and for the stories “FCASD Makes Strides on Diversity” and “Unified Soccer Team Builds on District’s Inclusion Efforts” in the excellence in writing category.

The district won Honorable Mentions for the Messages from the Superintendent in the excellence in writing category and for the “IN Fox Chapel Area Magazine” winter 2021 issue in the magazine category.

More than 1,250 entries were judged in this year’s awards contest. The awards recognize outstanding education publications, e-newsletters, digital media programs, radio/TV/video programs, social media, infographics, blogs, and websites.