School Board Recognition Month Toolkit
School Board Recognition Month — January 2019
By proclamation of Governor Inslee, January is School Board Recognition Month for the 23rd year in a row. To help districts celebrate and acknowledge their school boards, we assembled a small toolkit.
School District Toolkit
- Recognition Certificate to present to board members at your January board meeting. (MS Word file) (PDF version)
- Governor’s Proclamation
- WSSDA News Release (PDF) (webpage)
- Customizable Letter to the Editor Template to send your local newspaper
- For Message Boards and Posters: MS Word template with sample quotes and statements
- Use the hashtag #SchoolBoardMonth to amply your message with other districts nationwide
- Facebook Cover Photo (851 x 315 pixels)
- Twitter Cover Photo (1500 x 500 pixels
- Decorative Images
- Posters
The Public School is the cornerstone of a democratic society. — Horace Mann
Public education does not serve a public, it creates a public. — Neil Postman
There is a place in America to take a stand—it is public education. It is the underpinning of our cultural and political system. — Tom Brokaw