The Spring ISD Communications Office was recognized with 33 Star Awards from the Texas School Public Relations Association (TSPRA) for excellence in school communications during the 2022-23 school year, including two Crystal Award Certificates of Merit and four Best Of Category awards.

The awards were presented on Feb. 29 during the 2024 TSPRA Annual Conference Star Awards Banquet in Sugar Land. Every year, TSPRA recognizes and honors exceptional work in print, electronic and visual communications. Along with the Crystal Award Finalists, Spring ISD earned 20 Gold Stars, 11 Silver Stars and two Bronze Stars.

“In Spring ISD, we are lucky to have excellent teachers, students, and community members. And as a Communication team, we have the privilege of telling their stories,” Chief of Communications Shane Strubhart said. “We work hard to get these stories, as well as the important information that is vital to student success, to everyone in our Spring ISD community. To have this external recognition of that hard work means a lot, and validates our efforts in providing an essential service to our parents, staff, students, and the broader community.”

Judges evaluated thousands of submissions statewide and determined the winners based on criteria set by TSPRA. School districts were judged in three separate categories: fewer than 15,000 students, 15,000 to 40,000 students, and more than 40,000 students. Spring ISD, with 33,000 students, competes with school districts with 15,000 to 40,000 students.

For its two Crystal Award Finalists, Spring ISD was honored for both its Video Portfolio and  Photography Portfolio. 

The Texas School Public Relations Association is a nonprofit, professional organization dedicated to promoting public schools through effective communications. TSPRA, an award-winning chapter of the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA), was chartered in 1962 and incorporated in 1977. With more than 1,000 members, TSPRA is made up primarily of public information and communications professionals who serve the public school districts and education organizations of Texas. For more information on TSPRA, visit their website at TSPRA.org.

💎 Crystal Certificate of Merit

1. Spring ISD: Video Portfolio
2. Spring ISD: Photography Portfolio

👑 Best of Category

1. Program:  The Spring ISD Alumni Band: The Midwest Clinic
2. Print Magazine: Spring Times – 2023-2024 Back-to-School Edition
3. Video Documentary: Spring ISD Class of 2023 – Mihael Mendo
4. Website: Journey Into Reading

🥇 Gold Medals 

1. Poster: Spring ISD 2022-23 Anti-Drug Poster Series
2. Photo Other Subjects: Training for the Unthinkable
3. Photo Other Subjects: Broadway Dreams
4. Publish News or Feature: In its first year, Wunsche HS coding club takes top two spots at state level
5. Publish News or Feature: With rodeo season in full swing, Trustee Newhouse celebrates ranching recognition
6. Publish News or Feature: Students in Wunsche HS Construction Management Pathway building tiny house
7. Social Media Campaign: We are ONE, we are Spring ISD
8. Social Media Campaign: The Power of Choice
9. Video News: A Safe Start with the Spring ISD Police Department
10. Video General Event: Spring ISD 2023 Graduations – Drone Footage Compilation
11. Video General Event: Rockin’ & Rollin’: 2023 Graduation
12. Video General Event: Pretty girls walk the stage
13. Video Feature Story: Carl Wunsche Sr. HS Graduate is Heading to the United States Air Force Academy
14. Video Promotional: Practicing for the Spring ISD Education Foundation Golf Tournament with Spring High School.
15. Video Marketing: The Spring ISD State of the District
16. Video Marketing: Spring ISD 2022 Bond
17. Video News Package: Our Superintendent Finds the Strike Zone
18. Video Production in other language: Spring ISD Bono Escolar 2022
19. Website:Spring ISD 2022 Bond
20. Writing: Students across Spring ISD celebrate Africa’s impact on the world with 2023 Black History Month projects

🥈 Silver Medals

1. Invitation/Announcement/Postcard/Thank You Note: Spring ISD 2023 State of the District: Blueprint for Success
2. Logo Trademark Symbol: It All Starts with Pre-K
3. Photo Sport Subject: Picture the Pitcher
4. Photo Sport Subject: A Dance with the Soccer Ball
5. Photo Sport Subject: Kickin’ Stereotypes, Empowerin’ Girls
6. Social Media Campaign: Spring Teachers Rock
7. Video General Event:Winter Wonderland at Spring ISD
8. Video Production in a Language other than english: Inclusion
9. Writing: For Spring Early College Academy senior, music is a way to give back and uplift others
10. Writing: Paging ‘Nurse Will’: Dekaney HS graduate nears completion of his nursing degree at SHSU
11. Website: SISD Insider – Employee Intranet

🥉 Bronze Medals

1. Video General Event: The Spring ISD 2022 Convocation
2. Website Original Design:  Spring ISD 2023 State of the District