{"id":143173,"date":"2025-06-15T08:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T12:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143173"},"modified":"2025-06-15T08:21:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T12:21:05","slug":"bethlehem-area-school-district-wins-three-2025-nspra-awards-for-communication-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143173","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem Area School District Wins Three 2025 NSPRA Awards for Communication Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">From left: George Wacker, Tom Braun, Barbara Clymer, Dr. Jack Silva. (image courtesy of BASD )<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>BETHLEHEM, PA, July 2025<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The Bethlehem Area School District (BASD) is proud to announce it has earned three\u00a0NATIONAL\u00a0honors in the 2025\u00a0<strong>National\u00a0School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) Publications and Digital Media Excellence Awards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The annual NSPRA awards celebrate outstanding work in educational communications, including print and digital publications, videos, social media, infographics, and more. Entries are judged by seasoned communication professionals from across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BASD received the following awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Award of Excellence \u2013 Viewbook: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basdschools.org\/for-community\/viewbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LINK<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a> This is NSPRA\u2019s highest honor in its category and highlights BASD\u2019s efforts to visually and effectively showcase the district\u2019s values, achievements, and opportunities to students, families, and the community.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award of Merit \u2013 Video: Edgeboro\u2019s 100th Anniversary: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleynews.com\/bethlehem\/bethlehem-area-school-district-celebrates-a-century-of-education-at-former-edgeboro-elementary-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Media coverage<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a> Celebrating a century of the Edgeboro neighborhood in Bethlehem, this video project captured stories from residents, students, and alumni.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Honorable Mention \u2013 Video: Southside Greenway Mural Collaboration: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C6eP7s2uvRC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VIDEO<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a> This video project documented the creative partnership behind the Southside Greenway mural, showcasing BASD student involvement and community collaboration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThese awards are a testament to the creative energy and professional excellence of our communications team,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Dr. Jack P. Silva<\/strong>, Superintendent of Schools. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to share the stories that make our district, and our community, so special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A full list of 2025 winners can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nspra.org\/Awards\/Award-Winners\/Publications-and-Digital-Media-Excellence-Winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nspra.org\/Awards\/Award-Winners\/Publications-and-Digital-Media-Excellence-Winners<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Bethlehem Area School District<br \/>\n<\/strong> The Bethlehem Area School District is the 6th largest in Pennsylvania, serving nearly 14,000 culturally and economically diverse students across 22 community-based schools. The district spans the City of Bethlehem, Bethlehem Township, Hanover Township, Freemansburg, and Fountain Hill. Through partnerships with universities, businesses, and arts organizations, BASD provides rich academic and extracurricular experiences for all students.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBarbara Clymer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From left: George Wacker, Tom Braun, Barbara Clymer, Dr. Jack Silva. (image courtesy of BASD ) BETHLEHEM, PA, July 2025\u00a0\u2014 The Bethlehem Area School District (BASD) is proud to announce &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143173\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bethlehem Area School District Wins Three 2025 NSPRA Awards for Communication Excellence<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5717,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/basd-awards-media.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}