Magna Awards
Welcome to American School Board Journal’s Magna Awards sponsored by Sodexo School Services. Over the past 16 years, we’ve featured many excellent examples of school district leadership, and this year is no exception. Again, we found common threads running through many of the winning programs: community, collaboration, and partnership.
Want to find out more? Visit our Magna information page today for answers to frequently asked questions.
To nominate your program, go to our Magna Nominations page and click on the link to the Magna Nomination Form. Be sure to read Tips on Making Your Nomination before you begin the nomination process.
And don't forget to take a look at our new, searchable Magna Awards Best Practices Database, where you can browse through past Magna winners and other high-scoring programs for innovative best practices, proven and practical solutions, and new ideas. New programs that receive high scores from the Magna judges will be added to the database every year -- maybe yours will be added next year!
Resources
- 2009 Magna Introduction
- In Search of Excellence: 2009 Judges
- What is Magna?
Details about the program and how to enter. - Grand Prize: Expecting Success
Bridgeport School District, Bridgeport Wash. - Grand Prize: Giving the Gift of Literacy
Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, Ore. - Grand Prize: The Rest Is History
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, Evansville, Ind. - Free Enterprise City
Richardson Independent School District, Richardson, Texas - Design Robots; Add Water
Prince William County Public Schools, Manassas, Va. - Engaging Community Experts
Poudre School District, Fort Collins, Colo. - Aspiring to Greatness
Houston Independent School District, Houston, Texas - Healthy Eating in Paradise
Hawaii Board of Education, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Breakfast Partners
West Seneca Central Schools, West Seneca, N.Y. - Saving Schools Through Choice
Minnetonka Public Schools, Minnetonka, Minn. - Growing Up Green
Manassas City Public Schools, Manassas, Va. - Succeeding in the Global Age
Lee's Summit R-7 School District, Lee's Summit, Mo. - Reaching The Summit
Bay Shore Union Free School District, Bay Shore, N.Y. - Shooting STARS
Passaic Valley Regional High School, Little Falls, NJ. - Teamwork Works
Owensboro Public Schools, Owensboro, Ky. - Creating Diversity Awareness
Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District, Honeoye Falls, N.Y. - College for All Students
Hidalgo Independent School District, Hidalgo, Texas - Service Learning Lessons
Albany County School District No. 1, Laramie Wyo. - Magna 2009: Honorable Mentions