CSBA Golden Bell Awards
The Golden Bell Awards program, now in its 31st year, promotes excellence in education by recognizing outstanding programs in school districts and county offices of education throughout California. Golden Bell Awards reflect the depth and breadth of education programs necessary to address students’ changing needs. Applications are being accepted for all categories, including Wellness.
Wellness
: This category includes programs that address critical health issues and their link to student academic achievement, such as physical education and activity, nutrition, mental health, oral health, diabetes, indoor air quality, asthma and more; efforts to expand school wellness policy development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; collaborative and coordinated school health approaches and other successful strategies in creating healthier students and school communities; etc.
Other categories of interest include: Student Services, Parental/Community Involvement, and Partnerships and Collaboration. To see all of the Golden Bell program categories, please click on the links below.
Click here for the Golden Bell Awards Program Entry Form
Click here for the full Golden Bell Brochure
Eligibility Criteria: Programs must be operating in a CSBA member district or county office of education. A program must have started at least two years prior to the Golden Bell Awards program entry deadline of Friday, June 18, 2010 and currently be in existence.
Awards: Golden Bell Award winners will receive special recognition at an awards luncheon on Saturday, December 4, 2010, in San Francisco. The event is held in conjunction with CSBA’s Annual Education Conference. Golden Bell winners will also be invited to lead a one-hour Golden Bell Showcase discussion about their program at the conference on Saturday morning from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. A statewide CSBA news release will be disseminated and a sample news release will be prepared for use by the winning school districts and county offices of education.
For more information, visit the CSBA olden Bell site here.