Each February, MSBA sponsors Minnesota School Board Recognition Week to recognize school board members for their commitment to Minnesota’s public school students. The 2022 Minnesota School Board Recognition Week is scheduled for February 21-25, 2022. Direct questions to Bruce Lombard at blombard@mnmsba.org.

Please access the accompanying video player to view a special message from MSBA Executive Director Kirk Schneidawind.

Download the complete Recognition Week Kit (ZIP file) or access the individual files below.

School Board Recognition Week Certificate — Fillable/writable PDF OR Word document (docx)  (Note: Download certificates to your computer desktop first before entering in recipient information.)

Sample Activities (docx)

Sample Letter to Employers (docx)

Sample Marquee Slogans (docx)

Sample News Release (docx)

Sample Opinion Column (docx)

Sample Public Service Announcements (PSAs) (docx)

Sample Resolution (docx)

Sample Social Media Messages (docx)

School districts are encouraged to acknowledge their school board members on their district’s (and/or superintendent’s) social media feeds (Twitter, Facebook and/or Instragram).

Include a mention of @mnmsba and/or the #CelebrateMNSchoolBoards or #CelebrateSchoolBoards hashtag with your posts/photos.

Don’t have any photos of your school board? Feel free to use one of our general social media images below.

Facebook image

Twitter image

Instagram image

If you have trouble downloading/accessing these images, please contact MSBA’s Bruce Lombard at blombard@mnmsba.org.