School Board Recognition Month Campaign Toolkit

Each May IASB^® invites Iowans to honor and recognize school board members. This month is a designated time to show support for your local school board. The 2025 theme is "A Guiding Light for Student Success."

The following materials can help you launch a successful campaign recognizing the board leaders in your area. The toolkit below includes everything you need, including sample documents, social media tools and tips for celebrating. Through this IASB-sponsored campaign and corresponding materials, we hope to create awareness and greater appreciation for the tremendous impact school board members have on their students, schools and communities. We truly appreciate their volunteer efforts to ensure all students succeed.

Documents & Resources to Spread Awareness

School Board Member Fact Sheet
Use this fact sheet to inform your community and media about school boards in Iowa.

Activities & Tips Sheet
Use our tips for celebrating to help you plan recognition for your local school board members.

Sample Press Release
Customize this sample press release and send to your local media.

Sample News Article
Customize this news article with information about your local board and submit to your local news media.

Sample Social Media Content
Share school board recognition month tweets and posts on your social media. Consider asking your board to provide quotes on why they serve, and share those on your social media as well.

Social Media Graphics

Standard Social Media Graphic
Download this ready-to-use graphic to share on social media! Easy peasy.

Customizable Social Media Graphics
FIVE (5) LAYOUTS AVAILABLE! Create customized commendations to post on social media! Simply choose the appropriate layout, customize the graphic in Acrobat, save as a JPEG or PNG, and post.

Example of customizable social media post featuring space for a district's logo.

Standalone Logo & Graphic

School Board Recognition Month Logo
Use the logo in your other resources or add to social media posts. Also available as a single color (white) logo.

"A Guiding Light for Student Success" Graphic
Use the graphic in your other resources or add to social media posts.

Poster

SBRM Poster
Download the official School Board Recognition Month (SBRM) poster, which is available in full color at 11x17" tabloid size. Simply download, print and hang!

Special thanks to Des Moines Public Schools for use of their student photos.