The Pennsylvania School Public Relations Association (PenSPRA) was chartered in 1969 and is an organization of school public relations professionals whose goal is to improve educational communication and support student achievement through systematic, proactive, and responsible public relations programs.

Dear PenSPRA friends, 

I’m really excited to join the PenSPRA Board, and I have to share something up front: this is one committee I actually wanted to join. In a world where many of us have been “voluntold” into more groups than we can count, this was an opportunity I genuinely sought out. PenSPRA has been a great source of connection, clarity, and sanity in a role that doesn’t always offer those things naturally. 

What I most appreciate about this community is how quickly it becomes a safety net. Whether you’re navigating a tricky communication, experimenting with new tools, or being handed a flyer created in six different fonts and asked, “Can you make this pretty real quick?” – PenSPRA people always understand. The blend of expertise, candor, and humor here is unlike anything else in our field. 

Some of you know that I didn’t take a traditional path into school communications. I landed in this work partly through good luck and partly because years ago I traded a finance career for life as a stay-at-home mom who happened to own a camera. Being a “momtog” photographer turned into graphic design favors, which turned into bigger projects, which somehow turned into a full-blown communications role I fell in love with.

Read Becky's message here!