2018 WEBSITE WINNERS
Category No. 17: Homepage, In-House
No Silver or Bronze awarded.
AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE - MARSDEN PARK
Marsden Park, Australia
Grades K -12, Coed Day
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SAMPLE JUDGES' COMMENTS
Good use of video, parallax, and other modern design techniques. Overall very impressive site. I found the site well organized and allowed me to understand the school quickly.
This is a beautiful photo. This is an excellent design.
TEAM
David Garden, Marketing Director
Gabrielle Kirk, Enrollments & Marketing Officer
Ricky Hobbs, Web Developer
Bryce Thitchener, Graphic Designer
Iva Motusaga, Photographer & Videographer
Category No. 18: Homepage, Outsourced
TURNING POINT SCHOOL
Culver City, CA USA
Grades PS-8, Coed Day
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SAMPLE JUDGES' COMMENTS
This website does a fabulous job at telling a story and drawing the viewer in with a creative narrative. A quick scan gave me a great sense of the school's personality and focus, and the ability to dive deeper into components of interest to me made me feel like I really understand what this school was about, just by browsing the home page. An excellent use of home page as a storytelling vehicle.
Wow. Just wow. What parent would NOT want to send their child here?
Gold - Love the way that the website and the concept fits exactly into the benefit of your brand. Really found the engagement and slight animations mesmerizing and something I wanted to explore. The simple colors with the design and photography was well done. I also found your use of large blocks of copy coupled with smaller chunks of content very well done. Very excited to see this level of originality and appeal. Great work!
TEAM
Laura Konigsberg, Head of School, Turning Point School
Courtney Baker, Director of Marketing and Communications, Turning Point School
Jean-Marc Durviaux, Chief Creative Officer, DISTINC_
Pierre Nguyen, Design, DISTINC_
Timothy Fraser, Web/Mobile Developer, Dewdrop Media
FINALSITE AND MCCALLIE
Chattanooga, TN USA
Grades 6-12, Boys Boarding and Day
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SAMPLE JUDGES' COMMENTS
Quite an original homepage. Easy and fun to scroll through. Amazing imagery. Overall fantastic!
I liked the combination of video and photography, as well as the copy/benefits on the main page. Overall, great job!
TEAM
McCallie
Jay Mayfield, Director of Communications and Marketing
Deanna Luna, Advancement Communications Manager
Finalsite
Kelly Wilson, Designer
Lisa Catania & Mike Hartzler, Project Manager
Jordan Melendez, Developer
CHARLOTTE PREPARATORY
Charlotte, NC USA
Grades PK-8, Coed Day
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SAMPLE JUDGES' COMMENTS
Loved the unique navigation that was horizontal rather than vertical. Really told the story well and with a dynamic energy not seen by many others. I found the entire site well done and very engaging. Photography was great. Great work!
I love the unique creativity of this site. I thought it did an excellent job of drawing you into the school and the story. The design was incredible and brought so much personality to the site and the school. It gave me a sense that this was an innovative, forward-moving institution, not scared to take risks. Very impressive.
Such a cool and unique site, especially with the right/left scroll and not up/down. Love the path, great imagery and infographics.
TEAM
David Long, Director of Marketing & Communications, Charlotte Preparatory School
Simon Noakes, Founder & CEO, Interactive Schools
Tim Weaver, Content King, Interactive Schools
Category No. 19: Branded Web Page
TURNING POINT SCHOOL
Culver City, CA USA
PS - Grade 8, Coed Day
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SAMPLE JUDGES' COMMENTS
Beautifully and powerfully executed!!!! Design, form, function, creative concept, and content are brilliant and perfectly on-strategy at every turn. KUDOS to Turning Point!!!
GOLD! This website is on brand, mobile friendly, original, and beautiful. I am very impressed! Highest score I've given.
A unique design and great use of imagery. Clear messaging on the website and loved the 'positive equation for achievement'.
TEAM
Laura Konigsberg, Head of School, Turning Point School
Courtney Baker, Director of Marketing and Communications, Turning Point School
Jean-Marc Durviaux, Chief Creative Officer, DISTINC_
Pierre Nguyen, Design, DISTINC_
Timothy Fraser, Web/Mobile Developer, Dewdrop Media
CHARLOTTE PREPARATORY
Charlotte, NC USA
PK - Grade 8, Coed Day
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SAMPLE JUDGES' COMMENTS
A clear winner for me — fantastic imagery, interactive as soon as you land on the page. Persuasive and easy to understand copy. Not too much content on the landing page. No scrolling required which can cause issues on other devices.
Gorgeous, clean, energetic, fun, engaging! Terrific website. One of the best I've seen in the independent school world. Bravo! Love the horizontal navigation that fits the steps concept. First Step To.... is catchy and versatile.
TEAM
David Long, Director of Marketing & Communications, Charlotte Preparatory School
Simon Noakes, Founder & CEO, Interactive Schools
Tim Weaver, Content King, Interactive Schools
CHADWICK SCHOOL
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA USA
Grades K-12, Coed Day
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SAMPLE JUDGES' COMMENTS
Wow! So many original ways to tell the Chadwick Story on your website! The student/teacher/parent perspectives are effective! The teacher photos (with a second photo telling a unique story about the teacher's interests) shows their personalities.
Clean, crisp, fresh design. I love the structure of the site, particularly with the student voices easily accessible.
TEAM
Carley Dryden, Director of Communications and Project Manager, Chadwick School
Marie Chao, Multimedia Producer, Chadwick School
Sabrina Cohen, Copywriter, Wordology
Kealan Duffy, Creative Director, Finalsite U.K.
Rosie Paxton, Project Manager, Finalsite U.K.
Barbara Najar, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications, Chadwick School
