Created in 2001 by the Public Relations Committee and the Executive Committee, the Five Star Award honors local affiliates that are leaders in involvement with the Association. This year’s list of winners includes a number of local affiliates who are receiving this award for the first time.

To receive the Five-Star Local Award, a local association needed to fulfill five of the following criteria during the 2010-11 school year:

1. send a representative to both NEOEA Representative Assemblies;
2. send a representative to both OEA Representative Assemblies;
3. send a member to attend at least one NEOEA workshop other than NEOEA Day;
4. send a representative to at least half of the meetings of a UniServ Council that met at least three times;
5. have at least 25% of its members contributing to the Ohio Fund for Children and Public Education (FCPE); and
6. submit an application for at least one of the following awards:

• Community Involvement Grant
• Newsletter Award
• Positive Image Award
• Public Relations Mini-Grant

• ACCESS
• Austintown EA #
• Barberton EA
• Bay TA #
• Bedford EA
• Brecksville-Broadview EA #
• Brunswick EA
• Campbell EA
• Cardinal EA
• Champion EA #
• Chardon EA
• Clearview EA #
• Copley TA
• East Cleveland EA #
• Elyria EA
• Euclid TA
• Field Local TA #
• Garfield Heights TA *
• Howland Classroom TA
• Independence EA
• Kenston EA #
• Lakewood TA #
• Maple Heights TA #
• Mayfield EA
• Medina City TA #
• Mentor Classified Employees #
• Mentor TA #
• Nordonia Hills Educators’ Assn.
• North Royalton EA
• Painesville City TA
• PATMR #
• Riverside Local EA
• Sandusky EA #
• Sheffield-Sheffield Lake TA #
• Southeast Local District TA
• Streetsboro EA *
• Tallmadge TA
• Twinsburg EA #
• Vermilion TA #
• Warren EA #
• Warrensville EA
• Wellington Support Staff Assn.
• Willoughby-Eastlake TA #
• Youngstown EA