Oak Park, Illinois (September 17, 2004)—The Illinois Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association (INSPRA) presented the Woodstock District 200 Web site with the Award of Excellence in the 2004 Communications Contest.

Oak Park, Illinois-based Purple Monkey Studios, Inc., designed and developed the Web site at http://www.woodstockschools.org. Launched last year, the site is a valuable resource for District employees, students, parents, community members, prospective residents, and anyone else who wants more information about District 200.

"The design developed by the team from Purple Monkey Studios created just the image we wanted for our school district,” said Barbara Banker, Director of Community Services for District 200. “We have received countless compliments on the quality of the Web site.”

Steven Saraceno, Purple Monkey Studios’ President and Co-Founder, believes working closely with the clients made the end product an award-winning success. “We set up focus groups in the [Woodstock] community, and this brought in great ideas for the look and feel of the site,” Saraceno reflected. “It was truly a collaborative effort.”

Along with designing and developing the individual pages within the site, Purple Monkey Studios programmed a calendar feature which District 200 can maintain and update. Site visitors also can choose to view the entire site in either English or Spanish. Purple Monkey Studios continues to work with District 200 to add new features and enhancements to the site.

Members of the Illinois chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) judged the contest.

About Purple Monkey Studios, Inc.
Headquartered in Oak Park, IL, Purple Monkey Studios creates imaginative and technically superior Web sites, software, CD-ROMs and marketing communications materials for some of the biggest – and smallest – companies and organizations in Chicago and around the world. Founded in 1994, Purple Monkey’s clients include The McGraw-Hill Companies, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Discovery Education, American Academy of Pediatrics, City of Chattanooga, Marriott International and University of Miami. For more information, call 708-386-3086.