CAB CORNER


Summer is almost here, but before you head off, you need to get your CAB E-mail account ready for vacation!

Your CAB Summer Checklist:
• Clean out your mailbox.
• Delete unwanted messages and Archive (save), off of CAB, messages you need to keep based on the E-mail guidelines. For instructions, refer to Message Management/Archiving at (www.broward.k12.fl.us/cab/learningresources.htm) or visit Atomic Learning at (broward. atomiclearning.com) and log on and select the CAB video tutorials.
The District’s E-mail guidelines are located in CAB in BCPS Resources/BCPS Manuals and also on the District’s CAB Web site at (www.broward.k12.fl.us/cab).
• Create folders in CAB to house messages you wish to carry over to next year.
• If you will be gone for the summer, DO NOT PUT AN OUT OF OFFICE MESSAGE IN CAB!
• Remember your password. Keep your password in a secure place.
You will be prompted to change your password on your return to school the office if you have been gone for 45 days.
• Access CAB from anywhere/anytime. Even though you are not at work, you can still access your CAB account over the summer via the Web. Or, if you have Internet access at home, you can download and install the software on your home computer, visit (webcab.browardschools.com).



Stoneman Douglas Captures
Fourth Straight Crown
The Stoneman Douglas Lady Eagles made history recently by winning their fourth consecutive Florida State Championship in soccer. Never before in the history of state soccer has a team earned four consecutive championships. It’s fair to say that the Lady Eagles have indeed created a dynasty.

Trailing 1-0 for a majority of the championship game against Lake Mary, Douglas senior Nicole Farrell gave her team hope by scoring the tying goal with 11 minutes, 12 seconds left to play. The Eagles were then led by Sun-Sentinel Player of the Year, Brianna Schooley, whose goal from 22 yards out gave the Eagles their fourth consecutive state championship – the longest current streak in the state. Schooley finished an outstanding career at Stoneman Douglas with 154 goals and 87 assists.

The Stoneman Douglas Lady Eagles (23-1-1) are coached by BCAA Coach of the Year Laura Rountree. Laura has coached for 15 years and has a record of 329-36-20. No other coach in the history of state soccer has won 20 consecutive state playoff games and the Sun-Sentinel duly recognized Coach Rountree as the 2006 Coach of the Year.

District Honored for
Hurricane Communications

The Broward County Public School system was recently awarded the NTI Award of Honor in Hurricane Communications – Grace Under Fire, in recognition of it’s admirable performance during and after Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma.

The District received special recognition for providing the leadership and communication necessary to effectively lead its staff, students, parents and

Robin Richard, President of Notification Technologies, Inc. (NTI)): Merrie Meyers-Kershaw: and Superintendent Dr. Frank Till

communities through devastating weather-related crises. The award is presented through a partnership between the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) and The NTI Group (a leader in time-based mass notification delivery and maker of the NTI Connect-ED school-to-parent communication service).

Six finalists were chosen by a committee appointed by NSPRA based on criteria that included:
• preparation through
existing crisis and
emergency plans;
• use of innovative
communication strategies;
• collaborative approach working with community agencies;
• extraordinary leadership capabilities at a time of crisis;
• ongoing communication with impacted families and staff; and
• the results of effective communication techniques.

Superintendent Frank Till accepted the award on behalf of the District at a ceremony held in conjunction with the annual AASA conference held in San Diego. The award included a $10,000 endowment to be dispersed at the discretion of the District to a student or group of students who plan to major in communications in college.


Bit of History

Records show that the first 16mm film to be housed in the District’s Film Library was purchased in 1947. The Film Library and the rest of the what was then called the Instructional Materials Department was located in one of the former Army barracks at Sailboat Bend in Fort Lauderdale. Most District departments were located at Sailboat Bend at the time. It was a national trend to have films and other materials distributed from a central location rather than housed at schools. By the early 1960s, school buses were being used to circulate the approximately 500 films housed in the Film Library. By 1977, the collection had grown to nearly 10,000 films and slides that were used by the District’s 116 schools.

As technology advanced, videotapes, videodiscs and models were added to the Film Library’s collection and the library’s name was changed to the Media Resource Center. Over the years, it became increasingly more practical for schools to house their own collections, so in June, 2005 the center closed its doors after more than 40 years of service.

Learn more about the history of Broward County Public Schools at
(www.browardschools.com/history).