DERBY – The Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) has recognized the Derby Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Matthew J. Conway, Jr. for exhibiting excellence in educational communication by honoring them with the Bonnie B. Carney Award.
In
1975, CABE established the Awards of Excellence in Educational Communication to
recognize
the good work done on a daily basis.
The
board won awards in two submissions in the Excellence for Educational Communication. The first is for its use of social media, utilizing
its website, YouTube account, Facebook and 27 Twitter handles to communicate
district information and promote and broadcast events to families and the
community. The second award was for
Irving School’s broadcast news network, W-IRV News, which is a daily broadcast
of school news and events to keep families and the community aware of the
happenings at the elementary school.
In
addition, the board was awarded Honorable Mention in two categories: the
district
calendar
and the Derby Public School’s Budget Presentation to the Board of Apportionment
and
Taxation.
“The
Derby Board of Education was happy to hear that our school system won the
Bonnie B. Carney Award for Excellence in Educational Communications,” said
Board Chairman Jim Gildea. “We recognize the importance of ensuring all
relevant stakeholders are communicated
with regularly. We recognize that it
takes a community to educate our students
and we are excited that our efforts to communicate with our parents, students,
staff and
community members has been noticed.”
Conway echoed similar sentiments.
“We
are thrilled to receive this award again,” Conway said. “It is recognition of the creative ways staff
and students have engaged in communicating with each other, our board, parents
and the community at large. They model
effective communication and use social media as a way to share the great things
going on in our schools and classrooms.”
