Attorney General's Weekly Newsletter
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| | Publication of the Office of the Attorney General • Volume 6, Issue 19 • May 9, 2008
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Weekly Message from Attorney General Bill McCollum
This week my CyberSafety Education program reached an incredible milestone. Volunteer educators from my office and I have now brought this critically important safety presentation to more than 100,000 students throughout Florida. As the end of the year approaches, I'm so pleased to be able to say that more than 220 middle and high schools have recognized the value of internet safety education and invited us to bring that message directly to their students.
My CyberSafety Education program combines real-life stories and examples to help middle and high school students identify ways they could be victimized by predators online and to encourage safe internet use. My team has been bringing the 50-minute cybersafety program students statewide since the beginning of the school year. Principals throughout the state have recognized the program as innovative and captivating and have provided positive feedback about the program's impact on students and faculty alike.
My team is now in its final push to complete as many presentations as possible throughout the state in these final weeks before the summer break. Our goal is to eventually ensure every middle and high school student has the opportunity to attend one of my CyberSafety Education programs to get the tools he or she needs to make safe choices online. Next school year, we'll be back with the students to continue our mission.
I'd like to say a special thank-you to the more than 100 dedicated attorneys, victim advocates, and other employees of my office who have recognized the importance of this effort and volunteered their time, sometimes without pay, to bring our CyberSafety Education program to the students. Their efforts and the support of parents, principals, superintendents, law enforcement agencies and so many others throughout Florida are the reason this program has been so successful in its first year.
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