Please join us for the 4th Annual Sanford Riverwalk 5k to help Benefit Crooms AoIT Athletics

The Alumni association has fielded a team every year, you can run, walk, or just come out to support.

The event is being held October 3rd, with the 5k starting at 7:30am.

https://www.signmeup.com/site/online-event-registration/109948

Make sure you put 'Crooms Alumni' as your team name while registering.
We will also be holding an Alumni Brunch later in the day, more details TBD.

The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association, Inc.'s Annual Meeting occurred on June 20th and our fiscal year ended on June 30th. You can find the draft minutes and our unaudited year-end summary financials attached.

Crooms Academy of Information Technology has earned "Distinguished" Status from the National Academy Foundation – NAF's highest level of achievement – based on NAF's annual assessment.

From NAF's Press release:

NAF's annual assessment measures an academy's strengths and challenges in implementing NAF's results-driven model. The assessment is designed to help all academies assess their progress and increase their alignment to NAF's standards, reflecting national standards developed by researchers and members from similar career/pathway organizations.

"Research shows that students in NAF academies achieve better results than those in the same school district who are not in NAF academies and that academies at the Distinguished and Model levels realize even greater student outcomes," explains Katherine Blasik, Assistant Vice President of Research and Evaluation for NAF.

The Distinguished and Model academies will be recognized at NAF Next, NAF's annual professional development conference, in Anaheim, CA this July.

The Alumni Association released two scholarships this week, totaling $2,250. The scholarships are the Community Scholarship, and the Tech Innovation Scholarship. Crooms Seniors are eligible to apply if they have applied or been accepted to a College or University, and hold at least a 2.5GPA. More details are available HERE!

The scholarships are due the second week of April, and the winners will be announced before Graduation. Good luck!