Dear Crooms Class of 2013,

It is with pleasure that the Crooms AoIT Alumni Association, Inc. invites you to apply for the Crooms AoIT Alumni Association Community Scholarship. As a way of congratulating you on making it this far in your educational career, we will be offering one (1) $600 scholarship to a graduating senior. Our group would like to recognize those who have continually performed well academically while still carrying a passion for giving back to their community and school. In an effort to encourage involvement and contribution in the community, we proudly present the requirements and application for the Crooms AoIT Alumni Association Community Scholarship.

The deadline for application is Friday, April 5th, 2013 by the end of the school day. Take note, this is the first Friday after Spring Break. The scholarship recipient will be notified before graduation. The Scholarship application is attached and includes instructions on how to submit the scholarship. We look forward to answering any questions you might have and carefully reviewing all applications received. Remember, this application is only open to graduating Crooms AoIT Seniors, so your chances of receiving the scholarship are quite high - that means you need to apply :-).  

Congratulations again on making this far and good luck in your future endeavors!

-The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association, Inc. Board of Directors

To all interested individuals,

The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association, Inc.'s Board of Directors voted this evening to amend its By-Laws to provide an additional ex-officio position on the Board of Directors for the current Senior Class President. The provision provides further engagement opportunities for current students and young alumni. The full amendment is included below and the by-laws can be read in full here.

ARTICLE VI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Section 2. Ex-Officio Directors
The Crooms Academy of Information Technology principal, Senior Class President, and Student Body President, or their proxies, shall have the right to serve as ex-officio Directors.

Crooms AoIT junior Bradley M. has been named as the county winner in Visual Arts, Special Artists division for the Seminole County Council PTA 2012-2013 Reflection Awards. As a county winner, Bradley will advance to state competition to be judged by the Florida PTA.

To Our Crooms Family,

It is with a heavy heart that I report that Mark Fraser passed away this past Friday, January 25th, at his home in Winter Springs, Florida after his battle with cancer. Mr. Fraser was a member of the Seminole County Public Schools Information Services staff for over 12 years. As some Croomies might remember, Mark Fraser was a manager at the Seminole County Public Schools I.S. Annex and mentored groups of Croomies each summer during their internships. Over the last couple of years, Mr. Fraser had moved to the SCPS district office to serve as the Information Services Customer Manager. In his capacity at the district, he had the opportunity to speak to Crooms AoIT students during tours and job shadowing sessions. Some of our alumni even worked with him at the district office.

On a personal note, several of our older alumni from the classes of 2005, 2007, and 2008 interned with Mark as one of our direct supervisors at the SCPS Annex. I personally spent two summers working under him. Mr. Fraser was a gentleman and mentor to all of us, and he will surely be missed. You may read his obituary online at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orlandosentinel/obituary.aspx?pid=16270....

A Memorial Service is planned for Thursday, January 31st, at 4:00 PM at St. Luke's in Oviedo. Thursday would have also been Mark's 50th birthday. Please dress casual (no suits and/or ties; please no flip-flops until after the service). A Jimmy Buffet themed reception is planning afterwards in the gym. Mark asked that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Mark's name to a trust account for Mark and Nancy's children at Suntrust, St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Oviedo, The American Cancer Society, or Vitas Hospice of Orlando.

With care and concern,

Frank C. Bracco
Class of 2006

This December, Crooms Academy of Information Technology was highlighted on CompTIA's IT Careers Blog. CompTIA is the Computing Technology Industry Association and is a trade association and a provider of professional certifications for the information technology. You can read the entire post about Crooms AoIT, and the career benefits it provides students, at http://certification.comptia.org/news/12-12-20/Florida_s_IT_Career_Academy_Strategy.aspx