Dear Crooms Class of 2014,

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 4th, 2014 by the end of the school day. Take note, this is the second 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

A new exhibit "Praise, Reach and Teach about the founders of Crooms Academy - Professor Joseph and Wealthy Crooms - will open on February 15 and run through May 2014 at the Sanford Museum. The Sanford Museum is located at at 520 East First Street in Sanford. It's open Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

The SECME team won first place in the high school division at the regional SECME competition at UCF.

Samantha Solberg is an official winner of the 2014 Disney Dreamers Academy Essay Contest. The Dreamers Class 2014>

Katie Fosburgh has been selected by the regional NCWIT (National Center for Women and Information Technology) Awards Committee as a North Central Florida Competition Affiliate Award Winner of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.

Seminole County Public Schools (SCPS) and Seminole State College (SSC) have partnered together to offer Crooms Academy of Information Technology (Crooms AoIT) students the opportunity to earn their Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree at the same time they are earning their high school diploma.

The students will not be required to pay for any of the materials or tuition to attend/complete the courses for their A.A. degree. This opens up tremendous prospects for those students choosing to participate in the program.

Read the SCPS Press Release.