The 2018 school year, Miami Springs Senior High School’s graduating seniors have been offered four million dollars in scholarships. We congratulate our graduating iTECH Academy seniors. Their four years of persistent learning and intelligent production has earned them scholarships to schools such as Syracuse University, University of Miami, University of Florida, Florida International University’s Honors College, Cornell University, Harvard University, University of Central Florida, and United States Marines.
In addition to numerous yearly Honorable Recognition by Miami-Dade County School Board Members during school board meetings, the Mayor of Miami Springs during City of Miami Springs Town Hall meetings, the City of Miami Spring’s Gazette and the US House of Representatives for multimedia communication skills and leadership roles. The following are some of iTECH Academy’s Magnet and Digital Media/Multimedia Design IT CAPE Academy’s recent accolades:
Three 2018 Miami-Dade County Public Schools STEAM Scholars
Eighteen National Honorable Mentions, Certificates of Distinction, and Regional Honorable Mention Award Recipients since 2014 from the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) Aspirations in Computing
Three National Medalist for Scholastics Art and Writing, Video Game Design Category and Eighteen Gold and Silver Pin Recipients since 2017
Second Place, VEX EDR Robotics Engineering Notebook, The Fair 2018
Five Purple Ribbons, Educational Video Game, The Fair, since 2013
First Place, High School Web Design, 2017 Fourth Annual INNOV@TE Career Technical Education Challenge
2017 and 2018 Magnet Schools of America National Award of Excellence, and 2016 Magnet Schools of America Award of Merit
First and Second place 2015 Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Division of Student Services Blue Ribbon Child Abuse Awareness Poster Contest
First place for the 2015 Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Division of Human Services Human Trafficking Awareness Poster Contest
2015 Gates Millennium Scholar
Best in State and Best in Region for the 2015 Verizon App Challenge
First place for Voter’s Choice Vids 4 Kids Drug Facts for Young People
Fourth place layout design for 2014 Health Occupation Students of America competition
Third place layout design for 2014 Miami-Dade County Health Occupation Students of America
First place for the 2014 High School Safety Campaign Poster Contest
First place for the 2013 logo for Youth Count for Miami-Dade County’s Homeless Trust
Award recipient for 2013 Mu Alpha Theta Women in Programming Video
2012 Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Proclamation against Bullying and Harassment Honorarium for PSA Video
First place for the 2012 Miami-Dade County Bully-Free-0-Five PSA Video Contest