Congressman Gonzalez Announces Winners of Congressional App Challenge for the 15th Congressional District of Texas
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced the winners of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) from the 15th Congressional District of Texas. The CAC is a competition that is held to encourage engagement of middle and high school students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
"The future of the American workforce is rooted in the advancements we make in the STEM fields and the Congressional App Challenge is a great way to get students engaged and curious about it," stated Congressman Gonzalez. "I am proud to announce the winners of this year's challenge and encourage them, and all South Texas students and educators, to learn more about the many possibilities there are in the STEM fields."
The list of the winners is below:
1st Place: Dienda Osric, Mission, TX, Science Academy of South Texas
App: Superscript+ - makes programming easier while producing similar results and teaching this form of coding to new programmers will benefit them as they start learning to code.
2nd Place: Edward Reyna, Palmview, TX, Thelma Salinas ECHS
App: Simply Loan - calculates the monthly payment given the loan amount, annual rate, and the number of payments.
3rd Place: Evie Martinez, Harlingen, TX, Science Academy of South Texas
App: Tritan Colors - tests your eye-hand coordination along with identifying if you have colorblindness. With certain levels focusing on eye-hand coordination part and others on colorblindness.
Sponsored by the Internet Education Foundation and initiated by the Congressional Internet Caucus, the Congressional App Challenge is an annual challenge that aims to encourage students to learn and engage in coding and inspiring them to pursue careers and studies in the field of computer science.
More information on the Congressional App Challenge can be found www.congressionalappchallenge.us
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