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Congratulations to our HSCC team for winning 1st place at the BDPA HSCC National Competition in Atlanta!

A diverse team of high school students from Rochester, Minn. placed first in a recent national computer programming competition in Atlanta, Georgia, earning a total of $15,000 in scholarships and prizes. Lead by Zack Garbow and supported by a number of volunteers, the Youth Computer Training Program (YCTP) teaches web programming techniques to students from 7th to 12th grade.

Left to Right: Laura Pemberton, Yaa Kwansa, Kunle Roberts, Adwait Walimbe, Ahmed Mahamad

BDPA Southern Minnesota/Twin Cities Regional Competition

 On Saturday July 19th 2008, Southern Minnesota hosted the Twin Cities chapter in the area's first annual Regional Competition.  This competition provided an opportunity for the High School Computer Competition (HSCC) teams from both chapters to experience a competition environment in preparation of BDPA's National Competition.  In addition to the HSCC teams from both chapters, another team composed of Southern Minnesota students competed at the Regional Competition.

 During the competition, the teams had 2.5 hours to complete a web application from scratch, using only a basic text editor and API documentation.  Upon completion of the programming portion of the competition, each team presented their solution to a panel of judges.  The teams were evaluated based on the functionality of their web applications and the effectiveness of their presentation.

 The Southern Minnesota HSCC team finished in first place, followed by the Twin Cities HSCC team in second, and the Southern Minnesota regional team in 3rd.  Each student who participated in Regional Competition was awarded a coffee shop gift card in recognition of their achievements. 

Regional - SMN Team 1

•  Ahmed Mahamad, Lauren Pemberton, Kunle Roberts, Adwait Walimbe, Yaa Kwansa

Twin Citites HSCC team

• Students: Justin Wulf, Min Lungelow, Emily Manchanthasouk, Cedric Cyrus, D Ephriam
• Michael Wulf - Twin Cities YCTP Coordinator/Instructor
• Mark Holden - Twin Cities YCTP Assistant Coordinator/Instructor
  

Regional - SMN Team 2

•  Zakaria Ahmed,  Mohomed Abdullahi