December Programming Contest Results

Thank you to everyone that participated in, helped out with, or judged the programming competition!

This was our largest turnout to date with 15 schools bringing 43 total teams! Remember that the December contest is your practice for the April contest!!

Contest Winners:

Novice - 1st Place - Lakeside School - Alex Tong, Nat Mayer, Hannah Ruggiero

Novice  - 2nd Place - Garfield High School - Caitlin Rochlin, William Zhou, Lucy Spain

Novice - 3rd Place - Lakeside School - Nikhil Khanna, Aran Khanna

Advanced - 1st Place - Garfield High School - Lane Aasen, Eamon Gaffney, Dylan Swiggett

Advanced - 2nd Place - Garfield High School - Jenny Lin, Grant Bronsdon, Isabel Suhr

Advanced - 3rd Place - Issaquah High School - Jason Walker, Patrick Violette

The rest of the results can be found here.

Contest Problems, Student Data, Judges Data:  Available here

  

And a special thank you to our sponsors: Microsoft and HTC!

 

Microsoft Summer Internship Program for HS Students

Microsoft has announced its summer 2012 internship program for high school students:

Here at Microsoft, high school students just like you will work on cutting-edge technology that will make a real difference in people’s lives all over the world. As an intern, your insider’s look into high-tech professions may give you a little inspiration as you make plans for college. It’ll also give you a head start on building a good resume. You’ll receive a competitive hourly wage plus a bus pass and software discounts. Sure beats scooping ice cream.

It's a great opportunity for current junior or senior students. More info can be found here: Microsoft Summer Internship.

The deadline to apply is March 12, 2012.

And here is a flyer you can download and print out for your classroom: Internship Flyer.

Thanks to Kevin Wang for the info.