Saturday April 27th Programming Contest is now taking Wait List Registrations

In the first day, we have maxed out the number of teams for the Programming Contest!  But we encourage any students interested to register to be placed on our wait list (here).  If teams cancel or fail to have their payment received by April 11th, we will invite teams to join the competition by email in the order they are received.  Good luck!

For those Registered teams and their Teachers/Advisors: 
- Make sure that the $30 registration fee is mailed in early so it will be received by Thursday, 11th April. Please send checks made out to PSCSTA with team member names to:    PSCSTA (Puget Sound Computer Science Teachers Association)
    4616 25th AVE NE #573
    SEATTLE, WA 98105
- The competition will be held at the same Amazon.com location as last year:
Amazon.com Dawson North
345 Boren Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
   - Street or lot parking is available in the neighborhood.  
   - Enter the north building from the south side under the sky bridge.

Full details at the Programming Contest tab above. And contact the PSCSTA Planning Team at pscsta-planning@googlegroups.com if you have any questions.

Upcoming events:

• AWEsome Evening Celebrating Women in Engineering Monday, April 1st.  details linked here
• CS Review day at UW for AP CS and UW in the High School CSE 142 students on Saturday May 4th 1pm - 4pm.  Details and registration here 
• AppDay is Thursday, May 23rd at Rainier Beach HS, details & registration at AppDay.org
• CodeDay Seattle is May 25th-26th, details at seattle.codeday.org

Programming Contest Details and our Next Meeting is Saturday, March 23rd

Registration for the April 27th PSCSTA Programming Contest will open Monday, March 25th at 9:30am.  We are limited to 30 teams this Spring, so only the first 30 registered teams can attend, any thereafter will be notified and placed on a wait list in case the first teams have not paid by Thursday, April 11th - after that wait list teams will be invited accordingly.  Mark your calendar and prepare your students for registration.  Cost is $30 per team, and a number of need-based scholarships are available.  The latest details and the registration link will appear on our Programming Contest tab .

Next PSCSTA Meeting: 

• Topic: SICSCE Report and Exploring CS & CS Principles Update hosted by Stuart Reges
• Date: Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
• New Time: 10am - Noon followed by Noon - 1pm socializing & Networking 
• Place: UW, Paul Allen Center for CSE  (Directions & Parking)

A report on what was going on at the annual SIGCSE convention held in early March along with the latest news about the two courses being proposed for high school computer science (Exploring CS and CS Principles).   
 
Other Upcoming events: 

• AWEsome Evening Celebrating Women in Engineering Monday, April 1st.  details linked here
• AppDay is Thursday, 23rd May at Rainier Beach HS, details & registration at AppDay.org

AWEsome Evening Celebrating Women in Engineering Hosted by Amazon.com

Amazon's Women in Engineering group is hosting the 1st annual AWEsome Evening Celebrating Women in Engineering Monday, April 1st from 5-8pm at South Lake Union.

Amazon would love for you and your family to join us for an evening celebrating women in technology! This event is free!

Come learn about how women are impacting Amazon and technology. This event is open to everyone. At the event you will experience:

• Amazon product and service showcases
• A talk by Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College and influential leader for women in technology
• Meet with technical women at Amazon

Register now to reserve your spot at: http://awesomeevening.eventbrite.com where you will also find more information on the event's location and parking options.

You can download a PDF of the flyer at http://tinyurl.com/a45z2g4