Students, Parents, and Members of Congress during the Congressional App Challenge Winners’ Demo On Thursday May 9, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives hosted the 2019 #HouseOfCode celebration for the 2018 Congressional App Challenge winners. Over 230 students attended a Welcome Session with Keynotes at the Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium, connected with tech organizations at […]
On Thursday, May 9, hundreds of middle and high school students from congressional districts across the country arrived at Capitol Hill for #HouseOfCode, a celebration of the 2018 Congressional App Challenge winners. #HouseOfCode kicked off in the morning with a welcome session hosted at the Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium. Leaders from Congress, the administration, and […]
225 Award Winning Students. Over 100 Members of Congress. #HouseOfCode is days away. #HouseOfCode, Capitol Hill’s largest computer science festival, is only a few days away. House Members will host their districts’ Congressional App Challenge winners for a student demo day, unlike anything else in Washington. Some student teams are traveling from as far away […]
Amazon received a lot of attention for picking the Washington DC Metro Area as its second headquarters – or HQ2. And they aren’t the only ones. More and more tech companies are following Amazon’s lead and setting up shop around the District of Columbia. Together with Amazon, these companies will need a lot of talented […]
Contact: Joseph AlessiPhone: (202) 656-2055Email: [email protected] COMPUTER SCIENCE FESTIVAL COMES TO CAPITOL HILL AWARD-WINNING STUDENT APP DEVELOPERS DEMO APPS ON CAPITOL HILL Washington, D.C. – On May 9th, 2019, students from 47 states and territories will demo their winning “apps” to their Congressional Representative in the #HouseOfCode Festival, the largest celebration of computer science ever […]
Blaike Bibbs, a lifelong political advocate and civic leader, will be joining the Congressional App Challenge team as the Congressional Operations Coordinator. Blaike will be the lead congressional liaison for the 2019 Congressional App Challenge. The Congressional App Challenge is a congressional initiative to encourage student engagement in coding and computer science through an annual […]
Every spring, winning App Challenge teams come to Capitol Hill to demo their apps for Members of Congress and their staffs. The most prestigious demo day in student CS, called #HouseOfCode, is the new national science fair. At #HouseOfCode, students can meet their Member of Congress, and connect with other coders from around the country. [see […]
Joseph Alessi, a non-profit management professional with a focus on educational programming, will lead the Congressional App Challenge (CAC) as the program prepares for its first competition under the 116th Congress. Mr. Alessi joins the Internet Education Foundation (IEF), the CAC’s official coordinator, as Program Director. The CAC is a congressional initiative to encourage student […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today hundreds of U.S. Representatives will announce the winners of their district’s 2018 Congressional App Challenge. In all, 222 Members of Congress inspired students to pursue computer science in the 4th annual competition, the largest student computer science competition in America. Over the last four months, thousands of students coded original apps […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Southwest Airlines Co. is the official airline partner of the Congressional App Challenge and for #HouseOfCode 2019. This partnership provides App Challenge winners the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. for #HouseofCode in Spring 2019. The House of Representatives is transformed into the #HouseOfCode where the students showcase their apps in our nation’s […]
