You do need to check if your congress person is offering this Challenge to their district. This was brought to our attention by Congressman Michael Conaway’s office.
Here is the website:
www.congressionalappchallenge.us <www.congressionalappchallenge.us>
*IMPORTANT DATES*
June 4 – Challenge Launch!
September 10 – Student Registration deadline target
October 15 – Deadline for students to submit their app online
October 20-27 – Judging period
November 1 – December 3 – Winners announced!
*ELIGIBILITY AND AGE DIVISION*
To be eligible to participate in the Congressional App Challenge, you must be a middle or high school student at the time of app submission.
Students may register as individuals or as teams of up to four. No more than 4 students are allowed to form a team.
Students may compete in the district they reside in or the district they attend school in.
If competing as a team, at least two of the teammates must be eligible to compete in the district in which they are participating in.
STUDENTS CAN USE ANY PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE (example: C, C++, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, “block code,” etc.) and ANY PLATFORM (PC, web, tablet, robot, mobile, etc.). There are NO LIMITS on application theme or topic!
