A team from the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts qualified for the upcoming Seventh Annual All-State Coding Competition.
The team of Robert Boerwinkle, Vicky Zhu and Brent Orlina will represent the school in the competition that will be held April 29 at the University of Arkansas — Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock. Their sponsor is Nicholas Seward, a computer science instructor.
ASMSA is one of 16 teams that were selected for the event. More than 160 teams participated in the recent All-Region Coding Competitions across the state. ASMSA automatically qualified for the All-State competition as a reward for winning the 2022 competition.
Each member of the first-place team at the state competition will received a $2,000 award that will be deposited into a 529 College Savings Plan. Second-place team members will receive a $1,000 savings plan with third-place team members receiving a $500 award.
The schools of the winning teams will receive $10,000, $6,000 and $4,000 respectively by placement to support their computer science programs. The prizes and competition expenses are provided by a grant from ARCodeKids, a nonprofit organization focused on building awareness, expanding student participation and enabling new career pathways in computer science across Arkansas.