TAMSHub wins Rep. Michael Burgess’ (TX-26) 2020 Congressional App Challenge
Rep. Michael Burgess has named John Li, Jerry Liu, Nathaniel Brown, and Zach Tang from Texas Academy of Mathematics And Science as the winners of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge in (TX-26).
When asked what inspired the creation of TAMSHub, the students said, “At our high school, clubs are a major part of the school and with the COVID-19 pandemic, we have had trouble reaching out to students to get them to join. Social media is too crowded to post and attract students, so we wanted to create a destination for all of the clubs at the school to spur involvement and participation even amid COVID.”
Over 6,500 students registered for the 2020 Congressional App Challenge. These students created and submitted 3,088 functioning apps, marking the end of an extremely successful Congressional App Challenge amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All told, 308 Members of Congress hosted Congressional App Challenges in their districts across 49 states, Puerto Rico, the Mariana Islands, and Washington, DC.
The CAC is an initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, where Members of Congress host competitions in their districts for middle school and high school students, encouraging them to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science. The Internet Education Foundation provides the CAC with supplemental support. In the six years of the Congressional App Challenge, thousands of functional apps have been created by over 30,000 students, and participant demographics surpass all industry diversity metrics.