Tuesday, December 15, 2009 7:43 AM
As you can tell by the gap in the posting dates it has been a while since I last posted on this blog. With all that has been happening in my personal as well as professional life, blogging has taken a back seat. Many things have happened since I last posted. I won't enumerate them, but let's just say life has been exciting to say the least. One of the more exciting events in my life been the appointment to a new position at Algonquin RegionHigh School as a Programming & Math Teacher. As great as that has been it is not the big news that I referenced in this article title.
Algonquin, like many high schools in the U.S. has a computer programming team that competes against other high schools in regional competitions-- typically sponsored by local colleges. I am fortunate to be the coach of this team. The big news?...
On December 11th our Programming Team participated in a contest sponsored by Fitchburg State College and did exceptionally well. Our school took 1st, 2nd and 5th place. Although this may have happened before, I have never personally witnessed a team in this type of event accomplish this feat (taking first and second place). This is very difficult to accomplish given the level of challenge we faced. There were 27 teams that participated from at least 14 different schools in MA, RI and CT representing some of the most talented young programmers in New England. Way to go team!!!
I am very proud of you!!!
Results:
Team 2- First Place
Matteen, Sooyong, Ofir, Alekhya
Team 1- Second Place
Ben, Taylor, Ehsan, Vijay
Team 3- Fifth Place
Ian, Wilfred, Nick, Arjun