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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) announced Wednesday the 17 teams advancing to the Sixth Annual All-State Coding Competition on April 30.
Among the 17 was a team from Mountain Home High School whose members are Darren Blount, Emmanuel Westra and Dallin Stephens. The local team is sponsored by J. R. Bergenstock.
In making the announcement, Gov. Hutchinson said, “Congratulations to the 17 teams that qualified for the Sixth Annual All-State Coding Competition. Though this will be the last year that I am governor for this competition, I am proud that our state has established this as a valuable tradition for students, sponsors and schools that has grown each year in participation and that I hope will continue into the next administration. I am extremely impressed with the talent level of the student participants, and I look forward to meeting the 17 All-State teams in person on April 30.”
Each member of the first-place team will receive a $2,000 award. Each member of the second-place team will receive a $1,000 award deposited, with each member of the third-place team receiving a $500 award. All of the awards will be deposited into a 529 College Plan.
In addition, the schools that register/sponsor the first-place, second-place and third-place teams will receive $10,000, $6,000 and $4,000, respectively, to support their computer science programs. The prizes and competition expenses are provided by a grant from ARCodeKids.
The All-Region Coding Competition was a digital event that took place on Feb. 25. More than 150 teams participated in the regional event and were scored by the ADE Office of Computer Science team using a common rubric and process. That process determined the top 16 teams to be invited to participate in the state-level event. The school that produced the first-place team at the state-competition in 2021, the Don Tyson School of Innovation in Springdale, which also was the winner in 2020, received an automatic invitation to send a team to the state competition.
The following are the additional 16 schools with teams selected to advance to the All-State Coding Competition:
• Arkansas High School in Texarkana
• Arkansas School for the Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts
• Bentonville High School
• Bentonville West High School
• Cabot High School
• Conway High School
• Don Tyson School of Innovation in Springdale
• Fayetteville High School
• Haas Hall Academy in Fayetteville
• Haas Hall Academy in Rogers
• Har-Ber High School in Springdale
• Hot Springs World Class High School
• Lisa Academy West High School in Little Rock
• Little Rock Central High School
• Rogers High School
• Star City High School
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