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RBR CODERS SCORE HIGH AT STOCKTON

stocktencyberkidsofficial-3966354Red Bank Regional sent six teams and 17 students to the only computer coding competition this year at Stockton University, taking 2nd and 3rd place finishes, as well as one of two honorable mention. Pictured with Stockton’s mascot Talin are (back row, left to right): Dylan McRae, Makoto Brown, Dylan Reitsma, Bobby Villaluz, Jack McNally, Kyle Neary, Ford Zacks, Kyle Scheider, Andrew Schembor, Tyler Lewis, and Damanbir Sahi, plus (front row, left to right): Jared Prezwodek, Jake Glauber, Josh Goldsmith, Max Mason, Harry Jain, and Ian Birn.

Press release from Red Bank Regional High School

The Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) at Red Bank Regional High School always searches for opportunities for their students to compete on the specialized knowledge they learn in their technology academy.  The AOIT found such an opportunity for its students to compete in computer coding on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, in the second annual Computer Science Teachers Association South Jersey (CSTA-SNJ) computer science competition at Stockton University in Galloway, NJ.

The competition included 130 students from 12 New Jersey High Schools. While a team from Toms River took the first place honors, RBR dominated by taking three of the five top placements.

Second Place went to the RBR Team of Jack McNally (Little Silver), Bobby Villaluz (Shrewsbury) and Andrew Schembor (Shrewsbury). Third Place was captured by the RBR Team of Dylan McRae (Union Beach), Jack Glauber (Shrewsbury) and Makoto Brown (Tinton Falls). RBR took one of the two honorable mention categories with the team of Harry Jain (Red Bank), Damabir Sahi (Neptune Township) and Ford Zacks (Red Bank).

Coding provides the building blocks of all computer software, apps and websites. The competition presented seven programming challenges over 2.5 hours. The winning teams were determined by the ability to finish the greatest number of challenges in the shortest period of time.

The first and second teams finished all seven challenges, with the fastest speed determining first place. The competition requires students to think critically, analyze data and write programs to overcome the challenges posed. Stockton University’s network and security administrator, Demetrios Roubos, coordinated the event and created the problems which took place in the University’s computer lab.

RBR AOIT teachers Jeremy Milonas and Alison Sweeny brought 17 students to Stockton University, which was the only coding competition offered in New Jersey this year. The students were from RBR’s AP computer science class, while others had taken the academy’s web and mobile application development class.

“Not only did the students get demanding programs to code, they were posed the challenge to figure out how to work collaboratively and efficiently with other team members,” observed Ali Sweeney. “These are essential career skills no matter what field of study our students chose to pursue.”

“This competition is valuable to students since competition is what makes the students better at this skill.,” added Jeremy Milonas. “It gives them the sense, ‘I can do this! And I want to win this next year, so how do I get better?’”

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