Congressional App Challenge

Each year, the House holds a Congressional App Challenge to engage students' creativity and encourage their participation in STEM education fields.  Established in 2013, it’s a nationwide event in which middle- and high school students from across the nation create and exhibit apps for mobile, tablet, or computers.

Eligible students can compete individually or on teams up to four people. Any programming language, such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, or “block code,” are accepted.

The winner from the 15th Congressional District will be chosen by a panel of expert judges and will be featured on CongressionalAppChallenge.us, and might also be exhibited in the U.S. Capitol.

For additional information, please call my office or visit the Congressional App Challenge website.

Resources for Students and Teachers

• Code.org
• 36 Resources To Help You Teach Kids Programming
• Codecademy, self-taught courses in HTML/CSS, Python, Ruby, and PHP
• MIT App Inventor tutorial to develop mobile apps on Android phones.
• Scratch, a simple visual programming language
• Alice, used to create 3D animations
• Development Kits:
  • Apple iOS Developer Program
  • Android- Develop for Android
  • Windows Apps