Brooks Congratulates Carmel High School Junior for Winning the 2020 Fifth District Congressional App Challenge

Carmel, IN – Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN05) congratulates Carmel High School Junior, Aditya Ariyur who was selected as the 2020 Fifth District Congressional App Challenge winner. Due to COVID, she was unable to congratulate Aditya in person, but instead she congratulated him in a virtual call during his computer science class accompanied by computer science teacher, Theresa Kane, and Brittany Wiseman, assistant principal.

“It was an honor congratulating Aditya for his incredibly impressive app on National App Day and Computer Science Education Week,” said Brooks. “Thank you to all of the talented Fifth District Hoosier students who participated in this year’s app challenge. Student engagement in computer science is essential in providing them with the skills and knowledge to understand the technology we use today so that they may go on to create the technology we will use tomorrow.”

Background

The 2020 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) is a competition designed to engage students from across the country in computer science and coding. More than ever, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills including computer science, are vital to compete in today’s evolving workforce. The CAC competition is intended to promote student engagement in STEM fields and to encourage students in each participating congressional district to pursue skills that will serve them throughout their careers.

Ariyur created the Carmel High School Club Access app. His app allows students to find different clubs to get involved in at school, get updates on the clubs they’re interested in and manage their club membership. Click here to learn more about Aditya’s app.

Aditya Ariyur will be invited to the virtual House of Code reception next spring. His app will also be featured on a digital display in a tunnel leading to the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.

More information about the Congressional App Challenge can be found at www.congressionalappchallenge.us

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