Top 10 fun facts
- 141 students participated in The First Annual Washington State Middle School Computer Science Competition
- 50 {elementary, middle and junior high} schools from 16 different cities (incl. Tacoma) were represented
- 36% of the Individual Test participants were girls; 32 projects were submitted for the Original Project Competition
- 62% of the students were in 6th grade and below
- 362 slices of pizza, 148 juice boxes and 126 bottles of water were consumed
- The sound level for the cheer “We love Computer Science” was 114.73 decibels.
- 25 volunteers helped manage on-site logistics; 3 security guards ensured everyone was safe
- Each grader checked ~22 tests; every test was graded twice by different grader; totals were checked three times
- Median score for Individual Test was 59.5 / 90.0 (5th-6th graders) and 61 / 103 (7th-8th graders);
median score for Team Test was 21 / 50 for 7th-8th graders - 785+ man hours were spent organizing and running this event
5th – 6th Grade (out of 90)
Rank
Student
Score
School
1.
Nicholas Saroiu
87
Cherry Crest Elementary
2.
Belle Pan
86
Lakeside Middle
3.
Brandon Kheang
84
Kokanee Elementary
4.
Kenneth Lee
82
Shelton View Elementary
4.
Kimmerly Parker
82
Forest Ridge School of Sacred Heart
4.
Avery Zhuang
82
Samantha Smith Elementary
7.
Jonah Hieb
81
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
8.
Browen Noah
78
Woodin Elementary
9.
Sarah Jane Dayley
77
Forest Ridge School of Sacred Heart
9.
Tyler Kheang
77
Kokanee Elementary
9.
Bai Than
77
Somerset Elementary
9.
Justin Zhu
77
Bellevue International
7th – 8th Grade (out of 103)
Rank
Student
Score
School
1.
Ben Lees
93
Lakeside Middle
2.
Karthik Sellakumaran Latha
92
Pine Lake Middle
3.
Daniel Weng
82
Beaver Lake Middle
4.
Kushal Khangaonkar
79
Lakeside Middle
4.
Aditya Nair
79
Leota Junior High
6.
Alex Zhang
75
Pine Lake Middle
6.
Andrew Zhuang
75
Beaver Lake Middle
8.
Adrian Boskovic
73
Pacific Cascade Middle
8.
Prarthana Gajjala
73
Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
8.
James Liu
73
Lakeside Middle
Rank
Project
Student(s)
School
1
Spectrum
Jack Mandelkorn
Open Window School
2.
Into the Clouds
Katherine Wijenaike-Bogle, Brooke Erickson, & Maya Hegde
Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
5th – 6th Grade
Rank
Team
Score
Students
School
1.
Coding Wizards
33
Gavin Smith
Mathew Roundy
Bellevue Big Picture
2.
C-E-J
29
Ethan Bai
Christopher Shang
Justin Zhu
Somerset Elementary
Bellevue International
3.
Kokanee
28
Brandon Kheang
Tyler Kheang
Adit Gupta
Kokamee Elementary
4.
TM Scratch
26
Kaito Hikino
Jude Chelico
Jonah Hieb
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
5.
ForEvergreen
22
Sachin Zachariah
Lela Jelacic
Sophia Schloss
The Evergreen School
7th – 8th Grade
Rank
Team
Score
Students
School
1.
Beefalo
41
Ben Lees
Ian Nacke
Chris Sanchez
Lakeside Middle
2.
FR 7-1
37
Lolo Dederer
Prarthana Gajjala
Forest Ridge School of the Scared Heart
3.
Just Scratching The Surface
35
Owen Mcguigan
Evan Rodgers
Washington Middle
4.
CodeNinja
34
Sachit Garg
Aditya Nair
Jiaju
Leota Junior
5.
Beaver Lake Eagle
33
Daniel Weng
Kevin Xu
Andre Zhuang
Beaver Lake Middle
5.
PCNA
33
Adrian Boskovic
Ian Hutchinson
Erik Rosenbalm
Pacific Cascade Middle