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NBOE Hosts Girls Who Code Computer Science Showcase featuring 300 Students from 25 schools

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[Newark, New Jersey, December 12, 2019] On Thursday, December 12th beginning at 9:00AM, the Newark Board of Education in partnership with Girls Who Code and NJIT hosted our inaugural “Girls Who Code Computer Science Showcase” featuring over 300 sixth through tenth grade students from 25 of our schools.

The event occurring during Computer Science Education Week (December 9 - 15) featured a coding-based project competition among students participating in after-school clubs to present their “Impact Projects” to the competition’s judges. Each club’s Impact Project was developed this year to solve problems in their local community by applying coding knowledge and creative computational thinking to a range of product designs - from innovative phone apps to web sites and robotics.

The showcase included a recorded welcome message from First Lady Tammy Murphy and opening remarks from Superintendent of Schools Roger León, NJIT President Joel Bloom, and Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter. Additionally, distinguished representatives from Apple, Microsoft, Verizon, Panasonic, Prudential, NJIT, the Urban League of Essex County, William Paterson University, Montclair University, Kean University, Girls Who Code, and the Newark Board of Education served as volunteer judges to review the students’ projects.

The projects were evaluated based on a rubric reviewing three core components: 1) Design and Aesthetics, 2) Purpose, and 3) Social Impact & Project Differentiation. First, second, and third place were awarded to the following schools for each category as well as an overall first, second, and third place.

Overall

  1. Oliver Street School - "Sustain’able"
  2. Technology High School - “Global Warming”
  3. Sussex Avenue School - “Community Service for the Eldery”

Social Impact & Project Differentiation

  1. Thirteenth Avenue/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School - “Newark Teens”
  2. George Washington Carver/Bruce Street School - “We Code for Social Change”
  3. South Street School

Purpose

  1. Ridge Street School - Ridge Street School Clubs
  2. Lafayette Street School - “Stomp Out Bullying”
  3. First Avenue School - “Safe with the Knights”

Design & Aesthetics

  1. Rafael Hernandez Elementary School - “Save the Turtles”
  2. Louise A. Spencer School - “Explore Your Passion”
  3. Belmont Runyon Community School - “Changing The World Through Coding”

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West Side AP Lit Class Visits Google

On January 20th, 25 students from West Side Campus’ AP Literature class and 10 staff members, led by Vice Principal Akbar Cook, were hosted by the managing director of Google Creative Labs, Andy Berndt and staff at their facility in lower Manhattan.

The West Side contingent was treated to a tour of the facilities, a sumptuous lunch, and an afternoon session with some of the most creative thinkers. Participants were exposed to a protocol for attacking problems such as chronic absenteeism. In a huge room dedicated to problem solving and creative solutions, participants shared ideas, beliefs, and opinions as a part of the larger think tank.

We believe that this partnership will produce innovative solutions and opportunities that will benefit all of our children.

Students From East Side High School Participate in a Google Hangout with U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Julian Castro

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[Newark, NJ – January 15, 2016] – On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 students from East Side High School participated in a Google Hangout interactive event with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro, along with students from Nashville, Tennessee and Fresno, California.

The conversation focused on bridging the digital divide through ConnectHome, a pilot initiative to extend affordable broadband access to families in communities like Newark, and across the nation.

For more information on ConnectHome visit: http://connecthome.hud.gov/.

View the live stream here: