By TheChampionNewspaper.com
Hank Johnson, the U.S. Rep. for Georgia’s 4th Congressional District, announced June 25 his 2019 Congressional App Challenge winners—three graduates from Arabia Mountain High School—in a virtual meeting.
According to Johnson’s staff, the “App Challenge” was designed to encourage student participation in computer science and coding. The challenge was launched by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2015 and is a nationwide effort in which students compete against peers by creating an application or “app,” for any device.
Assitan Ndiaye of Decatur, Ayomikun Akin-David of Conyers, and Danait Issac of Stone Mountain won the 2019 competition with their mobile application called RAMPAGE.
RAMPAGE keeps students up to date with current events at their school and helps them navigate through campus and learn according to their grade level.
Arabia Mountain Teacher Shenica Mathieu, Arabia Mountain Principal Tanya Mason, and Kamal Carter with NASA and the Fernbank Science Center joined Johnson and the students for the meeting.
“As educators we don’t get a lot of rewards as it relates to our paychecks,” Mason said. “But the rewards come in later when we see students like this go on to colleges and universities and make something of themselves and become change agents we always talk about.”
Issac plans to attend Vanderbilt University to study pre-law after graduating as Arabia Mountain Magnet’s valedictorian. Akin-David plans to attend Kennesaw State University to become a cardiologist and Ndiaye will study computer science at Georgia State University.
“I want to congratulate you all for being at the very top of your class,” said Johnson. “I want to congratulate your Principal Mrs. Tanya Mason and recognize the great attributes of your teacher Mrs. Shenica Mathieu. All of you have my deep congratulations for what you’ve accomplished with the App Challenge. I hope that you will use this time that has been very challenging as a steppingstone to great heights and great success into the future.”
For more information on the App Challenge, visit: https://hankjohnson.house.gov/serving-you/congressional-app-challenge
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