FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2006
Contact: Bobbie Fisher, Director of Corporate Communications, 757.889.9107
WHRO HONORS AREA STUDENT WINNERS IN GREAT COMPUTER CHALLENGE
Hampton Roads: WHRO, Old Dominion University and the Consortium for Interactive Instruction held the annual Great Computer Challenge (Senior Division) at ODU’s Webb Center on March 11, 2006. The Great Computer Challenge is a competitive opportunity for students in grades K-12 to demonstrate their skills in various computer applications and computer programming, including Graphic Arts, Desktop Publishing, Music Composition, Desktop Presentations, Web Design, Internet Scavenger Hunt, Integrated Applications, C++, Visual Basic, CAD and JAVA.
More than 120 teams representing independent and public schools all across Hampton Roads participated in the annual event. First place winners in the various categories included students from Trinity Lutheran School (Newport News), Kemps Landing Magnet School (Virginia Beach), Page Middle School (Gloucester), Peasley Middle School (Gloucester), Independence Middle School (Virginia Beach) and Thomas Hunter Middle School (Mathews County) in the Level 3 Division, which incorporates grades 6 through 8. First place honors in the Level 4 Division were taken by Landstown High School (Virginia Beach), New Horizons (Hampton), Advanced Technology Center (Virginia Beach), the Governor’s School for the Arts (Norfolk), Princess Anne High School (Virginia Beach), Heritage High School (Newport News) and Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School (Virginia Beach).
A junior level competition will be held on April 29th.
The Consortium for Interactive Instruction is a regionally based consortium of public and private schools and universities that was inaugurated in 1984 and currently represents over 24,000 teachers and nearly 280,000 students in eastern Virginia.
WHRO is a public service media company that promotes education, culture and citizenship to the citizens of Hampton Roads, Virginia through a variety of telecommunications services. Thousands of viewers and listeners tune in to broadcast programming on WHRO's public television and two public radio stations every day. Since its founding more than 40 years ago to support education, WHRO has employed creativity and technology to serve its mission to enrich audiences through content that educates, entertains and promotes understanding. Owned by 14 local school divisions, WHRO delivers educational and new media services to 286,000 students and 25,000 educators per month as well.