Salil Naik of Mountain Ridge High School, 22800 N. 67th Ave., Glendale, won the Congressional App Challenge for middle and high school students in Arizona’s 8th District.
Salil, a 10th …
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Mountain Ridge 10th grader wins app challenge
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Salil Naik of Mountain Ridge High School, 22800 N. 67th Ave., Glendale, won the Congressional App Challenge for middle and high school students in Arizona’s 8th District.
Salil, a 10th grade student, won this year’s competition for hour.ly, an app to help students create a specific schedule to stay on top of school work. His app uses a machine learning algorithm to help maximize studying time.
"Salil created an app to help his fellow students do well in school. Congratulations to Salil for winning this year’s App Challenge!” said Congresswoman Debbie Lesko.
Salil’s inspiration for creating the app: “When studying, I tended to focus more on the classes I liked rather than those I needed to study for. This year, I'm taking harder classes, so I realized that I needed to change my studying habits in order to succeed in the rigorous courses.”
Salil’s app was selected from a number of entries from across the district. Students were invited to submit computer programs (or apps) written in any programming language, for any platform. The winner from Arizona’s Eighth Congressional District, chosen by a panel of expert judges, will be featured on CongressionalAppChallenge.us. The winning app will also be eligible to be on display in the U.S. Capitol, honoring the winners from across the country.