Expo and Awards Ceremony

The end-of-year project Expo and Awards Ceremony will take place in Los Alamos April 23-24, 2018.

All participants submitting final reports by the first Wednesday in April are invited to the Expo and Awards Ceremony at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Note: Every team attending the Expo will be required to give a presentation not to exceed a half-hour on their work to a panel of judges on Monday, April 23rd. A display board summarizing your work will be mandatory as well, and using a computer during your presentation is optional.

General Information

• 2018 Expo Information.
• A description of the Expo.
• Learn about the Awards and Scholarships presented during the Awards Ceremony.

Directions/Housing/Parking

• Directions and Map to the Hotels, Expo, and Awards Ceremony
• Hotel arrangements
• Look for the link on the Dashboard of the myTeam web page.
• Hotel rooms in Los Alamos will be provided for all registrants who live more than 120 miles away on the evenings of Sunday, April 22nd and Monday, April 23rd.
  Schools: Artesia, Gadsden, Los Lunas, Melrose, Mesa Mid, Portales, Rio Abajo, Ruidoso Mid, San Juan College High, YWiC
• Hotel rooms in Los Alamos will be provided for those registrants who live between 60 and 120 miles of Los Alamos on Monday, April 23rd.
  Schools: Freedom High, Jackson Mid, New Futures, Rio Rancho Cyber Acad, Sandia Prep, Saturday Sci & Math, South Valley Acad, South Valley High, STEM Excellence Acad, Taos High, Upward Bound
• Schools expected to commute on Monday and Tuesday are:
  Schools: Academy for Technology & Classics, Barranca Mesa Elem, Capital High, Los Alamos High, Los Alamos Mid, McCurdy School, Monte Del Sol, NMSA, Pinon Elem, Santa Fe High, Santa Fe Prep

Schedules of Events

• Tentative Schedule of events for the Expo and Awards Ceremony Activities
• Finalist Team Schedule
• Scholarship Applicant Schedule
• Schedule for the Expo presentations
• Tour schedule

Judging Information

• A description of the judging of the finalist teams.
• Judging Criteria that will be used during the final judging.
• Judging Rubric for the Expo judging.
• Display Board Requirements
• Contest for next year's Logo requirements

Awards Ceremony

• Directions and Map to the Hotels, Expo, and Awards Ceremony
• Pictures of the Expo and Final Judging
• Awards Ceremony Pictures
• The Awards Ceremony Presentation

Publicity

Los Alamos National Laboratory Coverage

• Pre Event Press Release
• Los Lunas High School team takes top award in 28th New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge

Other sources

• How One Small School District Embraces A Challenge For Computer Science Education
• LA Daily Post, April 24th
• Albuquerque Journal, 5/28/18

Followup Surveys

• Students, take the Student Survey
• Teachers, take the Teacher Survey

Information about last year's expo may be viewed in our archive