Bayville Intermediate students won first place at the KidOYO Code Conquest Hackathon in the Upper Elementary Division at Willets Road School in East Williston on May 5. The Locust Valley Intermediate team finished in seventh place in the same 18-team division, led by school librarian Anne Joyce.
Code Conquest is a coding competition with solo and team play that tasks students with coding. The fourth and fifth grade division saw students try to take over territories on a map by performing tasks like deciphering messages, answering trivia and solving math problems. The Bayville team, led by school librarian Dr. Jennifer Farrell, won the trophy in overtime of the championship match.
The Bayville and Locust Valley Intermediate teams prepared with weekly sessions before school since March to prepare for the competition. As part of the Locust Valley Central School District’s LEAP program, all elementary schools teach coding.
The KidOYO program challenges young students at hundreds of schools in New York to engage in meaningful real-world entrepreneurial learning process.