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Student Winners Recognized at PA Department of Education's 8th Annual High School Computer Fair

Posted on: Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 16:56 CDT

CARLISLE, Pa., May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 250 Pennsylvania students put their Web page and graphics design, digital movie-making and desktop publishing skills to the test today in the Pennsylvania Department of Education's 8th Annual High School Computer Fair at Dickinson College in Carlisle.

"These students possess the kind of technology skills and talents that all students must master before graduating and entering the global economy," said Secretary of Education Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak. "It's our responsibility to prepare students for their future and Governor Rendell has wisely invested in proven education initiatives to ensure we are providing the best teaching and training to all students."

Participants in today's computer fair included students who qualified for the state competition after battling at local school district and regional computer competitions. More than 1,600 students participated in the competition at some level before the best projects were chosen for today's final competition.

Judges included professionals from the business, industry, government and higher education sectors. Student exhibits - which were judged in eight categories - included: curriculum-based web page design; information-based web page design; graphic design; digital movies; desktop publishing; computer fair logo; multimedia presentations and animation. Winners received cash awards and certificates.

Governor Rendell's proposed 2006-07 education budget includes an additional $517 million to provide schools with the necessary resources to prepare students to compete on a global scale. The budget includes $20 million for the first year of a 3-year, $200 million Classrooms for the Future initiative, which would transform teaching and learning by equipping every high school classroom in the core subjects - English, math, science and social studies - with laptops and other multimedia technology.

The Governor's proposed 2006-07 budget will help reach up to 100 high schools in the program's initial year, with an additional $6 million to train teachers to fully harness the technology. Over the past three years, the Governor has invested more than $1.2 billion in education.

For more information about the Department of Education, visit http://www.pde.state.pa.us/.

CONTACT: Christopher Green 717-783-9802

Editors Note: A list of the winning students and projects by student name, school district and county follows:

Student Name(s) School County Project Category Place Title Monica Zuber Antietam Berks Stop the Graphic 3rd Middle Violence Design /Senior High School Paul Parkland Lehigh Beethoven Graphic 2nd Petrogeorge High School Design Susie Central Clinton Thoughts Graphic 1st Hosterman Mountain of Decay Design High School Tarah Ninos Lancaster Lancaster What's Desktop 3rd County Cookin?! Publishing Career and Technology Center Jennifer Chester Chester Concrete Desktop 2nd Lamson-Scribner, County Voices Publishing Lauren Adams Middle and Joseph College McKenna High School Sam Moore, Fleetwood Berks Artifact Text-Based 1st Katie Miller Area High (vol. 4) Desktop and Kristen School Publishing Tongue Jenna Irrgang Springfield Delaware Computer Computer 3rd High School Fair Design Fair Logo Logo Shannan Botelho Northeast Philadelphia PA Computer Computer 2nd High School Fair Logo Fair Logo Cody Brown Berks County Berks Computer Computer 1st Career and Fair Logo Fair Logo Technology Center Gus Karlson Pocono Monroe Almost Human Animation 3rd and Timon Agar Mountain East High School Adam Moliski, Sayre Area Bradford A Day in the Animation 2nd Daran Carlin- High School Life of the Weber and Jon Sayre Benjamin Redskin Justin Seibert Wyomissing Berks Layers Animation 1st Area High School David Miles Susque- York How to Land Curriculum- 3rd hannock Your First Based Web High School Job: A Page Design Survival Guide Chris Campbell Hughesville Lycoming Biomes Curriculum- 2nd High School Based Web Page Design Justin Bova, North Schuylkill United Curriculum- 1st David Pearson Schuylkill States Based Web and Bernard Jr./Sr. Facts Page Design McCauley High School Jeffrey Roxborough Philadelphia Roxborough Information- 3rd Oxenberg High School High School Based Web Page Design Matt Basta, Wyoming Wyoming Casey Dental Information- 2nd Chrissy Amato Area Institute Based Web and Liz McHugh Secondary Page Design Center Leslie Gerhat Jim Thorpe Carbon A Spotlite Information- 1st Senior Video and Based Web High School Photography Page Design Service Justin Beach Methacton Montgomery Race Day Digital 3rd High School Movie Aaron Merges, Northeastern York Rampage Digital 2nd Clifton Kern High School Amongst Movie and Eric Tranquility Shoemaker Christopher Lai, Parkland Lehigh Agent X Digital 1st Chris Lambrinos High School Movie and Ben Smith Kyle Nevenglosky Tamaqua Schuylkill Hurricane Multimedia 3rd and Nate Moyer Area High Katrina Presentations School Stephanie Red Land York Live Type: Multimedia 2nd Brothers High School The Basics Presentations Brett Vance Bellefonte Centre The Life of Multimedia 1st and Zac Johnson Area High Claudius I Presentations School

Pennsylvania Department of Education

CONTACT: Christopher Green, Pennsylvania Department of Education,+1-717-783-9802

Web site: http://www.pde.state.pa.us/

Source: PRNewswire

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