GREAT COMPUTER CHALLENGE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The junior division (grades K-5) of the Great Computer Challenge competition featuring 132 teams of students from local schools was Saturday, May 3, in Webb University Center at Old Dominion University.
The challenge is a competition for students to demonstrate their skills in various computer applications and computer programming through a series of questions, judges entries based on originality, creativity, fulfillment of the problems' requirements and effective use of the computer. Another component of the challenge, an Internet scavenger hunt, had students answer questions using only a Web browser and explain the methods they used.
Winners
Level II (Grades 3-5)
Graphic Arts
1st Larchmont Elementary, Norfolk
2nd Greenbrier Intermediate, Chesapeake
3rd Hardy Elementary, Smithfield
Honorable Mention:
John B. Dey, Virginia Beach
Thoroughgood Elementary, Virginia Beach
Carver Elementary, Newport News
Carrsville Elementary, Carrsville
Desktop Publishing
1st Matthew Whaley Elementary, Williamsburg
2nd Fairfield Elementary, Virginia Beach
3rd Old Donation Center, Virginia Beach
Honorable Mention:
St. Andrew's Episcopal, Newport News
Larchmont Elementary, Norfolk
Middlesex Elementary, Saluda
Desktop Presentations
1st Middlesex Elementary, Saluda
2nd Old Donation Center, Virginia Beach
3rd John B. Dey, Virginia Beach
Honorable Mention:
Christ the King, Norfolk
Matthew Whaley Elementary, Williamsburg
Internet Scavenger Hunt
1st Norfolk Collegiate, Norfolk
2nd Poquoson Elementary, Poquoson
3rd Landstown Elementary, Virginia Beach
Honorable Mention:
Greenbrier Elementary, Chesapeake
Thoroughgood Elementary, Virginia Beach
Level I (Grades K-2)
Graphic Arts
Superior
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Suffolk
Fairfield Elementary, Virginia Beach
Excellent
BC Charles Elementary, Newport News
Bethel Elementary, Gloucester
Carrsville Elementary, Carrsville
Dutrow Elementary, Newport News
Hardy Elementary, Smithfield
Jenkins, Newport News
Larchmont, Norfolk
Richneck Elementary, Newport News
Windsor Elementary, Windsor
Good
Achilles Elementary, Gloucester
Churchland Primary, Portsmouth
Epes Elementary, Newport News
John Marshall Elementary, Newport News
Luther W. Machen, Hampton
McIntosh Elementary, Newport News
Middlesex Elementary, Saluda
Nelson Elementary, Newport News
Norfolk Collegiate, Norfolk
T.C. Walker, Gloucester
Desktop Publishing
Superior
Achilles Elementary, Gloucester
Carrsville Elementary, Carrsville
J. Marshall Elementary, Newport News
Larchmont Elementary, Norfolk
Middlesex Elementary, Saluda
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Suffolk
Norfolk Collegiate, Norfolk
Excellent
Dutrow Elementary, Newport News
T.C. Walker Elementary, Gloucester
Richneck Elementary, Newport News
Good
Epes Elementary, Newport News
Fairfield Elementary, Virginia Beach
Hardy Elementary, Smithfield
Luther W. Machen Elementary, Hampton
McIntosh Elementary, Newport News
Windsor Elementary, Windsor
Nelson Elementary, Newport News