CharterHacks 2021!
Want to grow your skills in programming, or are interested in building apps and games? Join us over August 6-9 in CharterHacks 2021! In this online Hackathon, you have the chance to harness your skills and make friends while creating amazing projects. Sign up and experience the weekend event with fun events and games where you can meet other like-minded programmers! Best of all, win amazing prizes with your astounding projects!
The competition is over! We saw many great projects. The winning projects can be seen on our DevPost. Thanks for everyone who participated and submitted their projects.
Information
CharterHacks is an online hackathon run by students in the Charter School of Wilmington. In this hackathon, we hope to bring the brightest students from around the world to participate in a weekend hackathon with many fun events, games, and prizes to keep everyone entertained! If you have any questions about this hackathon, you can email us at cswhackathon@gmail.com or talk with us through Discord.
Submissions
You are given August 6-9th to create a project in a team of 1-4. Submissions and additional information can be found on DevPost. In your submission, you will include a presentation of your project that will show your idea in motion while answering other important questions such as challenges you had to overcome during creation, what your project does, and its audience.
Grading
Grading will be fairly simple. You will be graded based on creativity, complexity, and the originality of your idea. The rubric is found here. Plagiarism in this contest will not be tolerated, though website templates and use of code snippets will be allowed (with given credit in the code). Your goal shouldn't be to win, but just to have fun!
FAQ
Who can participate?
As long as you are a high-schooler or middle-schooler, you can! This means that even if you graduated this school year, you may still participate.
What if I can't code?
Coding isn't as hard as many people think it is. With a little time and effort, you can become an amazing coder! You can check out our resources here for some help.
When and where will the hackathon be held?
The hackathon will be held on August 6-9th virtually due to COVID-19. Main communication with participants will be through the Discord, so be sure to join!
Why should I do this hackathon?
You should participate in the hackathon because it will be fun. Not to mention, there will be prizes for the winners and minicontests as well!
Does it cost money to compete?
No. Participating in the hackathon will be absolutely free to everyone thanks to our amazing sponsors found here!
What workshops will be held?
The workshops will be on game design and competitive programming. More information will be released about these workshops soon!
Team
Nathan Zhao
Director
Nathan is a rising Junior in the Charter School of Wilmington and is the president of the CSW ACM club. In his free time, he likes studying, playing chess, and playing games. Topics he enjoys are computer science, math, chemistry, and biology.
Andrew Zhao
Vice Director
Andrew Zhao will be attending his first year at MIT next fall. He is currently the Secretary in his school's ACM club. He is also a part of CSW's Science Olympiad and Math League teams. In his free time, he likes playing oboe and listening to music.
Atharva Shanbhag
Head of Logistics
Atharva Shanbag will be attending his first year at Fordham next fall. VP of CSW ACM, and President of CSW Model UN. His interests include machine learning, public speaking, and behavioral economics.
Adhi Babu
Workshop Director
Adhi Babu is a rising senior at the Charter School of Wilmington. He has experience with Unity, Java, JS & node, as well as C#. He likes to elarn about AI and Game development and has created many apps and participated and won prizes in CharterHacks before! He also loves music, movies, and TV. He is also a member of CSW quizbowl and Science Olympiad
Jack Wu
Workshop Director
Jack Wu is a rising senior at the Charter School of Wilmington. He's done competitive programming in USACO and competed in USAMO. He is currently pursuing web development, with personal projects on COVID and college information (covid.jackwu.us and college.jackwu.us). In his free time, he likes to play chess and study game design.
Ephy Peng
Graphic Desginer
Ephy Peng is currently a rising junior at the Charter School of Wilmington. She has an interest in engineering and the sciences, and enjoys playing video games and watching anime in her free time. She is also a member of the Cab Calloway marching band as a marimba player.
Heran Yang
Team Member
Heran Yang is a rising senior at The Charter School of Wilmington. He enjoys the subjects of math and physics, while he plays piano and guitar in his free time.
Siddharth Lokula
Team Member
Siddharth Lokula is a rising senior at the Charter School of Wilmington, and is passionate when it comes to computer hardware, video game development, and software development.
Anushka Kulkarni
Team Member
Anushka Kulkarni is a rising senior who plans on majoring in software engineering! Her favorite languages are Python, Java, and C++. Her current field of interest is machine learning. In addition to coding, she likes to study languages and bike!
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