Monte Vista Students Organize School's First Student-Led Hackathon

DANVILLE, CA — A group of Monte Vista High School students are organizing the school's first student-led hackathon.

Stang Hacks - named after the school's mustang mascot - will offer over $1000 in prizes to middle and high school students who can best develop AI-based tools that benefit society. Teams will work for 12 hours on a single project that they will present at the end of the day. A panel of judges includes Monte Vista alumni and industry professionals.

"The projects we are looking for are in general just based on social good and benefit," said co-founder Ayush Rane, who organized Stang Hacks with his classmates Devin Liu, Thomas Liu, and Edison Law.

"We may present tracks students can compete in but are not sure yet (think education, healthcare, climate etc). Overall students will have creative freedom to create an app that benefits society in some way of their choice."

Additionally, the hackathon will offer workshops to teach students about programming, AI, and web design. Prizes will include cash, AirPods, Omg AI necklaces, LEGO f1 cars, keyboards, free subscriptions, and more. Anyone who registers before Nov. 1 will be entered into a raffle to win a new pair of AirPods Pro.

Stang Hacks will take place at Monte Vista High School on Jan. 24, and is open to students ages 13 to 18. Visit stanghacks.com to register and for more information. Participation in Stang Hacks is free.