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Johns Creek Students Win Best In State For Verizon Innovative App Challenge
Residents can now vote to help the team win the Fan Favorite Award, which comes with $15,000 and a chance to turn their concept into an app.
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Johns Creek, GA -- A group of Johns Creek High School students were recently named 2016 Best In State winners in the fourth Verizon Innovative App Challenge.
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The student were commended for their concept called Vroom, a carpooling app designed to help students find rides home so they can participate in extracurricular activities.
The team earned $5,000 for Johns Creek High School and free tablets for each team member.
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From now until Jan. 31, 2016, the community can vote to help the team win the Fan Favorite award, which would earn them an additional $15,000 and the chance to work with experts from MIT Media Lab to turn their concept into a real, working app.
Now in its fourth year, the Verizon Innovative App Challenge is unique in that it does not require any coding skills. To enter, all a student needs is an idea for a mobile app that could solve a problem in their school or community.
For additional information about voting and the App Challenge, visit www.verizon.com/appchallenge.
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