Algonquin Students Achieve Honors at NE's Largest Computer and Math Competition

Information submitted by Christine Centazzo, public affairs, community and government relations

Four students from Algonquin Regional High School demonstrated superior mathematical and computer programming skills and achieved second place honors at the 27^th Annual High School Programming Contest, held on Tuesday, March 5, at Providence College.

The students were among 44 students from 11 high schools in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York who competed in four-person teams during the competition. Using (HP) desktop personal computers and two designated computer programming languages, students wrote original programs that correctly solved complex, hypothetical math problems.