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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Contact: Victoria Panzera, 302-753-7684

Blunt Rochester Announces Winners of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge

WILMINGTON, Del. – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) visited Cab Calloway School of the Arts to announce the winners of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge. This year’s winners were Irwin Wang and Maya Perry for their app called Recycle Pro. The app aims to teach users about the recycling process, connect users with local community clean up events, and inform users of the nearest recycling centers in their areas. Blunt Rochester also joined the winners for a demonstration of the app.

“The Congressional App Challenge proves year after year to be an excellent way to get young people involved in STEM,” said Blunt Rochester. “I was encouraged by the creativity and ingenuity displayed by all of this year’s applicants. I want to extend my sincerest congratulations to Irwin and Maya for the hard work, passion, and teamwork that went into creating Recycle Pro, an app that will connect communities with the information and resources to make recycling easier. To Irwin and Maya and all the applicants of the Congressional App Challenge this year – keep up the excellent work! And remember, if you don’t know where the recycling should go, use Recycle Pro!”

The Congressional App Challenge was officially launched in 2015 by Congress to encourage STEM and computer-based skills in middle school and high school students. The Congressional App Challenge is open to all students who meet the eligibility requirements, regardless of coding experience. Winners are selected by a panel of judges and receive an invitation to the #HouseofCode Capitol Hill Coding Exposition. Their apps will be featured in the U.S. Capitol, on House.gov, and the Congressional App Challenge website.

For more information about the Challenge, please visit CongressionalAppChallenge.us or call Rep. Blunt Rochester’s Wilmington Office at 302-830-2330. Students looking to submit apps for next year’s competition can expect the submission window to be open in summer 2023.

As stated in recent reports, the state Department of Education and Department of Public Health have performed water testing in schools throughout the state. The attached chart shows the results of this testing. Please keep in mind that for any samples that are shown in Yellow or Red, the fixtures have been taken out of service until they are deemed safe to use.  If you have any questions about these results or our water quality in general, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Marcin Michalski at 302-892-3284 or [email protected].  Red Clay takes water quality very seriously and reminds parents that all schools have been provided reverse osmosis bottle filling stations in addition to performing our own testing. The district wellness committee will share additional information about water quality efforts in our schools during the coming months.

Lead Test Sampling Results.

Join us for the “Evolution” of Showstoppers! Our 2022 show. We are offering a High School show on Friday November 18th at 7:00pm and Saturday November 19th at 2:00pm. Our Middle School Shows are Saturday November 19th at 7:00pm and the final show at 2:00pm on Sunday November 20th.

Get your tickets to the show here: https://cabcalloway.ticketleap.com/

Check out the livestreams. The links to the shows are below.

Saturday November 19th High School Show at 2:00pm:

The Middle School Show on Saturday November 19th at 7:00pm: