GLHS Coding Club Earns Top Prizes
Berkeley Heights Public Schools
Competition students in the GLHS Programming Club (also known as the Coding Club) recently participated in the “American Computer Science League (ACSL)” Competition which ran from November 2022 through May 2023, and included some 500 teams across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.
In the “Senior 3” Division, the GL team scored in the Top 25 of all schools (for the second year in a row!), edging out competition from schools in states across the US, Canada, China, Russia, UAE, Taiwan, among others.
In addition, two GLHS students – Daniel Long (senior) and Anthony Tan (junior) – competed in the ACSL Invitational Finals on May 27th. Out of over 580 students, our team scored in the top 200, with Daniel Long finishing tied for 45th, earning Bronze medal honors.
Justin Polce, GLHS Math teacher and Programming Club advisor said, “The Programming Club is in its fourth-year at GLHS. The general goal of the club is to learn coding (no experience necessary), talk about projects, find resources for skill building, and explore STEM applications. Some students share projects in which they are creating games (think Minecraft). Members of the club researched and found the ACSL competition and decided to participate in it. The ACSL goes from fall into spring and is composed of four contests, each with multiple choice questions and open-ended coding questions. The students completed each of the contests over the course of 8 months and then competed in a day-long final exam. I am proud of the team and all that they have accomplished this year.”
Members of the GL Programming Club who participated in the ACSL Competition include: Club co-founders Daniel Long and David Andrews, Roland Aranas, William Ng, Anthony Tan, and Poorva Vakharia.
