Congratulations to our Grade School (GS) and Junior High School (JHS) students for winning the championship and for receiving special recognition in the Hackathon for Girls 2023 held last February 4 – 11, 2023, at Uptown Mall BGC, Accenture, Taguig City, Philippines.
From Left: Angela Faith Castillo (DLSZ 2030), Sarah Sophia Cabodil (DLSZ 2029), Mary Janiyah Kate Aguto (DLSZ 2025), Kaia Mikayla Diola (DLSZ 2025), Joedi Manuel Costes (DLSZ 2026), Mona Obedeza (Founder of Purposeful Mochii), Ivanna-moriah Mortel (DLSZ 2030)
Hackathon for Girls 2023 with the theme: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridge, held activities for young girls aimed to inspire them to pursue STEM careers. Twenty-two (22) young girls from various regions and schools in the Philippines took on the challenge of writing a research paper, delivering a pitch, and developing and deploying a prototype or application to solve various problems. The event also held talks on the fundamentals of coding and artificial intelligence which aims to further develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills to solve real-world problems.
Below is the list of awards:
CHAMPION
Scr/app
This is an application that teaches and encourages people to segregate properly and ensure their trash goes to the right places.
From Left: Ms. Rica Marie Paming (Robotics Teacher), Kaia Mikayla Diola (DLSZ 2025), Joedi Manuel Costes (DLSZ 2026), Mary Janniyah Kate Aguto (DLSZ 2025) with Accenture Employees and Directors.
From Left: Joedi Manuel Costes (DLSZ 2026), Kaia Mikayla Diola (DLSZ 2025), Mary Janniyah Kate Aguto (DLSZ 2025)
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Abarkada: your reading buddy!
This is an application that teaches young children how to read in Filipino.
From Left: Sarah Sophia Cabodil (DLSZ 2029), Ivanna-moriah Mortel (DLSZ 2030), Angela Faith Castillo (DLSZ 2030)
From Left: Ms. Leah Marie Tumlos-Castillo (JHS Vice Principal), Sarah Sophia Cabodil (DLSZ 2029), Ivanna-moriah Mortel (DLSZ 2030), Angela Faith Castillo (DLSZ 2030) and Ms. Jumila Rose Montaño (Robotics Teacher)
From left: Joedi Manuel Costes (DLSZ 2026), Kaia Mikayla Diola (DLSZ 2025), Mary Janniyah Kate Aguto (DLSZ 2025), Ms. Rica Marie Paming (Robotics Teacher)
Congratulations to all the participants, and their coaches: Ms. Rica Marie Paming, Mr. Rovin Garcia, and Ms. Jumila Rose Montaño.
Animo La Salle!
Photos courtesy of Ms. Fhatz Gamboa (Accenture Mentor)