Three Fayetteville-Manlius High School teams recently competed in a cybersecurity challenge that tested their knowledge of computer programming languages and resulted in trophies for each team and medals for all F-M students involved.
Lockheed Martin annually hosts Code Quest, a computer programming competition in which teams of two to three high school students work together to solve problems by using Java, Python, C#, and/or C++ programming to complete a quest. The quest consists of 20 to 30 problems created by Lockheed Martin engineers and computer programmers, and teams earn points by correctly solving the problems.
The goal of the three-hour competition is to encourage high school students to pursue cybersecurity careers. This is the fourth year that F-M has participated in the competition, which was held in February in Syracuse.
“Students have the ability to compete at the Cornell College Code Competition and the Lockheed competition each year to expose them to real world challenges,” said Laurel Chiesa, F-M’s Director of Instructional Technology. “Another benefit is that students talk about their process with other teams after, not only gaining new strategies, but meeting new friends. Lastly, they are able to see how their preparation and knowledge of the programming language compares to other students nationally and regionally.”
F-M Results
Advanced Division
- First Place: Meow; 390 points, a personal best for F-M
- Ansun Li, Adam Winnowicz and Daniel Manta
- Third Place: Control Alt Defeat; 240 Points
- Ethan Wong, Oliver Garza and Owen Zhu
Novice Division
- Third Place: Infinite Loop; 55 points
- Ben Graff, Evelyn Chin and Alishba Rehman
