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Mason High School took home the coveted INTERalliance Cup at the INTERAlliance TechOlympics, held March 2-4 Downtown.

Teams from 73 high schools in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area participated in the 16-event competition, which also included an inter-school “Technology Showcase.”

Mason’s team racked up more than 46,000 points for its first place finish.

The event is sponsored by INTERalliance of Greater Cincinnati, a collaborative effort of Greater Cincinnati regional businesses and educators seeking to create an environment that retains young I.T. talent.

Students had the opportunity to participate in sessions such as robotics, 3D animation, web and game design and mobile app development, and meet with representatives of local colleges and tech businesses.

“Too often really bright talent from our area seek education or career fulfillment in other high-tech regions of the country,” said Jim Scott, chairman of the Board of Directors of INTERalliance and CIO, KnowledgeWorks.

“The reality is that the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area has abundant and well regarded programs and world-class career opportunities at Fortune 100, 500, and 1,000 companies for students interested in these fields.”

Below is a list of participating Mason students and the awards they won:

Executive Council:

• Nate Stewart
• Sina Sabet
• Jacob Seile
• Tajana Schniederman
• Usoshi Chatterjee
• Kevin Huang
• Monish Sangtani
• Matt Anderson

Participants:

• Stuart Bowman – TechOlympics Showcase(2nd place 15,000 points)
• Patrick Ebhling  – TechOlympics Showcase(2nd place 15,000 points)
• Brent Kitchen – TechOlympics Showcase(2nd place 15,000 points),Rockband(3rd place 1,000 points), SpeedCoding
• Richard Wu – TechOlympics Showcase(2nd place 15,000 points), SpeedKeyboarding (1st place – 5,000 points)
• Will Osler – TechOlympics Showcase(2nd place 15,000 points), HackerHeaven(2nd place – 3000pts), SpeedCooding(2nd place – 3,000 points)
• Schuyler Cebulski – HackerHeaven (1st place – 5,000 pts), Rockband(3rd place – 1,000 points)
• Andrew Chan – Breakout Sessions(600 points)
• Alan Chan – Breakout Sessions(600 points)

Awards:

• ArtTech Graphic Design – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place – 11,000-plus points
• High School Website – 1st place – 5,000 points
• High School Newspaper – 3rd place – 1,000 points

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Five Mason High School students were among 17 students invited to participate in a master class for young programming wizards.

Dan Griffin, Brandon Jacques, William Osler, Nate Stewart and Tyler Stewart participated in the class, held Feb. 27 by the INTERalliance of Greater Cincinnati, a nonprofit collaboration of local businesses and educators that work together to educate and retain young IT talent in Southwest Ohio.

Anna Lin, who graduated from Mason High School last year, also participated.

The intense six-hour class, hosted by Mother of Mercy High School at its state-of-the-art Mac lab, introduced students to coding techniques for Google’s Android.

INTERalliance executive director Doug Arthur of Atos Origin says a a shortage of qualified programmers for local businesses wanting to capitalize on the popularity of mobile phone applications.

“Putting these students in direct contact with young local industry technical leaders gives them a view of the possibilities their own futures here in the Greater Cincinnati market,” said Arthur.  ”We want to groom these top kids to be the best in the world, and then keep their talents right here in the Queen City.”

“This is just another example of how Mason City Schools is allowing their students to go above and beyond the classroom and the typical curriculum found in a high school course,” said Mason High School programming and networking teacher Gregg Kummer.

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Five Mason High School students were among 12 students invited to participate in a master class for young programming wizards.

Matt Anderson, Stuart Bowman, Brandon Jacques, Nate Steward and Tyler Stewart participated in the class, offered Jan. 16 by the INTERalliance of Greater Cincinnati, a nonprofit collaboration of local businesses and educators that work together to educate and retain young IT talent in Southwest Ohio.

The intense four-hour class, hosted by Mother of Mercy High School at its state-of-the-art Mac lab, introduced students to coding techniques for Apple’s iPhone and iPad.  Students underwent a technical learning “blitz” in learning how to code apps in Objective-C, the programming language used to create mobile applications for Apple products.

INTERalliance executive director Doug Arthur of Atos Origin says a a shortage of qualified programmers for local businesses wanting to capitalize on the popularity of iPhones and iPads prompted the class.

“What all of these students have in common is an existing reputation with teachers and the business community as accomplished programmers, even at the tender ages of 15 to 19,” said Arthur. “The mission of the INTERalliance is to connect these budding IT professionals with future employers in the region. And there’s a line of companies just waiting to hire these students to generate useful IT solutions for their businesses.”

Gregg Kummer, a programming and networking teacher at Mason High School, says the fact that five of 12 invited students hail from Mason speaks to the district’s “above and beyond” classroom curriculum and activities.

“Of the 12 current high school participants invited to this opportunity based on their technology accumen, five are from Mason,” he said.  “We should be proud of these accomplishments.”

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