{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=413472", "Smith announces winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for local middle and high school students", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "NJ", "Christopher H. Smith", "S000522", "chrissmith.house.gov", "chrissmith", "https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today announced the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for the Fourth District of New Jersey.\n\nThe annual competition hosted by Smith is aimed at promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills among middle and high school students.\n\n\u201cCongratulations to Katrina Migliore, Ahren Gaikwad, and Cameron Mock from Communications High School in Wall Township for winning this year\u2019s competition with their app \u201cEco-Scan,\u201d said Smith.\n\nThe winning team was selected by a panel of judges that evaluated the app submissions from high schools across the Fourth Congressional District.\n\n\u201cAs the panel of judges noted, their innovative app combines convenience with education to help inform and encourage users to recycle,\u201d Smith said. \u201cBy simply scanning a barcode or searching in the app, users instantly have access to a ton of information about how to properly dispose of a particular item to help them make informed decisions when discarding products.\u201d\n\nMigliore, Gaikwad, and Mock shared that their inspiration behind developing the app stemmed from their experience with improper product disposal when trying to perform environmentally healthy tasks at home. The three Communications High School seniors pointed out that recycling contaminated products can exacerbate the problem by adding more infected recycling batches to landfills.\n\nThe Congressional App Challenge\u2014simultaneously held in multiple congressional districts across the United States\u2014is intended for students to showcase their software app-developing skills as part of a nationwide competition administered by Members of Congress. Established in 2014, the challenge has become the largest student computer science competition in the world.\n\nMiddle and high school students from the Fourth Congressional District who are interested in participating in next year\u2019s contest should contact Congressman Smith\u2019s Toms River Office at 732-504-0567 or Middletown Office at 732-780-3035.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=413472"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4978949911892414, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}