{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnson-announces-newton-county-senior-winner-congressional", "Congressman Johnson announces Newton County Senior winner of the Congressional App Challenge", "2022-12-15", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Henry C. \"Hank\" Johnson, Jr.", "J000288", "hankjohnson.house.gov", "hankjohnson", "https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) is proud to announce that Newton College & Career Academy senior Kevin Wadsworth of Covington is the winner of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge.\n\nThe Congressional App Challenge is an annual competition showcasing the value of computer science and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) education by encouraging students to learn how to code through the creation of their own apps.\n\n\u201cScience and technology are transforming our world and I\u2019m proud of the students who go above and beyond their school\u2019s curriculum and other every-day tasks to compete in the challenge,\u201d said Rep. Johnson. \u201cThe app challenge allows us to showcase some of the Fourth Congressional District\u2019s brightest young minds as they take on cutting-edge technology that is becoming an increasing part of all our lives.\u201d\n\nThe winning app, \u201cThe Vent Box,\u201d was created using Java Script and Block Code and was designed by the 17-year-old Wadsworth to be an app for all students that need to vent out any emotions and frustrations and get help for any type of feelings they are dealing with.\n\n\u201cMy main inspiration to create this app was my own personal journey,\u201d he said. \u201cMy own problems with emotions inspired me to create this app for myself and for others who may have similar obstacles to face,\u201d said Wadsworth who is also a member of the school\u2019s Embedded Computing class. \u201cThe Vent box includes resources to help you calm down when you\u2019re feeling anxious, angry, depressed, and/or stressed. The vent box also offers information on different safety hotlines to use if you\u2019re feeling irrational at a certain moment.\u201d\n\nCongressman Johnson\u2019s Congressional App Challenge is open to all students in the 4th Congressional District of Georgia. Students were judged on the following criteria: Quality of the idea, including creativity and originality; Implementation of the idea, including user experience and design; and the ability to demonstrate their coding and programming skills.\n\nThe judges for this year\u2019s competition included: Jason Freeman, Professor of Music at Georgia Tech, and Chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Music; Dr. Elaine Bryan, President & CEO of Global Education Consultants Group and Head Education Partner for Microsoft\u2019s STEM program for high school and middle school students; and Kamal Carter, Former NIH Research Fellow and current education partner with NASA and the Fernbank Science Center. Karter is also President & Founder of \u201cStep Ahead Scholar.\u201d\n\nOfficially launched by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2015, this nationwide effort allows students to compete against their peers by creating an application (app), or game for mobile phones, tablets, or computer devices. The challenge is designed to promote innovation and engagement in coding and computer science.\n\nThe winning app will be featured in the nation\u2019s Capital building, at https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/ and on http://House.gov.\n\nCongressman Johnson is also working on additional ways to celebrate Kevin Wadsworth and his app in the New Year. You can view the winning app, \u201cThe Vent Box,\u201d here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p7mWjk-34bMffVOzuwXGxdCG8D8pEFoC/view.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnson-announces-newton-county-senior-winner-congressional"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1637958232313395, "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"}