{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lahood.house.gov/2019/12/rep-lahood-announces-congressional-app-challenge-winner-illinois-18th", "Rep. LaHood Announces Congressional App Challenge Winner for Illinois\u2019 18th Congressional District", "2019-12-02", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Darin LaHood", "L000585", "lahood.house.gov", "lahood", "https://lahood.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "PEORIA, IL \u2013 Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-18) announced today that a team from Richwoods High School, which participates in Peoria Public Schools\u2019 AppsCo program, are the winners of the 2019 Congressional App Challenge. The Richwoods High School team made up of Cassidy Miles-Coleman, Katrina Crawford, Aditi Tripathi, Brianna Hill, and Rachel Bousek, are taught by Brian Michael and designed an app for the Wildlife Prairie Park to enhance the visitor experience.\n\n\u201cI am pleased to announce that AppsCo students from Peoria\u2019s Richwoods High School have won this year\u2019s Congressional App Challenge for the 18th District of Illinois,\u201d stated Rep. LaHood. \u201cNot only did these students display exceptional coding and technical skills in their application, but their innovative design will provide an important resource to individuals exploring Wildlife Prairie Park.\n\n\u201cThis year\u2019s Challenge brought a variety of applicants from across central and west-central Illinois, and it was the most competitive competition we\u2019ve had over the last three years. The Congressional App Challenge always presents an exciting opportunity for students to showcase their talent in the innovative technology field. Computer science and STEM education are critical to our nation\u2019s long-term success, and I will continue to promote the importance of these programs through this Challenge and in Congress.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nEach year, Congressional districts across the country hold App Challenges to inspire, include, and innovate efforts around STEM, coding, and computer science. Across the nation, this year\u2019s Congressional App Challenge had the highest participation rate since beginning in 2013.\n\nIllinois\u2019 18th Congressional District App Challenge\n\n12 students participated in this year\u2019s App Challenge with six applications total\n\nThe competition was judged by three faculty members from 18th District Universities, including Bradley University, Western Illinois University, and Illinois State University\n\nApplicants were judged based on the quality of their ideas, implementation of the idea, and ability to demonstrate coding and programming skills\n\nIllinois\u2019 18th District Winner\n\nApp Name: Wildlife Prairie Park\n\nAppsCo student group from Richwoods High School, taught by Brian Michael\n\nThe team:\n\nCassidy Miles-Coleman\n\nKatrina Crawford\n\nAditi Tripathi\n\nBrianna Hill\n\nRachel Bousek\n\nThe Wildlife Prairie Park App is a useful tool for Wildlife Prairie Park visitors and members with enhanced content, click to call, directions, general information about the park, GPS maps of many park amenities, event calendar, loyalty program, exclusive coupons, direct lodging reservations, membership information, geo-fencing, push notifications, analytics dashboard, link to e-store, and more\n\nYou can view their submission here\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"]], "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://lahood.house.gov/2019/12/rep-lahood-announces-congressional-app-challenge-winner-illinois-18th"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.021919772028923, "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"}