{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/tri-tech-skills-center-students-win-congressional-app-design-challenge", "Tri-Tech Skills Center Students Win Congressional App-Design Challenge", "2016-12-15", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced the winners of the Fourth Congressional District\u2019s second annual Congressional App Challenge, an app competition for high school students. Tri-Tech Skills Center seniors Tobias (Toby) Williams, Jamas Middleton, and Elijah Stiham, of Kennewick, have been named the competition winners for their app called \u201cTrinity Complex,\u201d which is an open world, first-person game app in which the player must navigate through a virtual environment to collect six keys.\n\u201cThe Congressional App Challenge encourages development of the creativity and computer skills that our young people will need to succeed,\u201d said Rep. Newhouse. \u201cI am proud to recognize Toby Williams, Jamas Middleton, and Elijah Stiham for their team\u2019s achievement in winning the Fourth Congressional District\u2019s second annual Congressional App Challenge.\u201d\nYou can see a preview of the app by clicking here.\nThe winning app was selected by a panel of local judges and will receive a prize tour of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The winners will also share $400 in Amazon Web Services credits donated by Amazon for the challenge.\nThe winning app will be featured on a video display in the U.S. Capitol building.\nThe Congressional App Challenge (CAC) was created because Congress recognized that Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education skills are essential for economic growth and innovation, and that the U.S. has been falling behind on these fronts. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, STEM occupations are projected to grow by 17% between 2008 and 2018, compared to 9.8% growth for non-STEM occupations. According to some estimates, the U.S. may be short as many as 3 million high-skilled workers by 2018. To maintain American competitiveness, it is crucial that the U.S. industry invest in our youth now and help them acquire necessary STEM-based skills. The CAC highlights and encourages students to pursue those skills.\nLast year\u2019s Fourth District App Challenge winners, Cinthia Santiago Villanueva and Esmeralda Lopez, students at Harrison Middle School in Sunnyside,\u00a0won the challenge with an app they designed called the Agricultural Job Finder.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/tri-tech-skills-center-students-win-congressional-app-design-challenge"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8563301526010036, "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"}