Ponderosa Hacks - High School Hackathon

Free event for AZ high school students. Join us for a fun, collaborative 1-day event where high school students can work together in teams to create something cool and compete for prizes.

Event is FREE and includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, swag, and a t-shirt.

Register online at https://ponderosa-hacks.com/

What is a Hackathon?

Whether you are into Computer Science, Engineering, Art, Medicine, or anything else, a hackathon is for you! A hackathon is a collaborative event where people come together and create solutions to real-world problems such as world hunger, water pollution, or accessibility barriers. While we will not likely find THE solution to a global problem, we can workshop innovative ideas that may contribute to actual solutions. With hours to brainstorm, create, and model, you will present your project to a panel of judges for a chance to win cool prizes. During the day, we will provide food, snacks, activities to earn prizes, skills workshops to help with your project, and free goodies from our sponsors.

Even though our event is called a hackathon, your brain is the only thing you'll be hacking. If you can code, feel free to write programs, or program a solution for your project. And if you can't code, don't worry! You'll be at no disadvantage. You can utilize any of your skills or passions to create your project. You can make a prototype of a physical device, build a website (we'll have a workshop teaching you how), a game, or anything you can think of. We'll have volunteers and people knowledgeable in engineering, computer science, and other topics to help you with your project. Come with a team or find one at the event.

Everything begins with an IDEA.