Virginia HR 47: Commending the Hidden Valley High School app team.

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18104012D 

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 47 

Offered January 31, 2018 

Commending the Hidden Valley High School app team. 

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Patron-- Habeeb 

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WHEREAS, a team of students from Hidden Valley High School in Roanoke 
was chosen as the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia�s winner in the 2017 
Congressional App Challenge; and

WHEREAS, established in 2014, the Congressional App Challenge 
is an annual contest that encourages young people to learn how to code by 
developing a software application of their choice; one winner is then selected 
from each of the participating congressional districts across the nation; the 
Hidden Valley High School app team consisted of talented students David Arnold, 
Shreyas Gullapalli, Mengyun �Mavis� Lee, and Yifei Zhao; their team advisor was 
Phifer Herrala; and

WHEREAS, for their entry in the Congressional App Challenge, 
the Hidden Valley app team created Quizbowl Scoresheet, an app that easily and 
accurately keeps track of scores for trivia competitions; the team got the idea 
for their application after observing scoring errors and delays during a 
Quizbowl tournament; and

WHEREAS, the Hidden Valley High School app team learned of 
their Congressional App Challenge victory on December 7, 2017, when United 
States Representative Bob Goodlatte personally notified them over Skype; and

WHEREAS, the Hidden Valley High School app team is one of only 
190 Congressional App Challenge winners out of more than 4,100 participants 
nationwide; and

WHEREAS, for their victory in the challenge, the Hidden Valley 
High School app team will have their application featured in the United States 
Capitol Building and on the United States House of Representatives website; and

WHEREAS, in addition, the Hidden Valley High School app team 
will be invited to the HouseOfCode reception that will take place in April 2018 
in Washington, D.C.; and

WHEREAS, the members of the Hidden Valley High School app team 
demonstrated creativity, determination, and skill in creating their app and 
have undoubtedly bright futures ahead of them; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Hidden Valley 
High School app team hereby be commended on their selection as the Sixth 
Congressional District of Virginia�s winner in the 2017 Congressional App 
Challenge; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates 
prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Hidden Valley High 
School app team as an expression of the House of Delegates� admiration for 
their impressive achievements and best wishes for the future.