A Coding Learning festival for 5 - 9 graders
- The first-ever middle school students focused hackfest
An academic festival & hackathon contest event, where teams of middle school students can compete for prizes, and learn valuable STEM skills along the way.
- A fun event combines coding competition and workshop
Even if you don’t have any coding experience, our workshops will guide you through the fundamentals of coding, as well as other topics, such as entrepreneurship!
Frequent Asked Questions (Hackathon FAQ)
What is a Hackathon ?
What do I create in a hackathon ?
Your creation can be basically anything, not necessarily using a programming language (although you can use a programming language if you wish). For example, you could create a Scratch game for schools to let their students use, or create a project on a Raspberry Pi to track the most common type of material recycled in a neighborhood.
What is the difference between hackathon and coding competition?
Unlike a normal coding competition, Hackathons are focused on the "building" aspect. That is, instead of using code to solve certain questions that we give you, you'll be trying to build something related to one of the themes (education, community impact, health).
Smarthacks Hackathon program Overview
- Project based
Participants will work on a coding project with a team of up to 4 teammates. They will submit a video detailing your project, and our judging panel will select the best ones. Prizes will be given to the winning teams.
- Themes
Education, Community Impact, and Health
- Program Chair
Daniel Wei is a freshman at Cornell University, and an ELITE Instructor at Kid Teach Kid. His interests mainly lie in the field of computer science, where he is an USACO Gold competitor, and a nationally ranked Science Olympiad competitor. He also works on various tech-related initiatives, including TeenHacksHTX, a high school Hackathon with over 300 participants, and Modulus, an educational platform.
- Program Co-Chair
Sage Wang is a junior at Clements High School. She is the co-founder and President of technology & Content Development of Kid Teach Kid. She was a 6x Gold Key Winner for the Scholastic Writing Competition; 2-time AIME qualifier, and USACO Silver medalist, and co-president of the "Girls Who Code" club.
- Instructors
Our instructors consist of several experienced coders, who have competed and performed well in many Hackathons and Coding Competitions themselves! They will guide participants through the creating and coding process, regardless of experience.
Ceremony and Workshop Details
Sunday, September 13 - 9:00-10:00 pm CST
Rushank Goyal: Neural Networks (Machine Learning and Illustrations)
Billabong High International School
Founder & CEO @ Betsos
President @ Helyx India Chapter
Second Prize @ RSF Innovation Hub
Third Prize @ Sanskaar Tech Fest
Chromebook Winner @ Conrad Challenge
Join Link: https://zoom.us/j/96106763447
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Thank You to our Sponsors!
Our vision is to inspire and encourage every kid to share their best knowledge and wisdom with other kids, so we can leverage everyone's strength, and raise each other to new height. Our platform serves not only as a valuable complement to school educational system, but also as the ideal training ground for students and instructors to develop articulate communication and essential leadership skills.
