Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the finalists from central Arkansas in the fifth annual Arkansas State Coding competition and a finalist for the Arkansas Computer Science Educator of the Year Award. The team taking third place at the State coding competition this year was from eStem High School in my hometown of Little Rock. The three- person team included Elijah Keen, Spencer Knight, and Sergio Markin. Each student received a 529 college savings plan worth $500, in addition to winning $4000 for their school. Also, a special congratulations to Kimberly Raup for being a finalist in the 2021 Computer Science Educator of the Year Award. She teaches at Conway High School, and she received a $2,500 award for being named a finalist. Congratulations to these students and to Ms. Raup on their awards, and a special thank you to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for hosting this event. It is events like this that allow our central Arkansas students to showcase their coding and STEM talents to show the importance of computer science for our youth. Happy Birthday America”