On the recordJanuary 30, 2020
Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Shubhankar Baliyan as the winner of the 2019 Congressional App Challenge for the 10th District of Pennsylvania. Shubhankar is a student at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and submitted the winning app called ExciteMath. It is an application designed to help elementary-aged students practice basic, mental math skills in a fun and engaging way. In each level of the app, students are given a target range or sum, that their final number must fall within and a specific number of hits they must use during that round. The student must then maneuver around falling numbers and select which to add or subtract from their sum for that round. A panel of experts selected ExciteMath as the winner for its creativity, coding proficiency, and functionality. Through this app, Shubhankar also demonstrated a desire to give back to our community by helping children struggling with mathematics. I congratulate Shubhankar on a job well done and look forward to seeing his app displayed right here in the Capitol. ____________________
