35th Annual Computer Problem Solving Contest!
Participating schools are to be represented by teams of no more than three students each. Our facilities restrict us to the accommodation of no more than twenty (20) teams; however, we urge schools to submit two teams, a first team and an alternate team. After all registrations for first team entries have been processed, we will accept alternate teams from schools submitting them, based on earliest online registration time stamp. Registration is now online. Make sure you receive an email confirming your registration.
The contest will consist of five to seven problems from a variety of applications. Solutions will be scored according to the following three criteria:
- Output - Is it completely correct and functional?
- Style - Is it structured, efficient, and fluid?
- Documentation - Is the program easy to understand?
Each team will be required to provide their own computer and a grounded extension cord. The use of the internet, manuals or textual materials of any kind will not be allowed! We will provide pencils and scratch paper for the teams to use for the design and coding of their solutions prior to solution implementation. Students will be allowed to implement the solutions to the problems in either BASIC, Visual Basic, Pascal, C/C++, Java, or Python.
Prizes to be awarded include:
- A school trophy for the first place team
- School plaques for each of the second, third, and fourth place teams
- Individual plaques for each of the team members on those teams earning school awards.
For more information, please contact Matthew Pragel, HACC associate professor of mathematics, at 717-780-2364 or mepragel@hacc.edu.
Registration is open Jan. 1 - March 27, 2023 or until space is filled.
2023 Computer Problem Solving Contest
April 21, 2023
Time |
Activity |
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8:30-9 a.m. |
Arrival, registration and set-up |
9-9:10 a.m. |
General meeting for all participants |
9:10-11:30 a.m. |
Computer contest |
11:15-11:30 a.m. |
Begin submission of contest materials |
11:30-11:45 a.m. |
HACC Admissions presentation |
This contains a description of the criteria to be used for evaluating the programs submitted by the student teams; these criteria are based on the current literature and thought concerning desirable aspects of good programming style.
Programs will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
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Rules |
Scoring |
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Output |
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20 points |
Style |
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20 points |
Internal Documentation |
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20 points |
Place |
High School |
Winners |
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First |
Middletown High School |
Blue Raiders: Christian Burke-Bowman Ryder Webster Justin Yohn |
Second |
Conrad Weiser High School |
First Team: Cody Reeser Adam Reifsnyder Van Wirebach |
Third |
Conrad Weiser High School |
Alternate Team: Oliver De Leon Nate Rickert Mark Yazemboski |
Fourth |
Plymouth Whitemarsh High School |
PWHS Team 2: Fatima Alsammak Matt Dolin Jake Valentine |
TOP TEAMS
1. Middletown High School – Blue Raiders
2. Conrad Weiser High School – First Team
3. Conrad Weiser High School – Alternate Team
4. Plymouth Whitemarsh High School – Team 2
5. Emmaus High School – Team #2
6. Hershey High School – Team 1
7. Plymouth Whitemarsh High School – Team 1
8. Central Dauphin High School – CD-2
9. Ephrata High School – Mountaineers II
10. Emmaus High School – Team #1
11. Annville-Cleona High School – Red1
12. Ephrata High School – Mountaineers
Place |
High School |
Winners |
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First |
Plymouth Whitemarsh High School |
PWHS A: David Garcia Hana Kenworthy Ben Lubas |
Second |
Emmaus High School |
Binary Bees: Bradley Klemick Millan Patel Tien Pham |
Third |
Hershey High School |
Team #1: Seth Corbin Levent Batakci Maxwell Potter |
Fourth |
Ephrata High School |
Mountaineers A: Nick Hoopes |
TOP TEN TEAMS
1. Plymouth Whitemarsh High School – PWHS A
2. Emmaus High School – Binary Bees
3. Hershey High School – Team 1
4. Ephrata High School – Mountaineers A
5. Elizabethtown High School – Team 1
6. Elizabethtown High School – Team 2
7. Hempfield High School
8. Ephrata High School – Mountaineers B
9. Emmaus High School – Hornets
10. Hershey High School – Team 2
Place |
High School |
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First |
Emmaus High School |
Second |
Emmaus High School |
Third |
Conrad Weiser High School |
Fourth | Hershey High School |
Year |
First Place |
Second Place |
Third Place |
Fourth Place |
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2014 |
Plymouth Whitemarsh | Hershey | Emmaus | Elizabethtown Area |
2013 |
Plymouth Whitemarsh | Plymouth Whitemarsh | Elizabethtown Area | New Oxford |
2012 |
Conrad Weiser | Elizabethtown Area | Conrad Weiser | Hershey |
2011 |
New Oxford | Emmaus | Annville-Cleona | West Perry |
2010 |
Annville-Cleona | New Oxford | Plymouth Whitemarsh | Hempfield |
2009 |
New Oxford | Annville-Cleona | West Perry | Conrad Weiser and Emmaus (Tie) |
2008 |
West Perry | Lebanon | Hershey | Emmaus |
2007 |
Emmaus | Conrad Weiser | West Perry | Emmaus |
2006 |
Susquenita | Annville-Cleona | Conrad Weiser | Conrad Weiser |
2005 |
Conrad Weiser | Hershey | Elizabethtown | Hershey |
2004 |
Elizabethtown | Hempfield | Conrad Weiser | West Perry |
2003 |
Hempfield | Cumberland Valley | West Perry | Elizabethtown |
2002 |
West Perry | Cumberland Valley | Hempfield | Conrad Weiser |
2001 |
Conrad Weiser | West Perry | Cumberland Valley | Cumberland Valley |
2000 |
Cumberland Valley | Elizabethtown | Cumberland Valley | Conrad Weiser and West Perry (Tie) |
1999 |
West Perry | Cumberland Valley | East Pennsboro | Conrad Weiser |
1998 |
Elizabethtown | West Perry | Elizabethtown | Cumberland Valley |
1997 |
Ephrata | West Perry | Elizabethtown | Annville-Cleona |
1996 |
Cumberland Perry AVTS | Elizabethtown and West Perry (Tie) | Annville-Cleona | |
1995 |
West Perry | Cumberland Valley | Cumberland Perry AVTS | Ephrata |
1994 |
Cumberland Valley | Hempfield | West Perry | Cumberland Valley |
1993 |
Cumberland Valley | Cumberland Valley | Lower Dauphin | Lebanon |
1992 |
Cumberland Valley | Lebanon | Shippensburg | West Perry |
1991 |
Elizabethtown | Bishop McDevitt | Lower Dauphin | Bishop McDevitt |
1990 | Bishop McDevitt | West Perry | Red Land | Bishop McDevitt |
1989 | West Perry | Elizabethtown | Cumberland Valley | Bishop McDevitt |
1988 | Hershey | Hempfield | Cumberland Valley | West Perry |
1987 | Elizabethtown | Red Land | Cumberland Valley | Hempfield |
1986 | Solanco | Central Dauphin | York Suburban | Cumberland Valley |
1985 | Solanco | Cumberland Valley | Mechanicsburg | Central Dauphin |
1984 | Red Land | Lower Dauphin | Camp Hill | Mechanicsburg |