More than 1,400 students from 47 schools within the Southern regions of Alabama will participate in the 27th Annual Computer Science Fair sponsored by Faulkner State Community College. The date for the Computer Fair will be Friday, March 25, at 9:00 am in the L. D. Owen Performing Arts Center on Faulkner State Community College’s Bay Minette campus. Last year, there were more than 1,400 participants.
Students from 3rd through 12th grades will compete in 14 categories, which include Information Technology, Internet Web Page Authorship, Applications, Media, Hardware, Individual Programming, Video Production, Web Page Creation, Group Projects, and Team Programming.
Students from twenty counties, which include both public and private schools, will be participating in the fair. These counties include Mobile, Baldwin, Monroe, Escambia, Washington, Clarke, Wilcox, and Conecuh, Barbour, Dale, Pike, Covington, and Houston counties.
Winners from the computer fair will have the opportunity to compete at the State Fair in April at Auburn University in Montgomery and will compete with the winners from seven other regions throughout the state. Prizes and college scholarships will be awarded to competition winners.
The public is invited to attend, and there is no admission cost. For more information contact Charles Lake at 251-580-2149 or via e-mail at clake@faulknerstate.edu.
Computer Fair 2010