Congressional App Challenge
2025 Congressional App Challenge
May 1st to October 30th 2025
This national public competition established by the US House of Representatives encourages kids to learn how to code, celebrates the ingenuity of our young people, and reinforces the importance of STEM education.
Rules:
- To be eligible to participate in the Congressional App Challenge, you must be a middle or high school student at the time of app submission.
- Students may register as individuals or as teams of up to four. No more than four students are allowed to form a team.
- Students may compete in the district they reside in or the district they attend school in.
- If competing as a team, at least half of the teammates must be eligible to compete in the district in which they are participating in.
Students can pre-register for the challenge here: https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/students/student-registration/
More information on the Congressional App Challenge can be found here: https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/
If you are unsure if you qualify for the 7th district, please visit www.house.gov and enter your zipcode in the top right hand corner to find your member of Congress.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Past Winners:
2019 - 'MisDirection' by Jocelyn McKinney, Jacob Shultz, Damion Stevenson, and Christopher Stevenson of Decatur Township School for Excellence.
2023 - 'Latin Learner' by Owen Warner, Daniel Liu of Park Tudor
2024 - 'Ready, Set, Go' by Justin Li and Arnay Garyhan of Park Tudor