St. Helens Students Win 'Best In State' Prize For App

Originally published on Portland Tribune Friday, January 24, 2014

Written by Mark Miller 

Five students at St. Helens Middle School received an award for producing a computer application judged to be the “Best in State,” Carol Dowsett, the school’s principal, announced Wednesday, Jan. 22.

A team of students in teacher Maia Fastabend’s eighth-grade technology class is Oregon’s middle school winner in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge, Dowsett told the St. Helens School District board of directors at its Wednesday evening meeting.

Click here for full article.