Three teams from Tesla STEM High School developed winning apps as part of the Youth Apps Challenge sponsored by the Technology Alliance. Each team member won a Kindle Fire and a training opportunity with professional app builders. Almost 500 students participated in the 2015 Youth Apps Challenge competition and submitted 154 apps for review. Award ceremonies will be held in both eastern and western Washington acknowledging the students’ hard work.

The Kirkland residents from Tesla STEM who won were:“Shaky Security”: Gabriel Gaertner (freshman, Kirkland), Calin Gavriliuc (freshman, Kirkland), Nicolas Gomez (freshman, Redmond), Artem Romanenko (freshman, Sammamish), and Tyler Warden (freshman, Redmond)

The Youth Apps Challenge offers middle and high school students a chance to design and build apps for tablets and smartphones. Teams of up to five students are eligible to participate and to win prizes that include tablets, visits to local technology companies, and more.