University of Maryland 14th Annual High School Programming Contest

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The UMD High School Programming Contest brings talented students from high schools throughout the DC metropolitan area to the campus to participate in a three hour competition. Students competing in teams of four demonstrate their programming skills and problem solving abilities by attempting to solve eight programming problems in Java.

The 2004 Contest took place Saturday, March 6, 2004, at the A.V. Williams and CSIC Buildings at the University of Maryland, College Park. 25 teams from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia competed in the contest.

Prizes

Finish	Prize	School
lst	$2500	Thomas Jefferson High School
2nd	$1800	Montgomery Blair High School
3rd	$1000 + $500 Gannon Prize*	Mount Hebron High School
4th	$900	Atholton High School
5th	$800	River Hill High School
6th	$700	Yorktown High School

*The Gannon prize is awarded to the most-improved school in memory of John Gannon, former chair of the Computer Science department and an enthusiastic supporter of the UMD High School Programming Contest.