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Siena College High School Programming Contest
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Friday, May 1st, 2020
Check in starts at 3pm for orientation at 4pm. Contest starts at 5pm and ends with awards around 9pm
Details
Over the years, thousands of high school students, mostly from area high schools, have participated in the contest. Working in small teams on a challenging set of problems for several hours, students have tested their programming skills and problem solving abilities.
Our contest features two contest levels:
Green
Green level problems will be geared to students enrolled in their first programming course and similar in difficulty to problems 1 to 5 in past contests.
Gold
Gold level problems are geared towards students with two years of programming experience and similar in difficulty to problems 4 to 7 in past contests.
Check-in & Orientation
Teams should check in on the third floor of Roger Bacon Hall between 3:00pm and 3:45pm. At 4:00pm there will be a contest meeting in Roger Bacon 202 where contest procedures, hardware, software, and development environments are explained.
Schedule (approximate)
Following orientation, contestants will report to their assigned work areas where they will have an opportunity to test their hardware and software. Seven contest problems will be distributed to all teams between 5:00pm and 5:30pm. Pizza, snacks and drinks will be available around 6:00pm. Teams will have until 8:30pm to complete as many problems as possible. At 8:30pm, participants will clean up their work areas and then return to Roger Bacon 202 where contest results will be announced and trophies presented to the top three teams in each level.
Rules
Programming languages for the contest include Java, Python, and C. A team may use only one language for the contest and must declare their language when registering. All work is done on computer science department computers. BlueJ and Idle are the recommended integrated development environments for contestants using Java and Python, respectively. Teams may bring written materials but may not use their own computers, calculators, memory devices, or phones. Teams may access a calculator and appropriate software like the Java API from their contest computer. Teams are encouraged to bring a thumb drive if they want to save their work after the contest has ended.
Questions
If you have any questions about the contest please e-mail:
2019 Numbers
2
Divisions
18
Schools
59
Teams
234
Students
Past Winners
2019
Gold
- looks_one Shaker A
- looks_two Niskayuna A
- looks_3 Bethlehem A
2019
Green
- looks_one Briarcliff A
- looks_two Shenendehowa D
- looks_3 Bethlehem E
2018
Gold
- looks_one Columbia A
- looks_two Niskayuna A
- looks_3 Shaker A
2018
Green
- looks_one Bethlehem B
- looks_two Averill Park A
- looks_3 Troy B
2017
Gold
- looks_one Niskayuna A
- looks_two BH-BL A
- looks_3 Columbia
2017
Green
- looks_one Bethlehem C
- looks_two Niskayuna E
- looks_3 Bethlehem B
2016
- looks_one Niskayuna A
- looks_two Shenendehowa E
- looks_3 Columbia
2015
- looks_one A Niskayuna A
- looks_two Shenendehowa B
- looks_3 Columbia A
2014
- looks_one Shenendehowa B
- looks_two Shaker K
- looks_3 Niskayuna A
2013
- looks_one Niskayuna B
- looks_two Shenendehowa B
- looks_3 Shenendehowa A
2012
- looks_one Guilderland
- looks_two Shenendehowa A
- looks_3 Saratoga A
2011
- looks_one Saratoga A
- looks_two Saratoga B
- looks_3 Niskayuna B
2010
- looks_one Niskayuna A
- looks_two Shaker A
- looks_3 Shenendehowa B
2009
- looks_one Niskayuna A
- looks_two Columbia A
- looks_3 BH-BL
2008
- looks_one Niskayuna
- looks_two Dalton A
- looks_3 Shenendehowa
2007
- looks_one Niskayuna -1st
- looks_one Guilderland -1st
- looks_3 Shaker
2006
- looks_one Dalton
- looks_two Guilderland B
- looks_3 Shaker A
2005
- looks_one Dalton
- looks_two Niskayuna A
- looks_3 Shaker A
2004
- looks_one Niskayuna B
- looks_two Niskayuna A
- looks_3 BH-BL B
2003
- looks_one Niskayuna B
- looks_two Dalton
- looks_3 Niskayuna A
2000
- looks_one Shaker A
- looks_two Guilderland
- looks_3 Shaker B
1999
- looks_one Niskayuna
- looks_two Shaker
- looks_3 Johnstown
1998
- looks_one Niskayuna B
- looks_two Shaker
- looks_3 Dalton
1997
- looks_one Niskayuna B
- looks_two Niskayuna A
- looks_3 Dalton
1996
- looks_one Niskayuna
- looks_two Scotia-Glenville
- looks_3 BH-BL
1995
- looks_one Johnstown
- looks_two Dalton
- looks_3 Niskayuna
1994
- looks_one Niskayuna
- looks_two Scotia-Glenville
- looks_3 Ballston Spa
1993
- looks_one Duanesburg
- looks_two Niskayuna
- looks_3 Scotia-Glenville
1992
- looks_one Niskayuna
- looks_two Guilderland
- looks_3 Duanesburg
1991
- looks_one Niskayuna
- looks_two Hudson Falls
- looks_3 Scotia-Glenville
1990
- looks_one Niskayuna
- looks_two Hudson Falls
- looks_3 South Colonie
1989
- looks_one Niskayuna
- looks_two Shaker
- looks_3 South Colonie
1988
- looks_one Albany Academy
1987
- looks_one South Glens
1986
- looks_one BH-BL
- looks_two Shaker
- looks_3 Mohonasen
Siena Computer Science Programming Contest
Past Problems
Download all the folders in one zip file or view a year and download each problem (Word Document) individually.
cloud_download Zip file (2019-2014)
folder 2019 folder 2018 folder 2017 folder 2016 folder 2015 folder 2014