Chagrin Falls High School Students Win National Center For Women & I.T. Award

Chagrin Falls High School students Danielle Curry, Grace Hass-Hill, Emily Mason and Hollis Roush are winners of the National Center for Women; Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing, from the Ohio Affiliate. They were recognized in Columbus during the weekend of April 23.

Danielle Curry is a junior at Chagrin Falls High School taking AP Computer Science. She tool Programming as a sophomore, which sparked her passion for the subject. Danielle plans to continue her studies in Honors Advanced Data Structures next year. She participates in Robotics and is the Founder and President of the high school’s Science Olympiad team. In 2014, she participated in an anatomy class at the University of Michigan, and this summer she spent four weeks at the University of Pennsylvania learning the basics of medicine. She plans to double major in Biology and Computer Science in college, and then attend Medical School.

Grace Hass-Hill is a junior at Chagrin Falls High School. She is a member of Science Olympiad, Key Club, marching band and the cheerleading squad. Her interest in computer science began when she took Intro to Computer Programming as a sophomore. She is currently enrolled in AP Computer Science and plans to take Honors Advanced Data Structures next year. Additionally, she participated in the robotics enrichment program at her school, programming Lego robots. Grace also was the co- founder of a coding club that allows high school computer science students to collaborate with third graders and teach them how to code Sphero robots. In the future, Grace plans to attend a four-year college to study either computer science, mathematics or aerospace engineering.

Emily Mason is currently a junior at Chagrin Falls High School. She is enrolled in five AP classes and is an active member of three sports teams, marching band and key club. Following Computer Programming her sophomore year, Emily decided to continue the path of coding and enroll in AP Computer Science this year. Computer Science, Emily believes, is the most interesting, exciting and frustrating class. One experiences everything from the aggravating misspelling of “picture” that ruins the whole program to the supreme sense of empowerment one enjoys from the words “press complete.” Emily plans on attending a four-year college program after her high school career. She aspires to study engineering throughout college, leaning toward Computer Science or Bio-Medical, following in her brother and father’s footsteps. After college, Emily hopes to be making the world a better place and encouraging girls, like herself, to try programming and computer science.

Hollis Roush enjoys problem-solving with sudoku and puzzles which make her intrigued to decipher the code and so on. Also active in school clubs, the Marching Band and year-round sports, Hollis also works to stay involved. She is currently most proud of being inducted into the Cum Laude Society for her academic intelligence as the top ten percent of her class. In the future, Hollis plans to attend the United States Coast Guard Academy for Operations Research and Computer Analysis. In the military, Hollis wishes to use her skills in order to build up our country’s military defenses in the fourth frontier of cyber warfare.

NCWIT Aspirations in Computing provides a long-term community for female technologists, from K-12 through higher education and beyond, encouraging persistence in computing through continuous engagement and ongoing encouragement at each pivotal stage of their educational and professional development. The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is a non-profit change leader network of more than 650 universities, companies, non-profits, and government organizations nationwide working to increase women’s meaningful participation in computing. NCWIT equips change leaders with resources and platforms for taking action in recruiting, retaining, and advancing women from K–12 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers

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