CSC Back-to-School Hackathon

About the ChallengeThe CSC Back-to-School Hackathon is abeginner-friendly high school hackathonwhere studentsbuild technology to improve school life.Your project can be an app, website, tool, AI project, design prototype, or physical gadget. It can help students, teachers, clubs, classrooms, dorms, teams, or schools solve a real problem. Projects can focus on studying, scheduling, communication, organization, wellness, accessibility, campus life, classroom tools, or any other school-related challenge.Once you register, you will havefree access to toolsfor AI, app building, cloud deployment, workflow automation, custom domains, and coding education throughout the hackathon, courtesy of our sponsors.AI tools are allowed and encouraged. You may use tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or other coding and design assistants to brainstorm, code, debug, design, and build your project. Using AI will not lower your score. The goal is to help students explore ideas, build higher-quality projects, and see how computer science can create practical change.However, teams must disclose how they used AI and must be able to explain their project, their decisions, and how their final product works.Stay ConnectedFollow CSC throughout the hackathon for updates, reminders, project highlights, and future opportunities.Follow@webbcsc2028onInstagramfor major milestones, project highlights, winner spotlights, event recaps, reminders, updates, and future CSC events.Join theWebb CSC CommunityonDiscordfor Q&A and support about submissions, judging, awards, etc.Participation in these communities is optional and does not affect eligibility or judging.Get Started1. Find a real school-life problem.2. Think about who the problem affects and why it matters.3. Build an app, website, AI tool, prototype, or gadget that helps solve it.4. Use any tools, tutorials, APIs, templates, datasets, or AI assistants that help you learn and build.5. Submit your project on Devpost with an explanation, demo or other evidence of your project, and AI-use disclosure.You may work individually or in teams of up to 4 people. A 1–2 minute demo video is optional but encouraged.