Thanks for joining us on our first Planet Ponderosa adventure!
Stay tuned for our next free Hackathon event and mini-workshops in Flagstaff, AZ
About
Ponderosa Hacks is a student-led organization founded in 2024. Our mission is to promote innovation, teamwork, and STEM topics for students in Arizona and beyond. We held our first free hackathon event on October 5th, 2024 at BASIS Flagstaff school and it was an huge success!
Students worked in teams to brainstorm and create innovative solutons to three challenging theme categories presented at the event. 7th-12th grade students from several schools in Arizona with various backgrounds and interests, created websites, apps, and physical prototypes to compete for prizes. Throughout the day, workshops were held for how to get started on a hackathon project, website building 101, 3D printing demos, and a fun robotics smart car Arduino programming challenge. Thanks to our generous sponsors, we were able to provide breakfast (waffle station with fruit and sausage) and lunch (Firehouse Subs and chips), as well as snacks all day including a chocolate fountain and Sonic slushies - in addition to donated tshirts, swag, and prizes.
Lots of technology was leveraged for workshops and student projects, such as HTML, CSS, Github, Codespace, Arduino IDE, Creality 3D, electronics boards, and robotics kits. See all the AMAZING projects created at the Ponderosa Hacks event in the Devpost Project Gallery and view our Instagram Account for select photos from the event.
The Arizona Daily Sun also wrote an article about our hackathon! Check out the photos and article (subscription required to read).
Sponsors
Thank you for sponsoring our October 2024 Hackathon event!
Ponderosa Hacks is student-led organization that is fiscally sponsored by Hack Club, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 81-2908499), so all donations are tax deductible. Please support us by donating to our cause or sponsoring a future event or workshop. Thank you!
Leadership
Interested in joining the leadership team? Contact us
Organizer/Founder
Maleea Moebes - BASIS Flagstaff, Senior
Maleea plans to pursue Computer Science in college with a focus on Cybersecurity. She knows Python and Java and dabbles in C and HTML. When she's not sitting at a computer, Maleea can be found playing sports or hammocking in the ponderosa pines.
Outreach Director
Savannah Stanistreet - Flagstaff High School, Senior
Savannah aspires to pursue a career in the medical field and hopes to help bring a medical touch to your projects. On top of being a representative for Ponderosa Hacks, she is a nationally qualified figure skater.
Media Manager
Eva Wilke - Coconino High School, Junior
Eva is the Student President of the Career and Technical Student Organization and is interested in Engineering and Design. She loves volleyball and plays on both the indoor and beach volleyball teams for her high school.
Outreach Director
Annabelle Jackson - Northland Prep Academy, Senior
Annabelle has ambitions of pursing a career in business and learning Spanish. For the time being though, she enjoys filling her day with her studies, sports, side hustles, and school clubs. Aside from being a representative for Ponderosa Hacks, she is also a captain for her 6 time state champion varsity soccer team.