The High School Programming Contest is held every year on Saginaw Valley's campus. It is sponsored by the local student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, Saginaw Valley's Office of Admissions, and the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology's Computer Science and Information Systems Department. Starting in the fall of each year, members of the ACM send out invitations to every high school in the state of Michigan, asking them to come and compete at Saginaw Valley State University in the spring of the following year.

What Happens the Day of the Competition?

Teams first check in with our staff, where they will receive their t-shirts and lab assignments. They will then be asked to have a seat in the auditorium, where they will receive further instructions and rules for the competition. After the staff goes over the rules, the students will be taken to their labs, and the coaches and alternates will be taken to the waiting area by staff. After everyone is settled, the teams have two hours to correctly complete as many of the problems that they are given as possible. After the competition is over, the coaches and teams are reunited for lunch, while the judges make their final decisions. After lunch is the award ceremony and raffle. Finally, the ACM staff takes team pictures and gives a campus tour to those schools who would like one.

Why Should My School Compete?

• Challenges your students' abilities in a 2-hour "code hard or crash" session
• Win prizes/plaques
• FREE lunch
• FREE t-shirt
• FREE admission
• Meet the crazy ACM staff
• Tour SVSU's campus
• Meet the well-known CSIS professors
• Compete against and meet other high school students
• Door Prizes