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Oregon CSTA Monthly Newsletter - May 2026 Hello Oregon CSTA Community! Last month's newsletter took a spring break, but we are back with some extra announcements and reminders to make up for that. ;-) Upcoming Events & Opportunities TechStart Foundation: Teacher and Student Awards The TechStart Foundation will be honoring three outstanding 2026 Teachers of the Year this spring, K-8 , 9-12 and Rising Star, as well as two 2026 Students of the Year , one male and one female, at the 42nd annual Technology Association of Oregon (TAO) awards ceremony on May 5, 2026. Nominations for both ...

Published on TechStart Blog - April 22, 2025 By Linda Barney, Barney and Associates The 2025 High School Programming Contest , sponsored and run by George Fox University's Computer Science & Cybersecurity Programs, was held on April 12 at George Fox University (GFU) in Newberg, Oregon. The contest included an on-site contest at GFU along with a virtual competition held at the same time. The competition programming problem sets were the same whether a team competed on site or virtually. In-person teams only competed against other in-person teams and virtual teams only competed against other virtual teams. High school programming ...