MobileMakersEdu 2025 Feature Focus Contest—WINNERS ANNOUNCED

A few weeks ago, we wrapped up our annual MobileMakersEdu Winter Feature Focus Challenge Contest and saw some great videos demonstrating app features! This year, we received many exceptional submissions from high school students in our MobileMakersEdu program, showcasing their prowess in iOS App Development. Read a little bit about why we chose this contest for our students in this ARTICLE.

What makes this contest 'real world' is the judging—four industry-connected judges from our community volunteered their time to review the submissions and also provide commentary to our students to fuel their growth and learning. 

Thank you to the 2024-25 Winter Contest Judges:

• Kari Groszewska - MME Alum, CS Teacher and Hacking Coach 
• Vik Denic - Software Developer at Numerator
• Husein Kareem - Developer, Game Designer & Creative Technologist
• Gregg Walrod - Founder and Startup Sous Chef at Secret Sauce

Spotlight on Waukesha, Wisconsin School District:

We're thrilled to highlight the outstanding achievements of students from the Waukesha, Wisconsin school district, guided by their dedicated teachers - Kristin Kamenar, Megan Steffan, and Brandon Egnarski. Their commitment to nurturing and empowering their students shines through in the exceptional quality of the entries we received. We hope to see some of these app submissions in our spring Build Your Own App Contest!

AND THE WINNERS ARE…

FIRST PLACE

Implementing a ScrollView

by Caden Maciejewski at Waukesha West High School (WI). Teacher - Brandon Egnarski

SECOND PLACE

How to Generate Shapes with a Button

by Nathaniel Gill & Braeden Olynick at Waukesha South High School (WI). Teacher - Megan Steffan

THIRD PLACE - IT'S A TIE!

Animations in SwiftUI

by Braiden Barton & Matthew Currey at Waukesha North High School (WI). Teacher - Kristin Kamenar

Calculator App

by Aiden Myers at Waukesha North High School (WI). Teacher - Kristin Kamenar

TOP HONORS

Making an Alert with Buttons

by Luke Rice at Waukesha West High School (WI). Teacher - Brandon Egnarski

Using IF Statements for Control Flow

by Cheryl Werner at Waukesha West High School (WI). Teacher - Brandon Egnarski

How to Create a Menu

by Simon Ruiz Garcia at Waukesha North High School (WI). Teacher - Kristin Kamenar

Congratulations and well done!  

A huge congratulations to all our winners and participants! We were impressed by the talent and creativity displayed in each submission. Special thanks to everyone who took part in making this contest a success! 🎉 We hope to see some of these app projects in our upcoming Build Your Own App Contest this spring!

Let's continue to inspire and empower the next generation of innovators! 🚀

Review the prizes and contest rules here.