GOVERNOR’S HIGH SCHOOL CYBER CHALLENGE
Round 1 of the Governor’s High School Cyber Challenge has closed.
We have our top 10 teams moving on to Round 2!
More than 650 students competed in the challenge this year.
The Governor’s High School Cyber Challenge is designed to test students’ knowledge of cybersecurity, computer science and information technology. Each day of Round 1 consisted of multiple-choice questions focused on a different topic such as networking, programming, hacking and operating systems.
The Top Ten Round 2 finalist teams are:
- Teamy McTeamer – Canton High School
- Breakfast Vedge – Canton High School
- Gamer Time – Gull Lake Community Schools
- Angles – Houghton High School
- Inst 13 – Muskegon Area Career Tech Center
- Crickets – Canton High School
- Artificial Cats – Canton High School
- Inst 5 – Muskegon Area Career Tech Center
- AllaBhatWhit_11 – Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center
- ChenShekTai_12 – Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center
The competition scores were based on the number of correct answers given as well as the time taken to complete each day’s questions. This year, more than 240 teams from 26 schools competed in Round 1. The schools were geographically located across all of the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.
Participating Schools:
Airport High School
Ann Arbor Huron High School
Canton High School
Cass Technical High School
Clinton Community Schools
Delta-Schoolcraft ISD
Gull Lake Community Schools
Hillsdale Area Career Center
Houghton High School
Hudsonville Public schools
Jackson Area Career Center
Jackson Northwest High School
Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center
Lapeer County Ed Tech Center
LISD TECH
Livonia
Marquette Senior High School
Muskegon Area Career Tech Cent
Newaygo County RESA
Oxford Community Schools
Romeo Community Schools
Romeo high School
Seaholm
Tuscola Technology Center
Van Buren Tech, VBISD
Westwood High School
The Governor’s High School Cyber Challenge is run and facilitated by Merit Network and the Michigan Cyber Range, in partnership with the State of Michigan. Event sponsors include CISCO, Juniper Networks and ADVA.
Round 2 will take place online on October 8th, 2021. The winners of Round 2 will be announced on October 21, 2021 at the Michigan Cyber Summit. Learn more about the summit here.
About Michigan Cyber Summit:
The Michigan Cyber Summit 2021 will be completely virtual and fully interactive, delivering all the benefits of an in-person event while ensuring the health and safety of our presenters and participants. Also new this year, registration is free for all participants. The event, in its ninth year, will bring together experts from across the globe to address a variety of cybersecurity issues impacting the world.
About Merit Network:
Merit Network, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation owned and governed by Michigan’s public universities. Merit owns and operates America’s longest-running regional research and education network. In 1966, Michigan’s public universities created Merit as a shared resource to help meet their common need for networking assistance. Since its formation, Merit Network has remained on the forefront of research and education networking expertise and services. Merit provides high-performance networking and IT solutions to Michigan’s public universities, colleges, K-12 organizations, libraries, state government, healthcare, and other non-profit organizations. For more information: www.merit.edu
Merit Network Media Contact:
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