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Agawam students win Congressional App Challenge with journaling app; plans to refine and publish
Summary
Two Agawam High School students and their teacher presented JournalLingo, an app to incentivize daily journaling; the team won the Congressional App Challenge, will be featured on House.gov and displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year, and plans to improve the app for release to app stores.
Two Agawam High School students and their programming‑team advisor presented JournalLingo — a journaling app designed to encourage daily writing through a points and sticker reward mechanic — after winning the Congressional App Challenge for their congressional district.
The presentation to the Agawam School Committee described the app’s purpose, development tools and next steps. Students Aidan Jordan and Betilda (Matilda) Lara Shell said they coded the app in JavaScript using AppLab on Code.org and built account, journaling, storage and a points‑based shop for stickers. Teacher Matt Stinson, the programming team advisor, introduced the…
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