West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School recently hosted its biannual Hoosier Hacks, a free, student-centered hackathon that continues to grow in both size and impact. The event, highlighted by West Lafayette News, brings together students with a shared interest in coding, collaboration, and creative problem-solving. It gives students the opportunity to work intensively on projects in a supportive, fast-paced environment.
Now in its fourth year, Hoosier Hacks has become a signature event for the school. Students form teams, develop ideas, and build solutions over the course of the event, gaining hands-on experience in programming and computational thinking while also learning how to collaborate under time constraints. Organizers emphasize that the hackathon is designed to be welcoming to students of all experience levels.
West Lafayette senior Riwan Azeroual noted in the West Lafayette News, “The event truly felt inclusive, giving everyone an equal opportunity to contribute and succeed.”
The American Statistical Association supports initiatives like Hoosier Hacks that strengthen quantitative and data science education at the K–12 level. Events such as this help students see how data-driven thinking connects to real-world problem-solving and future academic and career pathways in STEM fields.
Read about the hackathon in the West Lafayette News.
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