Some students at the Arts and Communications Academy at Benton Harbor Area Schools have distinguished themselves in a technology competition. At this week’s Benton Harbor Area Schools Board of Education meeting, Go IT coach Mary Brown told the board 12 students were part of the Go IT program, which was a partnership with TATA Consultancy Services and Whirlpool to invent and develop a phone app. Brown says the students excelled.
“We had a competition here in our building at ACA, and we rocked it,” Brown said. “We were challenged to go ahead and compete in the state of Michigan, and we rocked it, and we brought the prize home. So we had a number one team in the state of Michigan.”
The app developed by the students, with the help of Whirlpool IT staff, helps connect homeless people with resources that can help them. As part of the process, the students also learned about the causes of homelessness. Brown said they’re going to do it again next year.
