<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Just wanted to reach out and see if anyone knew of any computer programming competitions that were available for elementary or specifically middle school that does not involve robotics. STEM has many, but I haven’t seen anything for just programming. Any suggestions?</div><div><br></div><div>I have been teaching Alice 2 for quite a few years and I am beta testing Alice 3 this year with a few students. I am really excited about using Alice 3/Java in my classes next year after taking the Alice 3 summer workshop. <i>(Thank you Don and Wanda, it really helped in building my curriculum ! It’s an ongoing project and I’m loving every minute of it !)</i></div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Any help would be appreciated,</span></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><br>Heidi Kunselman<br>Technology Teacher <br>Oak Prairie Junior High<br><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font color="#5D5D5D"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"></font></font></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><font color="#7E007E"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt; ">“</span></font></font></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font color="#7E007E"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt; "><font face="Verdana Italic">Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; <br>indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” <br> </font><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">-</font><font face="Verdana Italic">Margaret Mead</font></span></font></font></span></div></div></body></html>