Congratulations to the 2021 CGI IT Girl Challenge winner - The Grade Savers
Boys & Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania team members Paige Frank and Tomi Olaore developed the GradeUp mobile app for the CGI IT Girl Challenge.
The purpose of the GradeUp mobile app is to give students a platform to communicate and help each other with their school work and help create better study habits.
We want to thank our mentors (CGI and the University of Pittsburgh), judges, community partners (Pittsburgh Public Schools, New Outlook Academy, Boys & Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania, Best of the Batch Foundation, Steel City Codes) and all participants.
CGI is proud of all participants and looks forward to seeing what you do next. Until then!
About the Challenge
CGI IT Girl Challenge is a mobile app challenge for high school girls. Small teams partner with CGI mentors to develop a smartphone app utilizing a mobile app-building platform. Each team presents its mobile app to a panel of judges. The most innovative, applicable, and creative mobile app design team receives college scholarship funds.
The challenge originated at CGI’s Innovation Center in Pittsburgh. Thanks to CGI’s Dream Connectors program, it has become an annual event in Pittsburgh and expanded across the U.S.
The CGI IT Girl Challenge is one of our mentorship programs of STEM@CGI, a nationwide K-12 program that aims to train and mentor young people for STEM careers. It strives to provide experiences that inspire students with the drive to learn for a bright future in the digital workforce. STEM@CGI focuses on students in underrepresented demographics in STEM fields, including women, minorities and the economically disadvantaged.
