Bemley Scholar Trayer Harvey Slugs His Way to University of California, Santa Cruz

Did you know that the nickname for the University of California, Santa Cruz is 'Banana Slugs'? That is one of the factoids that come to light whenever the BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF) pays out a college scholarship to one of our deserving student members!

Trayer Harvey

BETF is pleased to announce that $1,500 from Dr. Jesse Bemley Scholarship fund has been awarded to BDPA Los Angeles student member Trayer Harvey. This young squire represented his chapter three times (2011-2013) at the national BDPA High School Computer Competition (HSCC) championships. Each year the performance of the team improved until Trayer and his teammates were able to bring home the silver medal from the 2013 national HSCC championship!

We want to make a quantum leap in the amount of college scholarships that we award in 2015. We need the support of BDPA members and sponsors to 'make it so'. Please consider making a secure online donation today in honor of Trayer and the other young people who benefit from the STEM-based training provided by BDPA all over the nation.

BDPA Los Angeles Announces Its 2012 National High School Computer Competition Team

L-R: Temitope Sonuyi (trainer), Pooja Chebolu, John Isaacs, Akindele Davies, Austin DeYoung, Trayer Harvey, John Malonson III (chapter president)

BDPA Los Angeles proudly announced the members of its team that will be representing the chapter and the city in the 2012 National BDPA High School Computer Competition (HSCC) championship to be held in Baltimore later this year. The 2012 national HSCC team is:

1. Pooja Chebolu, 10th grade, California Academy of Mathematics and Science
2. Akindele Davies, 11th grade, California Academy of Mathematics and Science
3. Austin DeYoung, 11th grade, California Academy of Mathematics and Science
4. Trayer Harvey, 11th grade, California Academy of Mathematics and Science
5. John Isaacs, 12th grade, St. Bernard High School

BDPA Los Angeles chapter completed a remarkable Student Information Technology Education & Scholarship (SITES) program that included a computer camp with 26 students from 7th grade to 12th grade. The students learned HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, and MySQL. The class was taught by Temitope Sonuyi and John Malonson III on the Cal-State Dominguez Hills campus. Eight of the students did enough to earn college credit.

BDPA Los Angeles chapter has high expectations for this year's team and looks forward to them bringing home the gold medal from the national championship! Many thanks to the parents, students and volunteer staff that helped to make this a memorable year for our west coast BDPA chapter.