CYHacks ‘23 took place on March 18, 2023 in the CYHS Hub. CYHS iTeam members planned this 12 hour hackathon as a programming competition and learning event. Participants spent the day attending various seminars and trying online coding activities. Many of them also chose to compete in the programming contest. The task required creation of an application, website, game, or video based on the theme ‘What Goes Up Must Come Down’. Competitors chose to focus on ideas such as balloons, the water cycle, paper airplanes, gravity, and more. They created websites, apps and games.
The learners ranged in age from elementary through high school, and included Central students, Girls Who Code members from Harrisburg and Hershey and students from other local schools. CYHS iTeam members arranged donations worth over $300 for food and prizes, and they offered seminars on game level design, 3D printing, computer building, and a Q&A with a Google software engineer. Two of the presenters were CYHS alumni and the others were CYHS iTeam members. Brain breaks included games from the eSports and iRacing clubs.