Congressional App Challenge

Congressman Quigley is pleased to announce that his office will be participating in the 2025 Congressional App Challenge, a student coding competition, this year. Participating students can register online HERE and submit their app by October 30th, 2025.

Established by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2015, the Congressional App Challenge (CAC) is a nationwide event intended to engage students' creativity and encourage their participation in STEM fields. This competition allows students to compete with peers in their own district by creating and exhibiting a software application, or ‘app', for mobile, tablet, or computer device on a platform of their choice.

The CAC is open to all middle and high school students in the 5th Congressional District of Illinois. Students entering the competition must submit their app for consideration between May 1, 2025 through October 30th, 2025.

We accept any programming language, such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, or "block code." All apps submitted must have been coded after October 24, 2024. The winner from the 5th Congressional District, chosen by a panel of expert judges, will be featured on CongressionalAppChallenge.us. The winning app will also be eligible to be on display in the U.S. Capitol, honoring the winners from across the country.

For more information, please visit the official Congressional App Challenge website, email StudentSupport@CongressionalAppChallenge.us, or call our Chicago office at (773) 267-5926.

Resources for Students and Teachers

• Code.org
• 36 Resources To Help You Teach Kids Programming
• CodeAcademy.COM self-taught courses in HTML/CSS, Python, Ruby, and PHP
• MIT App Inventor tutorial to develop mobile apps on Android phones.
• Scratch a simple visual programming language
• Alice is used to create 3D animations
• Development Kits:
  • Apple iOS Developer Program
  • Android- Develop for Android
  • Windows Apps