Congratulations Class of 2020!
CS4RI would like to congratulate those members of the Class of 2020 who pursued Computer Science as part of their high school experience. We wish you much success and happiness in your future pursuits!
Jamiel Rodreiguez,
William M. Davies Career & Technical High School
Jamiel became interested in CS during sophomore year when the class first became a part of her technical area. Computer science became her technical area. She learned blockly-based coding, python, HTML & CSS, and so much more. She will be going to CCRI and plans on transferring to JWU. (See shout out below)
Chloe DeMaio
Middletown High School
Chloe got interested in CS because her brother took up coding and it seemed super interesting and versatile. She took AP Computer Science Principles and will be attending URI with a Data Science minor or double major. (See shout out below.)
Kevin Zhu
Barrington High School
Kevin’s dad is a programmer and introduced computer science to him at an early age. He studied Python and AP Java in high school and will be majoring in Computer Science at Northeastern University. (See shout out below.)
Alex Salazar
Mount Pleasant High School, Providence
Alex first became interested in Computer Science at PTech.
Ivelisse Martinez
William M. Davies Career Technical High School
Yohelina Diaz,
Mount Pleasant High School, Providence
Ivelisse made CS her technical area and took AP Computer science class, and has taken regular computer science classes as well. She will be going to RIC and majoring in computer science. (See shout out below)
Yohelina is interested in computer science because she wants to join the FBI.
Donny R.
Mt Pleasant High School, Providence
Donny first got interested in computer science through gaming. He will be pursuing Engineering. (See shout out below.)
Philip
Mount Pleasant High School, Providence
At first, Philip didn’t have any interest in CS until his freshman year had ended, then he thought that he could be challenged and it seemed pretty fun to code. He took both CIS 1 and CIS 2. He thinks his next step is to continue studying as he is still unsure about his career in CS. (See advice below.)
Justin Caron
Toll Gate High School, Warwick
Justin first became interested in computer science through video game design and programming. He took Intro. to Computer Science and AP Computer Science Principles at Tollgate.
Nicholas
William M. Davies Career & Technical High School
Ariadne Dulchinos
Barrington High School
Through his high school AP Computer Science class, he was able to see coding for himself, and it quickly became one of his top subjects. He has taken the Computer Science provided to me through my Pre-Engineering course, as well as Electronics.
They have provided Nicholas with Microsoft System Associates in Block-Based coding and Python, as well as credentials from the International Society of Certified Electronic Technicians in AC and DC electronics, and NOCTI in Pre-Engineering as a whole. He will be going to Roger Williams University for a BS in Computer Science. (See shout out below.)
Phillip Muskelly
Mount Pleasant High School, Providence
Phillip just loves learning new things about technology and he also loves science. He plans on getting a business degree. (See shout out below.)
Ariadne first became interested in coding by creating a video game for classmates during a 6th grade school-wide entrepreneurial exercise. She has taken Python, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles and will be continuing her studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Her aim is to strengthen her programming knowledge and keep creating websites, video-games, apps, and softwares that benefit society.
Her vision is to start a company that develops artificial intelligence educational software to promote literacy in underserved communities. (See shout out & advice below.)
Read more about her award winning app here.
Wesly
Mt. Pleasant High School, Providence
Chinh N.
East Providence High School
Nicholas Bottone
Ponaganset High School, North Scituate
Nicholas been interested in computers and technology since elementary school, and his interest only increased as he got older. He started programming in Python and Java, and he has continuously worked on projects since then. Nicholas took PLTW/AP Computer Science Principles, Computer Science A, Cybersecurity, Engineering Design and Development in high school. He will be attending Brown University to study computer science in the fall.
Chinh first got interested in Computer Science in Junior Year and took AP Computer Science. He will be going to Johnson & Wales University. (See advice below.)
Stephen R.
William M. Davies Technical High School
Thomas F.
Toll Gate High School, Warwick
Growing up, Stephen always had an interest in technology. He wanted to learn how it worked. He took Pre-Engineering courses at Davies and will be taking up software engineering at NEIT. (See shout out below.)
Stephen is Davies’ High School salutatorian. Read more about him here.
Thomas wanted to program since he was in elementary school because of his passionate interest in video games. He took Intro to Computer Science at Toll Gate and will be going to a university for a bachelors degree in Computer Science. (See shout out below.)
Eric K.
Portsmouth High School
Rochelle Reaux
William M. Davies Jr. Career & Technical High School
When Rochelle was younger, her first interaction with coding was using the program Scratch. Ever since then, she fell in love. Rochelle had cyber security and software development opportunities in middle school and high school. She took AP Computer Science at Davies and will be attending a four year university and plans on studying Computer Science with a specialization in Information Security. (See advice below.)
Eric knew computer science was a key skill in society today, so wanted some experience. He had also done robotics, which introduced him to coding. He took Advanced Concepts in Technology, Intro to Java, and AP Computer Science A while in high school. Eric is pursuing Chemical Engineering in college.
Sam DeLong
East Greenwich High School
Sam got into computer science because he wanted to make the world a better face! He took AP Computer Science A and Intro to Programming at East Greenwich and is planning on going to college. (See advice below.)
Zachary Martin
Ponaganset High School, North Scituate
Zachary became interested in computer science when he learned block coding. In high school he took Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science Principles and Cybersecurity. He is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity. (See shout out below.)
Kenneth Escobar
Mount Pleasant High School, Providence
Kenneth got interested in computer science from watching YouTube videos. He took Computer Info Systems 1 and will major in Computer Science at Providence College. (See shout out below.)
Erick Paz
The Met School, Providence
Katherine Ramirez
Central Falls Senior High School
Erick first became interested in computer science with his grandpa, who used take apart computers and other pieces of technology and then put them back together. He also repaired radios and computers, which later on got Erick into repairing phones and tablets and other pieces of technology. That’s how Erick got into the hardware part of technology. He had an internship where he got to build a drone from scratch. Erick also took an Intro to Computer Science and an IT Essentials class. He will be attending Johnson & Wales University this fall, 2020, to major in electronic engineering. (See shout out below.)
Katherine first became interested in CS through Computer Science classes in High School. She took CS and CS-Python and wants to pursue a career in Cybersecurity and become a Cyber Security Analyst. (See shout out and advice below.)
Darryl A. Fleurantin
Central Falls Senior High School
Darryl finds CS cool and is pursuing a CS degree in college. (See shout out below.)