Lenovo and the National Academy Foundation Announce Winners of the Lenovo …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lenovo and the National
Academy Foundation (NAF) today announced the five winning student
groups of the Lenovo Scholar Network mobile app development contest. The
Lenovo Scholar Network, in its first official program year, is designed
to enrich high school students with an intensive application development
curriculum to enable the next generation of developers and
entrepreneurs. As part of their coursework over the 2014 – 2015 academic
year, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students were
given Lenovo PCs and tablets and tasked with designing and developing a
mobile app and business plan to take the app to market.

More than 20 apps were submitted from the 10 NAF academies selected to
participate in the Lenovo Scholar Network Mobile App Competition. From
the group, the five student groups selected as this year’s winners are:

• DeeringDollar from Phillip O. Berry Academy of Informational
  Technology – Charlotte, NC
  • DeeringDollar is an app built for students in a classroom setting
    to foster a token economy society, using a reward system in the
    form of virtual dollars for good deeds conducted in the classroom.
• Flashy Cards from Cimarron-Memorial High School Academy of
  Information Technology – Las Vegas, NV
  • Flashy Cards is a learning tool for students who seek a more
    engaging way to study. The app serves as virtual flash cards in
    the form of a game, where points are given or deducted based on
    the user’s response.
• Savant from Pathways Academy of Technology Design – Hartford, CT
  • Savant eliminates the inconvenience of carrying heavy textbooks by
    serving as an online portal for students. Through Savant, students
    can participate in group class discussions, read assigned books
    and materials, complete assignments and receive push notifications
    for upcoming deadlines.
• Sukario Kids from Phillip O. Berry Academy of Informational
  Technology – Charlotte, NC
  • Sukario Kids is a subsidiary app for Sukario, an on-the-go blood
    analyzer and recorder app for diabetics. The app was created to
    serve as a communication tool between school nurses and parents,
    where parents can monitor their children’s health throughout the
    school day via an automated text message sent through the
    application by the school nurse.
• WHS Bowling from Washington High School of IT – Milwaukee, WI
  • WHS Bowling is a game that also serves as a platform to promote
    positive messages and behaviors for teenagers. While bowling
    through the app with the flick of a finger, a motivational or
    encouraging message will appear to enforce positive behavior and
    discourage bullying.

The five winning student groups are invited to present their app and
business plan at NAF’s annual NAF
Next conference for professional development in the education space,
taking place on July 20, 2015, in Anaheim, California. The Lenovo
Scholar Network Fan Favorite, a student group selected by public vote,
will also be announced at the conference. To vote, visit www.lenovoscholars.com.

The Lenovo Scholar Network program was established in July 2014
following a successful pilot program in 2012. Lenovo provided the 10
participating NAF academies with Lenovo ThinkPad laptops and YOGA
tablets to aid the students in the development, coding and testing of
their mobile application, and students used the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) App Inventor, a web-based tool for creating Android
apps, to build and test their apps on Lenovo devices.

Quotes:

“It is critical we tackle the STEM skills gap of today’s young
generation as everyday technology users become more dependent on apps
and devices to enhance their personal and professional lives,” said
Jason Mooneyham, vice president of Public Sector, Lenovo. “Through the
Lenovo Scholar Network program, we enable students with rigorous yet
rewarding coursework in mobile app development to enrich their critical
thinking, team building and analytical skills that are required for the
next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs.

“We are so proud of all 400 students who participated in the Lenovo
Scholar Network project and the 20 teams who entered their mobile apps
in the competition,” said JD Hoye, president, National Academy
Foundation. “The apps are the end product of their hard work and
dedication, and serve as a tangible example that the NAF academy
experience is preparing students to become the innovators of tomorrow’s
workforce.”

About Lenovo

Lenovo (SEHK:0992) (Pink Sheets: LNVGY) is a $39 billion global Fortune
500 company and a leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial,
and enterprise technology. Our portfolio of high-quality, secure
products and services covers PCs (including the legendary Think and
multimode YOGA brands), workstations, servers, storage, smart TVs and a
family of mobile products like smartphones (including the Motorola
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About The National Academy Foundation

The National Academy Foundation (NAF) is an acclaimed network of
career-themed academies that open doors for underserved high school
students to viable careers. For more than 30 years, NAF has refined a
proven model that provides young people access to industry-specific
curricula, work-based learning experiences, and relationships with
business professionals. NAF academies focus on one of five career
themes: finance, hospitality tourism, information technology,
engineering, and health sciences. Over 5,000 business professionals
volunteer in classrooms, act as mentors, engage NAF students in paid
internships, and serve on local advisory boards. During the 2014-15
school year nearly 82,000 students attended 667 NAF academies across 38
states, including D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2014, NAF
academies reported 97% of seniors graduated.