About the club

Founded in the 2015–2016 school year, the McKinney Boyd High School Computer Science Club (MBHS CS Club) was formed by several individuals with a passion for programming when they took computer science classes at McKinney Boyd High School. This year, we have 40 members interested in our club. Membership in the club does not require a certain commitment to come to every meeting— we are flexible. We alternate our meetings every week between Tuesdays and Fridays — sign up for our Remind by texting @mbhscs to 81010 for meeting times.

What do we do?

We cover many programming-related events and general programming education. Some of the things you can do in our meetings:

• Compete in MBHS's Computer Science UIL team
• Further interest in theoretical and applied programming concepts
• Join the Technology Students Association (TSA) and compete in fun, specific competitions
• Learn some practical computer security skills with CTF competitions (capture the flag)
• Learn some Java or get tutoring (on Community Outreach Day)

Community Outreach Day

Computer Science Club officers have come to a conclusion that it would not be in our best interests to both pursue our own CS interests and to teach basic Java.

Beginning February 3, 2016, regular Computer Science Club meetings will focus on exploring new subjects in CS ourselves but not basic Java tutorials. When we have a Community Outreach Day, which will be the last meeting we have every month, we will also be able to teach basic Java and assist with tutoring for APCS.

Newcomers unfamiliar with Java are welcome to explore with us the subjects we will cover, but basic Java tutorials will not be done publicly at regular meetings.

Should you have any questions about this new arrangement, please ask on Remind or Slack.

Officers

Officers preside over meetings and provide leadership in the direction of the club. If you have any questions for them, please ask them on Slack. If you are not a member of the club, please direct your general inquiries to our contact info below.

• Trevor "Thai" Nguyen — President, UIL Manager
• CJ Duffee — Webmaster
• Sammy Shin — Vice President, CTF Coordinator
• Keegan Campbell — Communications Officer

Computer Science Club is affiliated with the McKinney Boyd chapter of the Technology Students Association, whose coordinator is Nichole Jeong. See below for more info on TSA.

Affiliated clubs and organizations

We share a common goal with slightly differently oriented clubs and organizations. Below are our affiliations, with which we currently encourage our members to participate.

• Technology Students Association (TSA) — Coordinator: Nichole Jeong
• SecondGen — An organization assisting young entrepreneurs with the resources and knowledge needed to make a business idea successful. Currently ran under the MBHS CS Club. For those who are interested, please contact an officer.
• Math Organization — May exist in 2016-2017 school year, would be led by Thai Nguyen

Achievements

The McKinney Boyd High School Computer Science Club, while newly founded, has already made its mark in programming-related competitions hosted by various organizations. Our achievements have been in various disciplines of the computer science field while we continue to strive for excellence. Below, you may see our various achievements that our club has been able to gain through our dilligent competitors, all members of our club.

2015-2016 school year

First semester (second half of 2015)

Date	Name of competition or event	Award	Statistics	Picture(s)	Notes
October 31, 2015	University of Texas at Dallas Battle of the Brains	3rd, 5th, and 11th places out of about 130 teams	Three out of four teams placed in top 10%		We have a trophy!
November 3–November 11, 2015	EasyCTF	104th and 244th places out of 1677 teams.	Both teams in the top 15%
December 2015	SCTF 2015 Q2	94th place out of 872 teams	Top 11%

Second semester (first half of 2016)

Date	Name of competition or event	Award	Statistics	Picture(s)	Notes
January 30, 2016	Melissa HS UIL Invitational	Written programming: 1st (Nguyen), 3rd (Duffee), 5th place (Norwood) Hands-on programming (HOP): 1st place (Duffee, Nguyen, Shin); 2nd (Gomez, Kim, Norwood, Wang)	Effective sweep over the CS competition!	HOP 1st place team: Written medalists: Everybody:	Medals earned by 1st place HOP, and 1st-6th place Written winners.
February 26, 2016	Sulphur Springs UIL Invitational	Written programming: 1st (Nguyen) Hands-on programming (HOP): 1st place (Duffee, Nguyen, Shin, Norwood)	Glide over the CS competition!
February 27, 2016	University of Texas at Dallas Battle of the Brains	Hands-on programming (HOP): 3rd place (Duffee, Shin); 4th (Nguyen, Norwood, Wang)	Superb job out of 60 teams in North Texas!	HOP 3rd place team:	A trophy given for 3rd place and medals for 3rd place team members.
March 18, 2016	Mt Vernon UIL Invitational	Written: 1st place - Nguyen, 3rd place - Duffee Hands-on programming (HOP): 2nd place (Duffee, Shin, Wang); 3rd (Nguyen, Norwood)			Medals given for 1st and 3rd written only.
March 2016	NEOCTF	29th place out of 675 teams	Top 5%
March 2016	LASACTF	~30th place out of hundreds of teams	Top 5%

Joining the club

Current members

There are several questions on the registration form that have changed, and we are confident that your answers will have changed too, for the better. Please sign up again. Please note that this year, we may introduce a membership fee for t-shirts!

New members

By agreeing to sign up, you agree that there may be a membership fee of up to $50 this year. You agree to pay this fee if officers choose to introduce it. Sign up here.

Contact us

If you have any inquiries of any kind, please email webmaster@mbhs.xyz, our vice president and webmaster.

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