Calling all programmers, designers, makers and leaders! TeenHacks LI is Long Island’s premier 24-hour high school hackathon, by students, for students. Take part in group collaboration, interesting workshops, sweet prizes, and more. Get ready to meet new people and have an amazing time. Join us as we build the future!
Founded by Jeffrey Yu and Wesley Pergament, we bring together the brightest students across the tri-state area to engage in “collaborative coding.” We hope to build a hacker community here on Long Island, with an emphasis placed on innovation and entrepreneurship.
It's a place where programmers, engineers, designers, and entrepreneurs come together to build an awesome project in 24-hours. We provide the venue and food, you bring the creativity. Get ready to learn, build something cool, and meet new people. Check out this article by Dave Fontenot to learn more! What is a Hackathon?
Do not worry. TeenHacks LI encourages students of all levels to come! In addition, we will have workshops throughout the hackathon as well as mentors available to answer any of your questions.
All high school students are welcome to attend. If you are older or younger and still want to participate as a hacker, shoot us an email. If you're older, we welcome you to sign-up as a mentor!
TeenHacks LI is completely free, thanks to our generous sponsors! This will include food, swag, and awesome prizes. If you’re looking for travel reimbursement for TeenHacks LI, apply to Execute Big’s Travel Grant program - especially useful for our folks from around the nation who’d need trains/busses/flights to get here! We want to make it as accessible as possible for you to get here!
In the beginning, we’ll have a team formation session to make sure you’re not alone. You can have teams as large or small as you want, but only teams of 2-4 will be eligible for prizes.
You should bring your student ID, laptop, phone, chargers, sleeping bag, deoderant, toothbrush, as well as any hardware or materials you may need for your project. Nothing hazardous or illegal.
We encourage everyone to sleep for at least a portion of the night. You can bring a sleeping bag and pillow. We will have a secure quiet room for those who want some shut eye.
Send us an email at [email protected].
In addition, all participants must abide by the MLH Code of Conduct.
Participant Application Deadline - The sooner you apply, the better chance you have of getting accepted. If you have questions regarding the application or deadlines, please email [email protected]
Early: April 4th
Regular: May 9th
Late: May 23th
High school students, you’ve found the right place! We’re excited you want to come to TeenHacks LI, but due to space limitations, we can only accept 300 participants. Fill out this short application form, but put some thought into the short response questions.
Application Questions:
1. Because we only have 300 slots for this hackathon, list 3 reasons why you would like to attend.
2. What inspires you to create?
We welcome undergrads, gradates, and tech professionals to attend as mentors! We’re looking for engineers, programmers, designers, and more to help guide our participants through their projects. A wide base knowledge is appreciated, but not required. Food will be provided during the event and you can stay for as long as you want. However, we do have limited space so please fill out this short application form.
Are you a high school student looking to get more involved with TeenHacks LI? Apply to join our Campus Ambassador program! As a campus ambassador, you will become a spokesperson for TeenHacks LI at your school and community. You help raise brand awareness, solicit applicants, and encourage computer science education. In return, you will receive special swag at the event and access to exclusive activities.
720 Northern Blvd
Old Westbury, NY 11568
Enter in the parking lot in the back of campus on Pioneer Blvd
If you're interested in partnering with us, send our sponsorship team an email at [email protected].
Wesley Pergament, Co-Founder and Executive Director
Wesley is currently a senior at Jericho High School and has always loved to create and build. His natural curiosity has led him into the world of Raspberry Pi’s and Arduino sensors as he enjoys tinkering with hardware. Through hackathons, Wesley fell in love with the community of makers and as a result, worked passionately to bring this atmosphere to Long Island. Additionally, he enjoys the business side of things as well and TeenHacks LI was the perfect combination of the two. Above all, Wesley constantly strives to learn new things and meet more people every day.
Wesley Pergament
Eva (Yi) Xie, Director of Marketing and Graphics
Eva is currently a senior at Bronx Science. She is a huge fan of STEM and art. These both matter to her because art provides her infinite possibilities in the imagination while STEM enables her to explore and practice these possibilities in the real-world setting. During her first Hackathon event ever - in TeenHacks LI, she was fascinated with how both were combined together and actualized something even bigger. Thus far, she hopes to engage more youths, especially beginners, to get involved in this community that she is truly passionate about. Meanwhile, she believes in STEM progress would be the key to making the world a better place for everyone.
Yi (Eva) Xie
Austin George, Director of Programming
Austin George is a senior at Great Neck South High School, with a passion for creating. Through this, he has grown a strong interest in both art and computer science. Whether it be painting the school mural or coding games for his friends, he’d much rather be on the side of the creator than the consumer. Throughout his high school career, he has strived to share this enthusiasm with others by tutoring students at local coding classes and sharing his experiences with the people he meets at hackathons like TeenHacks LI. This year, as Director of Programming, he is seeking the prospect of working with a few major companies in the tech industry that would be willing to host workshops to improve the overall hacker experience.
Austin George
Esandi Perera, Director of
Public Relations
Esandi Perera is a passionate STEM student and current sophomore at Waldorf of Garden City. She loves learning new programming languages and creating projects regarding genetic research. She also has a strong love of music and plays multiple instruments. When she first got involved with TeenHacks she enjoyed the friendly coder environment and collaborating with new people on different projects. This drove her to further become involved in the team and now hopes to open doors to unprivileged students through STEM and music.
Esy Perera
John (Seunguk) Baek, Director of
Logistics/Webmaster
John is a senior at Herricks High School that is highly passionate about STEM. Both in and out of school, he is eager to learn and try new things as he has delved into numerous fields pertaining to math and science. During his freetime, he likes to work on coding projects, conduct research in molecular medicine, and hang out with his friends. He has enjoyed hackathons in the past and is excited to put his experience to use by enriching the experience for others.
John Baek
Karen Li, Director of
Finance
Karen is currently a senior at Methacton High School. She is very passionate about STEM, participating in various science fairs and engineering competitions. Her interest in technology grew after taking Java and robotics classes at her high school. This led her to explore this passion at hackathons. After attending TeenHacks LI last spring, she joined TeenHacks LI's core team to further immerse herself in the hacking community and to provide others with the opportunity to learn and create. She also hopes to encourage more young women to pursue STEM through her high school's Girls Who Code Club, teaching programming to middle school girls.
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Isabella Panag, Co-Director of
Campus Ambassadors
Isabella is a sophomore at Mount Sinai High School. She has been organizing for TeenHacksLI since their Fall 2019 event. After the campus ambassador program expanded, she was promoted to Campus Ambassador Director. Isabella now works with a large team of campus ambassadors that help TeenHacksLI grow even further. Their collaborative work strengthens the core of TeenHacksLI.
Isabella Panag
Rachel Woo, Co-Director of
Campus Ambassadors
My name is Rachel Woo and I am currently a freshman at Great Neck South High School. I am very passionate about computer sciences as well as STEM. During my free time, I like to work on different coding projects, play field hockey and research more about new technological developments. Attending the past two hackathons has inspired me to spread the CS community and influence more people to become involved with new innovations that can impact our futures. I hope to encourage more students in all different grades to immerse themselves with STEM activities and, as a director, enhance the hackathon experience.
Rachel Woo
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