Overview
Overview
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American Computer Science League (ACSL) organizes computer programming and computer science contests for K-12 schools, organizations and local groups. This is a great way to expose students to basic computer science concepts.
Each season is divided into four contests, testing students on fundamental concepts in computer science, ranging from Number Systems to Boolean Algebra to Digital Electronics. In the upper divisions, each contest also includes a problem to solve by programming using Python, C++ or Java.
Each contest consists of an online 30-minute, 6-question non-programming test, focused on a single category of content. A different category will be tested on each contest.
Each division team can have up to 12 students and can compete in the 5-score or 3-score category. That is, the team score for each contest is the sum of top 5 (or 3) students scores in that contest. Those best scores can come from different students each contest.
Students take all four tests. Certificates are awarded to top scoring teams and top scoring individual students in each US state and each non-US country based upon cumulative scores after the 4th contest.
At the end of the regular season, the top students are invited to compete in an online ACSL Finals competition, which is individual-based. The top scoring students in each division will get a prize and a certificate.
Info Session
Info Session
ACSL contests are a great way to introduce children to fundamental computer science concepts.
Sinnott PTA will help organize ACSL Elementary Division teams from Grades 3-6 this year and partially sponsor the team registration and preparation material expenses.
After a student signs up, they will have access to the Sinnott PTA ACSL Google classroom which includes all the preparation resources, study guide, videos, previous contest question sets and practice tests.
$20 Registration fee covers the first 4 team-based ACSL contests conducted by Sinnott PTA.
Registration is free for students who require financial assistance (Please contact acsl@sinnottpta.org).
Note:
Students who qualify for the individual ACSL Finals contest will be able to participate after paying a Finals registration fee ($30) directly to ACSL. Sinnott PTA will sponsor this fee for students who require financial assistance to participate.
The sign up form requires login to the Sinnott PTA Membership Toolkit site. If you don't yet have an account, please create a free account and add your family info in order to access this sign up form.
Important Dates
Important Dates
Sinnott Teams
Sinnott Teams
2024 - 2025 Sinnott Teams
2024 - 2025 Sinnott Teams
This will be our second year of participation. We are very excited to have 4 Sinnott teams (with a total of 42 students) that are participating this year!
Elementary 5 Division
Team #1 (Grade 6)
Team #2 (Grade 5)
Elementary 3 Division
Team #3 (Grade 4)
Team #4 (Grade 3)
We are thrilled to announce the following results from the first 4 ACSL contests held at our school!
Team #3 (Grade 4) has won the First Place, Elementary 3 Division for the state of California.
Team members:
Dev M.
Gargi D.
Hammad C.
Harish A.
Maanvi V.
Maya P.
Pahal G.
Rayan S.
Saanchi S.
Samved G.
Yusha I.
Advay J. from Team #1 (Grade 6) has won the First Place, Elementary 5 Division for the state of California.
Maya P. from Team #3 (Grade 4) has won the First Place, Elementary 3 Division for the state of California.
Following students have won the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award for their respective teams.
Team #1 (Grade 6) - Advay J.
Team #2 (Grade 5) - Maira S.
Team #3 (Grade 4) - Maya P.
Team #4 (Grade 3) - Samar S.
29 Sinnott students qualified for the individual ACSL Finals that was held on May 24, 2025.
23 Sinnott students participated in the ACSL Finals competition for Elementary Division, which included 487 participants from various US states as well as other countries.
We are delighted to announce that we have 7 winners from Sinnott in this international competition!
Advay J. (Grade 6) - ACSL Finals Gold Award, Elementary Division
Aadhya S. (Grade 5) - ACSL Finals Silver Award, Elementary Division
Maira S. (Grade 5) - ACSL Finals Silver Award, Elementary Division
Gargi D. (Grade 4) - ACSL Finals Silver Award, Elementary Division
Arjun A. (Grade 6) - ACSL Finals Bronze Award, Elementary Division
Hammad C. (Grade 4) - ACSL Finals Bronze Award, Elementary Division
Samar S. (Grade 3) - ACSL Finals Bronze Award, Elementary Division
Congratulations to all our ACSL winners and participants this year!
Special thanks to Onkar D. for organizing the ACSL coaching sessions at the school!
Thank you to everyone who supported each team!
2023 - 2024 Sinnott Teams
2023 - 2024 Sinnott Teams
We are very excited to have 7 Sinnott teams (with a total of 48 students) that participated for the first time this year!
Elementary 5 Division
Team #1 (Grade 6)
Team #2 (Grade 6)
Elementary 3 Division
Team #3 (Grade 5)
Team #4 (Grade 4)
Team #5 (Grade 4)
Team #6 (Grade 3)
Team #7 (Grade 3)
We are thrilled to announce the following results from the first 4 ACSL contests held at our school!
Sai Tharakesh P. from Team #2 (Grade 6) has won the First Place, Elementary 5 Division for the state of California.
Following students have won the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award for their respective teams.
Team #1 (Grade 6) - Allen L. & Kushagra J.
Team #2 (Grade 6) - Sai Tharakesh P.
Team #3 (Grade 5) - Advay J.
Team #4 (Grade 4) - Aadhav S.
Team #5 (Grade 4) - Maira S.
Team #6 (Grade 3) - Neel R.
Team #7 (Grade 3) - Maya P.
29 Sinnott students qualified for the individual ACSL Finals that was held on May 24, 2025.
24 Sinnott students participated in the ACSL Finals competition for Elementary Division, which included 355 participants from various US states as well as other countries.
We are delighted to announce that we have 4 winners from Sinnott in this international competition!
Allen L. (Grade 6) - ACSL Finals Silver Award, Elementary Division.
Kushagra J. (Grade 6) - ACSL Finals Silver Award, Elementary Division.
Advay J. (Grade 5) - ACSL Finals Bronze Award, Elementary Division
Muhammad S. (Grade 6) - ACSL Finals Bronze Award, Elementary Division.
Congratulations to all our ACSL winners and participants this year!
Thank you to everyone who supported each team!
MUSD Recognition for 2023 ACSL Winners
MUSD Recognition for 2023 ACSL Winners
We are thrilled to announce that the MUSD recognized our 2023 ACSL winners at the MUSD board meeting on October 8, 2024!
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