This looks awesome. One thing I'd like to see not only high school hackathons talk about but hackathons in general is encouraging non-coder participants. This seems to focus on "come here to code" or "come here to learn how to code", which don't get me wrong is completely awesome but there are plenty of other opportunities for non-coders to participate. Most notably people interested in design and business.
> "hackBCA is open to all high school students, from the absolute beginner to the experienced developer. Spend 24 hours turning an idea into reality."<p>What can an absolute beginner do in such a venue?
We're planning one of our next Startup Weekends to be high-school students only. We've had some student participate in the past and it has been great.
I'm glad more efforts are being taken to get these things in front of younger audiences, but I must say, in high school I would've refused to join something meant exclusively for high schoolers. "Let me work with college students, damn it!"