Paid summer internships among prizes at Saratoga High’s ‘Hack-a-thon’

Saratoga High School’s MSET club hosted its first-ever Health Hack-a-thon, where 14 schools from across the Bay Area competed to make a health-inspired app in one weekend.

Students had the chance to win prizes worth $80,000, including a paid summer internship with one of the event’s sponsors, Slingshot, and access to coding and AI software.

Dozens of students met in the Saratoga High School Library on Sunday, Jan. 29, for a full day of team-building activities and computer coding...