Bear Creek Student Finalist in National Creators Competition

Elliot Ma

Elliot Ma loves to code, and he wants to spread that love to his fellow students.

“I started coding when I was in Kindergarten,� he said. “I just did it and kind of fell in love with it.�

Ma, a fourth grade Bear Creek Elementary student, started a YouTube channel showing students how to code.

“I just sometimes teach other students what coding is and they realize it’s not as hard as they think,â€� he said. 

His mother encouraged him to enter his YouTube videos to the Class Intercom 2022 Content Generation Award, and he is now a finalist.

“He was so shocked (being a finalist), because a lot of the students in the competition are high schoolers� she said.

The voting for the finalists ends Friday. You can find out more about Elliot’s project and .