Tag: Drake Semchyshyn

Johnson County senior wins Congressional App Challenge with his school workflow workaround

By Tommy Felts / February 21, 2026

Drake Semchyshyn turned a personal pain point at school into an award-winning app. The Blue Valley West senior created Catalyst — designed to improve students’ academic experience within Canvas, a widely used learning management system — winning the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Kansas’ Third District. “The Canvas student application basically manages grades, assignments, submissions,…

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