MGM's CyberVikings

CyberVikings are MGM Students
interested Computer programming and cyber security
Our CyberVikings participate
in Various programming and Cyber Security Competitions

Digital Badges Earned 24-25 School Year
( more to come soon...)

Clayton Melson
Clayton Melson
Class of 2026
Computer Hardware Basics
Cisco's Computer Hardware Basics Digital Badge
Quinson Lin
Quinson Lin
Class of 2025
Computer Hardware Basics
Cisco Computer Hardware Basics Digital Badge
Zephyn Martin
Zephyn Martin
Class of 2025
Computer Hardware Basics
Cisco Computer Hardware Basics Badge
Emma Fairchild
Emma Fairchild
Class of 2025
Computer Hardware Basics
Cisco Hardware Basics Digital Badge
Selah Farmer
Selah Farmer
Class of 2027
Introduction to Cybersecurity
Cisco Introduction to Cyber Security Digital Badge Logo
Joseph Finch
Joseph Finch
Class of 2027
Computer Hardware Basics
Cisco Computer Hardware Basics Digital Badge Logo
Tristian Henage
Tristan Henage
Class of 2025
Computer Hardware Basics
Cisco Computer Hardware Basics Digital Badge Logo
2024 National Cyber Cup
2024 National Cyber Cup Top Three Team
The National Cyber Cup (NCC) by CYBER.ORG is a free, jeopardy-style, CTF competition for students with a focus on cybersecurity themes and challenges!
MGM's Cyber Cup Team: Griffith, Tong, Hofelich, Saucier

MGM's 2024 Varsity CyberVikings Team.
From Left to Right: Jason Griffith, Cole Tong, Michael Hofelich, Donald Saucier

2023-2024 IT Specialist Certifications
ITS Java Certificate for Donald Saucier
Donald Saucier
Class of 2024
ITS Java Certification
ITS Cyber Security Certificate for Cole Tong
Cole Tong
Class of 2024
ITS Cybersecurity
Certification
ITS Java Certificate for Michael Hofelich
Michael Hofelich
Class of 2024
ITS Java
Certification
ITS Computational Thinking Certificate for Donald Saucier
Donald Saucier
Class of 2024
ITS Computational Thinking
Certification
ITS Java Certificate for Thomas Huckabee
Thomas Huckabee
Class of 2024
ITS Java
Certification

2024 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Awardees

Amaya Mukura

Amaya Mukura

2024 NCWIT National Honorable Mention

2024 NCWIT Regional Affiliate Winner for the Florida Panhandle and Southern Alabama

2023 NCWIT Regional Affiliate Winner for the Florida Panhandle and Southern Alabama

Caroline Torres

Caroline Torres

2024 NCWIT Regional Affiliate Winner for the Florida Panhandle and Southern Alabama

2023 NCWIT Regional Affiliate Honorable Mention for the Florida Panhandle and Southern Alabama

1st Place in the State of Alabama - 2024 MOS Spring Qualifier - Excel 365
Harmoni Sander's 2024 Spring Qualifier Certification for 1st Place in Alabama

Harmoni Christina Sanders 
(Class of 2026)
Harmoni went above and beyond classroom requirements to study for, and earn her MOS Excel Associate 365 Certification. Her superior performance on the certification exam earn the highest score in Alabama for the Spring 2024 Qualifier and enabled her to represent the State at Nationals.

Harmoni Sanders at 2024 MOS National Championship

2024 National Cyber Scholarship Foundation Scholars with Honors

Michael Hofelich

Michael Anthony Hofelich
Class of 2024

NCSF with Honors Badge
Cole Tong

Cole Irvin Tong
Class of 2024

2024 National Cyber Scholarship Foundation Scholars

NCSF Scholar Badge

MGM's 2024 NCSF Scholars

Jason Griffith
Quinson Lin
Tully Waldrop
Raleigh Luck
Jordin Grant
Thomas Huckabee
Tavien Godsey
Ryan Hayes

2024 National Cyber Scholarship Foundation Finalists
NCSF Finalist Badge

MGM's 2024 NCSF Finalists

Donald Saucier
Aiden Lash
Haley Landrum
Caroline Torres
Emma Fairchild
Ethan Jones
Kailyn Thomas

CyberStart America Logo
From 2020-2024, CyberStart America gave free access to an online game that provided a fun, accessible gateway for high school students to explore their cybersecurity skills, and learn about the cyber industry and careers.

The highest scoring students who met the eligibility criteria for a Scholarship in 2023-24 were awarded free access the Cyber Foundations Academy, worth over $3,000, and a digital Scholar badge.
National Cyber Scholarship Foundation Logo
National Cyber Scholars
The highest-scoring CyberStart players who met eligibility criteria were awarded a scholarship to cover a SANS Foundations course and one attempt at the GIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies (GFACT) certification, together worth over $3000.
National Cyber Scholarship Finalist
The highest scoring CyberStart players who met eligibility criteria were invited to complete a NCSF scholarship application and were awarded a digital Finalist badge.
CyberStart America 2023-2024 Bronze Level Award Badge


Tavien Godsey* Ryan Hayes * Quinson Lin * Raleigh Luck * Tavaris Payne * Darrian Pettway * Carson Phillips * Harmoni Sanders * Madison Smith *  James Sweeney * Cole Tong * Caroline Torres * Tully Waldrop * Brooklynn Whatley * Kelvin Wilson *

2023-2024
Cyber Start America Bronze Award

To earn this badge, a student must participate in the CyberStart America program, and must gain at least 3,000 points in CyberStart. Earning this badge demonstrates that the student begun the journey of mastering the basics of cybersecurity, and has demonstrated skills in problem-solving, lateral thinking, and basic use of browser developer tools.

MGM Students Earning their GIAC/GFACT Certification during Summer/Fall 2023
Michael Hofelich with thumbs up after earning his GIAC GFACT Certification
Donald Saucier with thumbs up after earning his GIAC GFACT Certification
Cole Tong with thumbs up and a GIAC GFACT Logo

2022-2023 IT Specialist Java Certified Students:

Benjamin Conner Caschera's ITS Java Certification
Seth Macphearson Shell's ITS Java Certification
Nathan Wallace's ITS Java Certification
PowerUp Cyber Games 2022-23 Top Ten Teams, MGM ranked 4th
PowerUp Cyber Games Logo

Mary G. Montgomery High School's CyberVikings
came in 4th out of 116 teams competing in the 2022-2023 PowerUp Cyber Competition.
MGM's Team Members this year:
Michael Hofelich
Preston Vardaman
Benjamin Russ
Avery Webb

Congratulations to the following students who have earned their Python
Information Technology Specialist certification during the 22-23 school year:

Avery Lane Webb's ITS Python Certificate
Evan Chase Herzberg's ITS Python Certification
Noah Barrett Gates' ITS Python Certification
Benjamin Robert Russ's ITS Python Certification
Donald Robert Saucier's ITS Python Certification
Preston Lane Vardaman's ITS Python Certification
Benjamin Conner Caschera's ITS Python Certification
Michael Anthony Hofelich's ITS Python Certification
Seth Macphearson Shell's ITS Python Certification

Mary G. Montgomery Students Earn GOLD!!

CyberStart America Gold Badge
CyberStart America Gold Badge
CyberStart America Gold Badge
Benjamin Russ, Avery Webb and Preston Vardaman


Each of these young men have earned Gold badges competing in CyberStart America.

To earn their Gold badge in CSA, students are required to earn at least 100,000 points solving challenges involving steganography, networking, code-breaking, Python programming, and digital forensics.

Benjamin Russ
Avery Webb
Preston Vardaman

MGM Students Earn GIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies Certification

GIAC GFACT Logo
Preston Lane Vardaman
Avery Lane Webb
Lydia Louise Stroud

Earning the GFACT certification validates a practitioner's knowledge of essential foundational cybersecurity concepts.

GFACT-certified professionals are familiar with practical skills in computers, technology, and security fundamentals that are needed to kickstart a career in cybersecurity.

https://www.giac.org/certifications/foundational-cybersecurity-technologies-gfact/

Seven Mary G Montgomery HS students were named 2022 National Cyber Scholars by NCSF. Each was given the opportunity to take a SANS Institute Foundations course and an attempt the GIAC GFACT certification exam.(Course + Exam = $3000 Scholarship)

Congratulations on your GFACT Certification:

Preston Vardaman
Avery Webb
Lydia Stroud

MGM's Computer Science students
have been enhancing their programming skills with the SkillsForAll website from CISCO

At SkillsForAll they completed the 30-hour Python Institute - Pythons Essentials 1 course, and earned a verified digital badge from CISCO Networking Academy.

Digital Badge Logo for Python Essential 1
Students who earned their Python Essentials 1 digital badges from Cisco
Left to Right:
Seth Shell
Braxton Fuller
Ben Walzak
Michael Hofelich
Noah Gates

Not Pictured:
Hunter McCammon, Benjamin Russ, Brayden Grzybowski

2022 National Cyber Scholarship Foundation Scholars

MGM NCSF 2022 Scholars
NCSF Scholars Badge
MGM's 2022 National Cyber Scholars

Preston Vardaman    Avery Webb
Darian Hill         Braxton Fuller
Jose Wheeler        Lydia Stroud
Seth Shell

Microsoft Technology Associates
MGM Vikings Michael Hofelich and Seth Shell have both earned their
MTA-Introduction to Programming Using Python Certifications

Michael Hofelich's MTA Python Certification
Michael Hofelich
Seth Shell's MTA Python Certification
Seth Macphearson Shell
2021-2022 PowerUp Cyber Games
MGM's 2021-2022 Cyber PowerUp Team and Team Rankings

PowerUp Cyber Games, which is powered by Cyber Skyline, is a cybersecurity competition. It takes place over most of an academic year with a different competition round each month.

October 2021 - warmup problems in the Practice Gym.
November 2021 - Cryptography Round
December 2021 - OSI Round
January 2022 - Log Analysis Round
February 2022 - Network Round
March 2022 - Linux Round
April 2022 -  Software Security Round

In between rounds, the students have access to learning materials and presentations to help them enhance their knowledge of the topic of the next round of competition.

 

The 2021-2022 school year was Mary G. Montgomery's first year to enter a team in this competition.

MGM finished at 37th out of 216 teams.

Skol Vikings to:

Darian Hill

Reagan Hood

Lydia Stroud

Alexandria Tillman

2022 National Cyber Cup
ponsored by CYBER.ORG
MGM wins 1st Place!

2022 National Cyber Cup Winner - Mary G. Montgomery High School - Semmes, AL
MGM's Cyber Cup Winning Team Members
2022 National Cyber Cup 1st Place Team
1st Place TeamBraxton Fuller
Ben Russ
Preston Vardaman
Avery Webb
2022 National Cyber Cub 2nd Place Team
2nd Place Team
Michael Hofelich
Jose Wheeler
Lydia Stroud

2022 Aspirations in Computing Award

Lydia Stroud


MGM CyberViking - Lydia Stroud

2002 Aspirations in Computing
NCWIT Honorable Mention
Florida Panhandle & Southern Alabama Affiliate

2021 SkillsUSA Alabama Chapter - State Programming Contest
MGM CyberViking Elvin Lin - 1st Place

SkillsUSA State Programming Contest, MGM Student Elvin Lin won Gold
Elvin Lin working at a computer.

2021 IBM© Summer Skills Build Challenge
Badges earned by MGM students during the 2021 IBM Summer SkillsBuild Challenge
The IBM©Summer Skills Build Challenge introduced middle, high school, and beginning college students to emerging technologies and professional skills.

Students took online courses on different topics ranging from Job Readiness skills to Cybersecurity, and had the opportunity to earn digital badges if they were successful on the end of course assessments. You can see snips of some of the badges our students earned above.

Three young women from MGM not only earned digital badges for their learning efforts, but they also earned prizes from IBM© for winning some of the Weekly Challenges.

Pictured are Alexandria Tillman, Lydia Stroud and Reagan Hood with some of the items they won.
IBM Summer Skills Build Challenge Logo
Alexandria Tillman, Lydia Stroud and Reagan Hood standing in from of a table displaying the items they won.
Cyber Opportunity School, Gold Award

MGM has been named a
2021 Gold Level Cyber Opportunity School