March 15, 2025 - Globe Tower, BGC, Taguig City - Hack Club Philippines was able to organize Scrapyard Metro Manila Hackathon. This is a 12-hour global hackathon organized by high schoolers for high schoolers and mainly powered by Hack Club, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that supports a global community of over 50,000 high school makers. The team was able to produce 77 plus sign-ups, 50 + attendees, 7 projects, and 11 sponsors.
*What is Scrapyard Metro Manila? *
It is a hackathon made with love of teenagers for teenagers. It is an event where you can make the most extraordinary things you can think of! Anything, from a lamp that flashes faster the slower you type, to those ideas that you would not dare to consider to be useful, goes at the Scrapyard.
The event was started by the workshop that focuses in understanding how websites work. This encompasses the introduction in the creation and maintenance of websites and websites application.
Atcha Abe’s Basics of Web Development engaging discussion created a great interest for the participants about the realm of how they can build their online presence thru coding and
design. It was followed by Neil Riego’s Basics of Git, which introduces the participants to be able to learn to import projects into Git, make changes to it, and share it with other developers.
The workshop simplified the overwhelming technical jargons especially for beginners; allowing participants to project collaborations, excel in coding management, experiment with Git
features freely.
After the break, the afternoon part of the event was fulfilled again with another two exciting workshops. ** Roan Contreras’s Basic of Game Development** that features interactive gaming experience lit the high schooler’s creativity, immersing their imaginations into life thru understanding the core and
essentials of interactive entertainment.
Then afterwards, a powerful Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) principles, techniques and applications
was explained by Danielle Meer; took everyone to explore how AI now was already integrated to our daily lives.
Upon completing the sumptuous workshops, the participants were able to apply what they learned. They were grouped into six to collaborate, explore new ideas and put it into a tangible project. Even with diverse skills and backgrounds, they
were able to produce a shared outcome, strengthened by newly found friendship and camaraderie.
A friendly competition was held and three winners were chosen:
- Echoes of the Forgotten (Champion),
- Mathapac (2nd Place),
- Useless Object Detector (3rd Place)
Scrapyard Metro Manila was a remarkable event for participants, guests, sponsors and organizers. High school community is a group of brilliant young minds that will be the future of the next generation. Through the hand-in-hand affirmations of support of sponsors, uplifting mentorship of speakers, dedication of community partners and commitment of organizers, the event contributed a significant perspective for these youth thinkers. The Globe Team, as co presenter, brought up high spirits for the success of the event. The upkeep support of sponsors and community partners generated a relevant drive for productivity and an inspiration to the young organizers.
Hopefully, this event will be a start to encourage more high schoolers to expand tech innovations, explore greater possibilities, create valuable connections, and to provide solutions to real-world problems. Empowering the next generation is also empowering posterity.
About the Author
Jickle Claine Ong is a K-12 student from Barangay Gen. T. De Leon in Valenzuela City, Metro Manila. An active member of Hack Club Philippines, she is passionate about technology and innovation. In February 2024, she participated in the Accenture Hackathon, engaging in research, prototyping, and pitching ideas. She also played a key role in organizing the Scrapyard Metro Manila Hackathon in March 2025 at The Globe Tower in Bonifacio Global City. Additionally, Jickle was involved in Counterspell Manila, a beginner-friendly game jam for high school students held on November 23, 2024. Through these experiences, she has embraced the challenge of innovation and community engagement.
SOCIAL SHARE CARD GENERATOR