CAT South Gaming & Sim 2025-26 EOY Review
Pictured L to R: EOY Get Together with Students, Interns and Graduates celebrating a successful year of game development at AACPS’s CAT South!; The game, “Deal Me In!” placed 10th at the SkillsUSA National Competition; Student developed Zine, “Snapshots” and many new games showcased here. Review at our Hall of Game!
The 2025-26 school year was very fulfilling with my students achieving national recognition in my fourth year instructing the Gaming & Sim Program at AACPS’s CAT South.
Academic highlights was the growth of the Internship program which allowed for seniors to help instruct my Level 2 students (mostly Juniors) and provide leadership for SkillsUSA competitions. CAT-South fielded two game development teams who competed at 53rd Maryland’s SkillsUSA. Team “Deal Me In!”, Katelyn Smith and Khaleil Pirmohamed, brought home the Gold! which allowed them to compete at the national level. In Atlanta, at the SkillsUSA Nationals, they placed 10th place out of 25 game development teams. I am very proud of their hard work and being such good role models to the other students.
Learn more about Khaleil and Katelyn’s award-winning game “Deal Me In!” at their Kickstarter Campaign.
