Programs

A series of FREE introductory computer science workshops aimed to educate and empower underrepresented Hispanic girls in Grades K-8 through Coding and Social Entrepreneurship! Participants will work with core values, teamwork, and gracious professionalism in creating technology that will solve problems in their communities and in the world. The program challenges participants and assists them to become creators, inventors, scientists and STEM leaders, opening a world of opportunities!

No prior experience required! Come with a desire to learn, explore, make new friends and have fun!

In this program, TEC Girls (Standing for Technology, Engineering, and Coding), we want to focus on giving female students the opportunity to obtain crucial skills for STEM fields and allow them to learn all about computer science and engineering concepts. All activities in this program will be held in Lanier High School for high schoolers and 8th graders.

Participants in this program will learn to build and program robots. For the first half of the course, students will have the opportunity to design and build robots using LEGOs. In the second half of this course, they will learn how to program the robots using LEGO Mindstorms programming.

CODE 205 is a code based afterschool program that is geared towards offering young girls a new set of digital and technological skills. We anticipate that girls will show an increase in awareness and interest in STEM-related disciplines and careers.

This program will introduce girls to programming fundamentals using Arduino microcontrollers. The class will cover binary, digital logic, and sensors. Each week will consist of short lessons followed by challenges. By the end, the students will be able to create a program helps raise awareness about an environmental issue.