Creative Coding 1

40 hours, 4 Units
Introductory course, 4th - 9th grades

Students learn the fundamentals of programming and JavaScript through the creation of personalized digital projects. Special emphasis is put on identity, character, and collaboration.
The project on the right was created by a student in Unit 1 in a tutorial covering variables and properties.

Design and Technology

80 hours, 8 Units
Introductory course, 4th - 9th grades

Introduces coding and art to students through the lens of digital design. It reviews fundamentals of design through JavaScript and teaches the language designers use.
Students leave with job-ready skills (Interface design, web development).

Intro to CS for Community College

80-100 hours

Introduces object oriented programming with a focus on professional skills. Expands on Creativity, Programming, and Algorithms with Data & Information, Abstraction, Global Impacts and the Internet. Students dive into advanced programming concepts including abstraction and algorithms, customizing their own interactive elements and recombining them to create projects that solve problems. Special emphasis is put on documenting, maintaining, and analyzing code.

Creative Coding 2 and 3

80 hours, 8 Units
Intermediate - Advanced course, 9th - 12th grades

Students leave with programming skills comparable to a college-level CS course.
In Creative Coding 2, students build on their knowledge from Creative Coding 1 with intermediate JavaScript skills and interactive projects.
In Creative Coding 3, students dive into advanced programming concepts including abstraction and algorithms, customizing their own interactive elements and recombining them to create projects that solve problems. Special emphasis is put on documenting, maintaining, and analyzing code.

AP Computer Science Principles

80 hours, 10 Units
Intermediate - Advanced course, 9th - 12th grades

Expands on the Creativity, Programming, and Algorithms elements of CC1-3 with Data & Information, Abstraction, Global Impacts and the Internet.