St. John the Apostle School
Thirty-six students in grades 4 through 8, eight robots, two afternoons a week in the computer lab.
The robots only do what they are told. Learning to tell them is the whole point.
Sign up for this seasonThe season runs from late September through May. Each group meets once a week for an hour, split by grade so the older students can move faster into text-based code. Which grades meet on which day is confirmed with families directly when they sign up.
Students work in teams of two or three and rotate roles, so everyone gets time programming, testing, and working with the robot. Eight robots for thirty-six students means every team has its own.
Students learn the hardware and sensors and get their first programs running. The first weeks need no computer at all: the robots read printed barcodes, so every student has a working robot in front of them on day one.
They take on a research-and-design project and practice presenting their work, the same skills that robotics competitions assess alongside the robot itself.
They put everything together for our own in-house competition.
We work with Edison robots, small programmable robots with sensors for sound, light, and distance. Students start by programming them without typing a single character, move to block code in EdScratch, and work their way up to writing Python.
Returning students pick up where they left off. New students are never behind, because the first few sessions are built for everyone to start at zero.
Open to students in grades 4 through 8 at St. John the Apostle School. There is nothing to buy and nothing to prepare at home.
Questions, or a change to your child's schedule: [email protected]