June 7th marked the last day of our program before summer break. We are so proud to see how far our XX Coders have come along. In the past year, they have learned several programming languages and designed their own personal websites. With some of the students leaving for college in the fall, we hope that their coding classes will be a breeze.
In celebration of completing the program, we invited Renee Flager, President of Girls Inc. to meet with the girls, and she came prepared with thought-provoking activities for us. Renee, a fierce advocator of female empowerment, had us do exercises to boost our confidence and proudly display our accomplishments thus far. We then shifted to awareness of how media can affect our self-esteem and choices. Overall, we learned how to be more mindful of the influences around us and how much power we have over our decisions. We really enjoyed having this period of reflection with Renee!
We look forward to seeing the girls for our 2nd annual summer coding camp, where we will have more guest speakers, a field trip to Microsoft, and coding activities!
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