June 2020

Hello Parents & Students, As per last months newsletter it’s important to announce that XXCoders stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement. We not only aim to end the gender gap in Computer Science, but also the racial and wealth gap and acknowledge how black communities are especially Read more…

May 2020

Hello Parents & Students, We would like to first announce that we hope you all enjoyed your Mothers Day shout out to all our XXCoders Moms! However on a more serious note we would like to address what’s happening in our country, racism. XXCoders will continue to spread the word Read more…

April 2020

Hello Parents and Students, I hope all is well! I know that these are tough and scary times but I hope we will all move on from this peacefully. Unfortunately due to Coronavirus we have stopped our XXCoders In-School Session until further notice for the safety and well-being of our students Read more…

March 2020

Hello Parents and Students! This March was Womens History Month, the XXCoders have been doing activities such as going around the room to say an important person who they think of during WHM! Throughout this month we’re excited to start our HTML (website development) lessons with a blog inspired code! Read more…

February 2020

Hello Parents and Students! This February was Black History Month the XXCoders have been doing activities such as going around the room to say an important person who they think of during BHM! Thorughout this month we’re excited to complete our Python lessons with a Valentines Day inspired code! Our Read more…

January 2020

Hello Parents and Students! We hope you enjoyed your Holiday break! We’ve had an amazing start to our 2020 by continuing our Python lesson! We’ve done a Frozen and Moana inspired code to get back into the start of coding to continue our coding journey after our little break. We Read more…

December 2019

Hello Parents and Students! We’ve had an amazing 2019 thanks to all of our XXCoders and supporters! We hope you all enjoyed our Holiday party to end the year the right way with code! We’ve completed our Grinch Hour of Code to continue the Computer Science Education Week tradition. We Read more…

November 2019

Hello Parents and Students! We’ve had an amazing November teaching the girls Python! This Thanksgiving we’re extremely thankful for all our supporters, friends, and of course our XXCoders themselves! We hope you enjoy our Holiday break and enjoy time with family and food! View this post on Instagram A post Read more…

October 2019

Hellow Parents and Students, We were super enthusiastic for our coders during our XX Coders Halloween celebration! The girls had so much fun customizing their Python code to create a pumpkin, enjoying treats, and having Halloween gifts and food! View this post on Instagram A post shared by @xxcoders

XXCoders Annual Summer Camp ’19 Overview

This Summer the XXCoders Annual Summer Camp was held in the Wyandanch Youth Center’s computer room. The girls started out with learning Scratch, which is a user friendly coding website made by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that many K-12 students are now using. Scratch maintains many introductory coding Read more…