Hey super-parent! We're happy you're looking for options to get your kids learning to code. It's SUCH an amazing skill to learn and will help your kids in more ways than you can imagine! We're super excited to be bringing Silicon Valley's #1 kids coding program to the area to help your kids get going, so read on and let's get our kids coding!
At theCoderSchool, we want to do more than just teach coding. We want aspiring coders to use their new found passion as a stepping stone to thinking outside the box, as a way to channel their ideas in a creative way and most importantly, to have fun. Interested? Fill out our form and we'll be in touch shortly to tell you more!
Code Coaching® works for kids of all ages and skill levels, from novice to advanced. From game development to web apps, Python to Java, or even niche technologies like AI and beyond, our Coaches can help your kids achieve their goals.
Sessions run one or two hours a week (your choice), at the same time every week on a schedule that works for both you and our assigned Coach. Check out our video for more info!
Our coding school's flagship program, Code Coaching®, combines a super-small teaching ratio of typically 2:1 or 1:1 with individualized curriculum so kids are able to move at their own pace, doing things that interest them most. This program works for kids of all ages and skill levels. From game development to web apps, Python to Java, or even niche technologies like AI and beyond, our Code Coaches can help your kids achieve their programming goals. Sessions run one or two hours a week (your choice), at the same time every week on a schedule that works for both you and our assigned Coach. Our lessons are taught in-person at our schools where available, or can be online for social distancing. Fill out our form above to get a free trial today!
We believe that every student learns in his or her own way, not only in what they want to work on, but how fast and how much. Our Coder Tree® is a visualization of our students' learning options as they grow and a sampling of some of the topics we teach. Like real trees, our students' coding journeys are unique from each other, but all require strong foundations and trunks to support their higher, advanced branches. Need a magnifying glass? Here's a zoomable view.
Custom coding means tracking progress is even more important! Our suite of proprietary tools* does just that. Our Coder Progress and Notes+ systems chart weekly progress through concept tracking and freeform notes. App Reviews track longer term progress by identifying current skills to build their individual Coder Tree®. Finally, our Student Portal is a one-stop shop to see it all and then some! Confused? It's complicated! Get an idea by clicking through a Sample Student's functional Student Portal to see for yourself.
* Used by participating locations, check your location for availability
Each year, theCoderSchool partners with the Congressional App Challenge, a nationwide coding contest run by districts of the U.S. Congress. Take a look at our recent winners, or ask about our App Gallery to see more apps!
Let's get ready for Camps! We are pleased to announce that we will be operating camps in-person and online under the guidelines recommended by Coder School corporate .
Our In-Person Summer camps are held at The Coder School New Tampa from 9 am to 3 pm Mon-Fri. Kids bring their own lunches and water bottles and we'll take care of the rest! Kids code throughout the week and then demo their week's creations on the last day of camp. Our In-Person camps will require all students, coaches and staff to wear face coverings and our facility will be organized for campers to maintain physical distance between campers and coaches.
Our Online Summer Camps will use Zoom and will run from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm with a 1 hour lunch break from 11:30 am to 12: 30 pm. Our Online Camps will be a mixture of working on a week-long coding project, coding challenges, Kahoot! quizzes, tech talks, small group collaboration with breakout rooms, interactive games, exercise and screen-free breaks and of course, the chance to present their project to their fellow campers on the last day of camp! Campers will be required to have the following minimum technology available at home:
For a limited time (through January 31, 2021), we're offering our early-bird discount of $100 off in-person camps or $50 off online camps. Just use the code EARLY100 (for In-Person Camps) and EARLY50 (for Online Camps) at checkout! Sign up now!
Camp registration may be cancelled up to 30 days prior to the first day of the start of camp for a full refund. Cancellations made up to 14 days prior are eligible for a 50% refund.
| Week | Format | Camp | Ages | Price |
| 12/21-12/23 | Online | Roblox is Awesome Using Roblox Studio, learn to make real games on the popular Roblox platform. Campers will use their creativity to build their own game that they can publish and allow the world to play! Windows or MacOS computer required. Designed for newbie coders. Ages 8+ | Ages 8+ | $199 |
| 12/21-12/23 | In Person | Roblox is Awesome Using Roblox Studio, learn to make real games on the popular Roblox platform. Campers will use their creativity to build their own game that they can publish and allow the world to play! Windows or MacOS computer required. Designed for newbie coders. Ages 8+ | Ages 8+ | $199 |
| 6/1-6/4 | Online | Mobile Madness From the day Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007, smart phones have been slowly taking over all of our worlds. Our Mobile Madness camp gets our intermediate coders introduced to the world of mobile app development by coding mobile apps loaded on an Android-based mobile phone. Each student will receive a basic Android phone that they can keep. Intermediate coders only, please. Learn More Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 6/1-6/4 | Online | Roblox is Awesome Using Roblox Studio, learn to make real games on the popular Roblox platform. Campers will use their creativity to build their own game that they can publish and allow the world to play! Windows or MacOS computer required. Designed for newbie coders. Ages 8+ | Ages 8+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 6/1-6/4 | In Person | Games Are Awesome A We'll be using cool drag n' drop languages like Scratch or Snap to create some awesome new and classic games! Aimed at our newbie and novice coders. Content will be different from Games Are Awesome B. Learn More Ages 7-10 | Ages 7-10 | (Use EARLY100) |
| 6/7-6/11 | Online | WebRox A Everything's about the web these days, and that's why Web Rocks! Code with all the base web technologies like HTML/CSS and Javascript, learn how the internet and file transfers work, and get your pages uploaded to our servers for public viewing! Novice or intermediate coders. Content will be different from WebRox B. Learn More Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 6/7-6/11 | In Person | Roblox is Awesome Using Roblox Studio, learn to make real games on the popular Roblox platform. Campers will use their creativity to build their own game that they can publish and allow the world to play! Windows or MacOS computer required. Designed for newbie coders. Ages 8+ | Ages 8+ | (Use EARLY100) |
| 6/7-6/11 | Online | Games Are Awesome B We'll be using cool drag n' drop languages like Scratch or Snap to create some awesome new and classic games! Aimed at our newbie and novice coders. Content will be different from Games Are Awesome A. Learn More Ages 7-10 | Ages 7-10 | (Use EARLY50) |
| 6/14-6/18 | Online | Python Art Did you know Python doesn't just output text and numbers, it can make visual art too? In Python Art Camp, we'll deep-dive into the visual turtle library to make some gnarly, sometimes hypnotic designs and illustrations. In this camp, we will see how Python code can also be beautiful. For beginners and intermediate coders alike. Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 6/14-6/18 | In Person | Roblox is Awesome Remix Using the Lua coding language, learn to make real games on the popular Roblox platform. Campers will use their creativity to build their own game that they can publish and allow the world to play! Windows or MacOS computer required. Designed for intermediatecoders. Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY100) |
| 6/14-6/18 | Online | WebRox B Everything's about the web these days, and that's why Web Rocks! Code with all the base web technologies like HTML/CSS and Javascript, learn how the internet and file transfers work, and get your pages uploaded to our servers for public viewing! Novice or intermediate coders. Content will be different from WebRox A. Learn More Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 6/21-6/25 | Online | RoboCode Make it Go With Robots. The field of robotics is growing faster than ever, appearing everywhere from our homes to video games to drones. Learn to build and program the mBot robot through hands-on projects. Click here for more information. Ages 8+ |
Ages 8+ | (Use EARLY100) |
| 6/21-6/25 | In Person | WebRox A Everything's about the web these days, and that's why Web Rocks! Code with all the base web technologies like HTML/CSS and Javascript, learn how the internet and file transfers work, and get your pages uploaded to our servers for public viewing! Novice or intermediate coders. Learn More Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY100) |
| 6/21-6/25 | Online | Roblox is Awesome Remix Using the Lua coding language, learn to make real games on the popular Roblox platform. Campers will use their creativity to build their own game that they can publish and allow the world to play! Windows or MacOS computer required. Designed for intermediatecoders. Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 6/28-7/2 | Online | Java is Awesome Ready to take on an AP level course? Our Java camp is a little different than our other camps in that it’s focused on following a curriculum, for the purpose of helping our students get a head start on the AP Computer Science “A” course. While we’re not likely to complete the entire course during just the camp, we’ll go as far as we can based on the skillset of the campers we get. This camp is aimed at those who are about to start AP CS A, or just want to get a head start with come curriculum-based Java learning! Click here for more information. Ages 13+ |
Ages 13+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 6/28-7/2 | In Person | RoboCode Make it Go With Robots. The field of robotics is growing faster than ever, appearing everywhere from our homes to video games to drones. Learn to build and program the mBot robot through hands-on projects. The mBOT robot included in the camp cost and is yours to keep. Click here for more information. Ages 10+ |
Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY100) |
| 6/28-7/2 | Online | Games Are Awesome A We'll be using cool drag n' drop languages like Scratch or Snap to create some awesome new and classic games! Aimed at our newbie and novice coders. Content will be different from Games Are Awesome B. Learn More Ages 7-10 | Ages 7-10 | (Use EARLY50) |
| 7/5-7/9 | In Person | Games Are Awesome A We'll be using cool drag n' drop languages like Scratch or Snap to create some awesome new and classic games! Aimed at our newbie and novice coders. Content will be different from Games Are Awesome B. Learn More Ages 7-10 | Ages 7-10 | (Use EARLY100) |
| 7/5-7/9 | Online | Mobile Madness From the day Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007, smart phones have been slowly taking over all of our worlds. Our Mobile Madness camp gets our intermediate coders introduced to the world of mobile app development by coding mobile apps loaded on an Android-based mobile phone. Each student will receive a basic Android phone that they can keep. Intermediate coders only, please. Learn More Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 7/5-7/9 | Online | Roblox is Awesome Using Roblox Studio, learn to make real games on the popular Roblox platform. Campers will use their creativity to build their own game that they can publish and allow the world to play! Windows or MacOS computer required. Designed for newbie coders. Ages 8+ | Ages 8+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 7/12-7/16 | Online | Games Are Awesome B We'll be using cool drag n' drop languages like Scratch or Snap to create some awesome new and classic games! Aimed at our newbie and novice coders. Content will be different from Games Are Awesome A. Learn More Ages 7-10 | Ages 7-10 | (Use EARLY50) |
| 7/12-7/16 | In Person | Roblox is Awesome Using Roblox Studio, learn to make real games on the popular Roblox platform. Campers will use their creativity to build their own game that they can publish and allow the world to play! Windows or MacOS computer required. Designed for newbie coders. Ages 8+ | Ages 8+ | (Use EARLY100) |
| 7/12-7/16 | Online | WebRox A Everything's about the web these days, and that's why Web Rocks! Code with all the base web technologies like HTML/CSS and Javascript, learn how the internet and file transfers work, and get your pages uploaded to our servers for public viewing! Novice or intermediate coders. Content will be different from WebRox B. Learn More Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 7/19-7/23 | Online | Python Art Did you know Python doesn't just output text and numbers, it can make visual art too? In Python Art Camp, we'll deep-dive into the visual turtle library to make some gnarly, sometimes hypnotic designs and illustrations. In this camp, we will see how Python code can also be beautiful. For beginners and intermediate coders alike. Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 7/19-7/23 | Online | Java is Awesome Ready to take on an AP level course? Our Java camp is a little different than our other camps in that it’s focused on following a curriculum, for the purpose of helping our students get a head start on the AP Computer Science “A” course. While we’re not likely to complete the entire course during just the camp, we’ll go as far as we can based on the skillset of the campers we get. This camp is aimed at those who are about to start AP CS A, or just want to get a head start with come curriculum-based Java learning! Click here for more information. Ages 13+ |
Ages 13+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 7/19-7/23 | In Person | Roblox is Awesome Remix Using the Lua coding language, learn to make real games on the popular Roblox platform. Campers will use their creativity to build their own game that they can publish and allow the world to play! Windows or MacOS computer required. Designed for intermediatecoders. Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY100) |
| 7/26-7/30 | In Person | WebRox A Everything's about the web these days, and that's why Web Rocks! Code with all the base web technologies like HTML/CSS and Javascript, learn how the internet and file transfers work, and get your pages uploaded to our servers for public viewing! Novice or intermediate coders. Learn More Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY100) |
| 7/26-7/30 | Online | Roblox is Awesome Remix Using the Lua coding language, learn to make real games on the popular Roblox platform. Campers will use their creativity to build their own game that they can publish and allow the world to play! Windows or MacOS computer required. Designed for intermediatecoders. Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 7/26-7/30 | Online | RoboCode Make it Go With Robots. The field of robotics is growing faster than ever, appearing everywhere from our homes to video games to drones. Learn to build and program the mBot robot through hands-on projects. The mBOT robot included in the camp cost and is yours to keep. Click here for more information. Ages 8+ |
Ages 8+ | (Use EARLY100) |
| 8/2-8/6 | Online | Games Are Awesome A We'll be using cool drag n' drop languages like Scratch or Snap to create some awesome new and classic games! Aimed at our newbie and novice coders. Content will be different from Games Are Awesome B. Learn More Ages 7-10 | Ages 7-10 | (Use EARLY50) |
| 8/2-8/6 | Online | WebRox B Everything's about the web these days, and that's why Web Rocks! Code with all the base web technologies like HTML/CSS and Javascript, learn how the internet and file transfers work, and get your pages uploaded to our servers for public viewing! Novice or intermediate coders. Content will be different from WebRox A. Learn More Ages 10+ | Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY50) |
| 8/2-8/6 | In Person | RoboCode Make it Go With Robots. The field of robotics is growing faster than ever, appearing everywhere from our homes to video games to drones. Learn to build and program the mBot robot through hands-on projects. The mBOT robot included in the camp cost and is yours to keep. Click here for more information. Ages 10+ |
Ages 10+ | (Use EARLY100) |
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Hi, my name is Lesly Ramirez-Olavarria. I'm a proud mom of 5, and I am the Owner and General Manager of The Coder School New Tampa and South Tampa! I was born and raised in Peru until the age of 12 and lived in New York until three years ago. We have made Tampa our home, and we could not be any happier to be bringing you Silicon Valley's #1 Coding School.
I was introduced to coding early in my IT career by my now loving husband. I went from being a passive participant in the digital world to an active player in the field of technology, and I loved every minute of it!
We are so excited to be part of the tech-education movement that teaches kids to code in a fun and exciting way. If you'd like to learn more about what we do or how you can get started, feel free to reach me at lesly@thecoderschool.com with any questions.
Hi, my name is Michael Olavarria. I'm a proud father and a Senior Advisor for The Coder School New Tampa and South Tampa! Full disclosure: I am a geek. I love computers. I love everything about them. I spend hours coding, debugging, and discussing coding practices with other coders. When I am not coding, I teach coding and write about computers as part of my professional career.
My passion grows as I see students who learn to program early in life gain a deeper and more complete understanding of the logic and advanced thinking behind coding. Like learning a language early in life, learning and practicing this type of thinking early in development influences a child's brain as it is still developing. This is why early learners have experienced such boundless success in this field (think Gates, Zuckerberg, Jobs,…the list goes on and on). If you'd like to learn more about what we do or how you can get started, feel free to reach me at molavarria@thecoderschool.com with any questions.
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