It is hard to believe summer is almost here. Are you planning those vacations that weren't possible the past two years due to COVID? Breakout Mentors offers highly personalized 1-on-1 coding, meaning we can adjust not just to each student's skill …
Advanced High School Coders Love Machine Learning and USACO Competitive Programming
Many kids outgrow the coding summer camps and their school's minimal CS introductions, which is precisely why we started Breakout Mentors over 10 years ago. We are able to challenge students with fun projects over months and years. Once you reach …
Summer 2022 Coding Deep Dives — Sign Up Now For Personalized Learning
Summer is almost here, I know many families are looking forward to traveling for the first time since the pandemic started. Where are you headed? While relaxing it is also important to not lose track of your goals. It is a great chance to advance …
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Data + Iteration = Great College Essay Writing
by Dominique Padurano, M.S., Ed., Ph.D. Left brained versus right brained. STEM versus humanities. For too long, the field of education siloed disciplines and ways of thinking into mutually exclusive, even contradictory, lives of the mind. …
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Join Our Free Practice USACO Contest This Sunday
Hopefully everyone enjoyed the long Thanksgiving break because these next few weeks are going to be busy! Finals, holiday shopping, and for some, the USA Computing Olympiad. They just announced the dates for the USACO season: Dec 17-20, Jan 28-31, …
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Announcing Our USACO Practice Contest on December 5th
It's that time of year! Thanksgiving, finals, winter break. Busy times! And don't forget the first USACO contest is coming in mid to late December (the date has not been announced yet). USACO is the most prestigious contest for high school students …
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