Kids Coding Mentors
Summer is just around the corner and many kids are itching to do more coding. Breakout Mentors offers the most personalized option: create a week-long group coding class for your student and their friends. We will travel in-home to run a 3 hour …
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Everything we do is structured for the long-term benefit of our students. Not simply teaching the same beginner level tutorial to everyone and shooing them out the door... know any summer camps like that? Our goal is to adapt the materials and …
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January is crazy. We take a long-term view for kids learning to code. Rather than throwing a bunch of kids into a room and hoping for the best, we identify the perfect 1-on-1 mentor who can stick with the same student for months or years. Since …
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Breakout Mentors pairs up kids learning to code with a fun college mentor. They meet weekly for 90 minutes to learn through creating fun projects. Once a year we have a Student Showcase (imagine a science fair) that is a chance for them to show …
Summer is fast approaching, even if the weather still isn't showing it! Thousands of Bay Area kids go to coding summer camps. Many enjoy it, some even learn a little something. But we've heard from many parents - each following year is diminishing …
Breakout Mentors students have created some really impressive projects over the past six years. We hold an annual Student Showcase, an in-person event that gives the kids a chance to show off their projects, but we haven't featured many students …
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This week around the world, tens of millions of students are doing an Hour of Code. For many this will be their very first taste of programming and the beginning of a lifelong journey. Why is the Hour of Code this week and not some other time? …
Breakout Mentors students meet weekly with their mentor and learn to code through creating fun projects. The Student Showcase is a chance for them to show off what they have accomplished and be inspired by other kids. Our showcase in Los Altos …
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