Big ideas needsmall machines.
Coding, robotics and game design for ages 11 to 18 in Riverbend. Small groups, real projects and a demo day every term.
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A first class
for every age.
Python Studio
Real Python on real projects: chat bots, data stories, small tools that solve a problem at home or at school.
Apps and Web
Plan, design and ship a website and a phone app, start to finish, for a real person or club.
Inventors Lab
Microcontrollers, sensors and a soldering iron. Ideas become objects that blink, measure and move.
What they make.
Built by Ana, 13, in Robot Lab. It took three weeks and one dramatic crash.Built by Maya and Theo, 14, in Robot Lab. She handles the screws, he codes the moves.Built by Marcus, 16, in Apps and Web. His aunt now takes orders online.Built by Jade, 15, in Inventors Lab. A moisture sensor and a tiny pump.
How a class works.
Ninety minutes, the same rhythm every week, so the time goes to building and not to figuring out what happens next.
Warm up
Ten minutes of puzzles to wake up the logic side of the brain. Nobody is graded.
Build
Fifty minutes on their own project, with one mentor for every eight students.
Break it
We test, it fails, we find out why. Debugging is half of engineering.
Show it
Everyone shows what changed today. Small wins, out loud.
Every term ends with a demo day.
Students present what they built to a room of parents, friends and one very honest panel of younger siblings. Robots race, games get played, and nobody leaves early.
Taught by people
who build for a living.
Meet every mentor 
Maya Okafor
Founder. Twelve years writing software for hospitals and farms.
Luis Ferreira
Robotics lead. Former hardware engineer, builds drones for fun.
Parents, unfiltered.
My son used to ask for screen time. Now he asks for solder.
Dana R., parent of Eli, 13
She showed us a game she made at demo day and the room went quiet, then very loud.
Marcus T., parent of Nia, 12
The mentors treat the kids like junior engineers, and the kids rise to it.
Priya S., parent of Anand, 15
We tried two other coding clubs. This is the one he did not want to quit.
Jordan L., parent of Sam, 14
Small groups, honest feedback, and a robot that now lives in our kitchen.
Elena M., parent of Lucas, 11
The first class is on us.
Ninety minutes in any program, no card needed. Bring your teenager, take home a robot story. Memberships start at $185 a month after that.