Students at Ramblewood Middle School master coding
Coral Springs, Florida – Marcos Velasco has mastered multiple codes and enjoys working with computers.
He has been studying advanced HTML and CSS code writing with Susan Mejia, a digital technology instructor at Ramblewood Middle School in Coral Springs.
The Coral Springs seventh-grader stated, “I am making websites, and now someone is paying me to build one.”
Mejia has spent the last seven years at Ramblewood developing a computer coding program. In the near future, she will lead advanced coding students on a field trip to Coral Springs to see Xai Robotics, where they will gain firsthand knowledge from seasoned engineers. Additionally, she has invited Google developers to talk to her kids and taken them to Hotwire Communications.
Mejia’s main objective is to get pupils ready for computer industry certification exams so they can get jobs as programmers. In order to prove their proficiency in HTML, CSS, Python, and other programming languages, the students are presently taking tests. According to her, they can continue to work toward industry certification during their high school years, and if they become certified in three programming languages, they will be eligible for college scholarships or paid programming jobs.
“My students can make money using their coding skills, and they are very dedicated and hardworking,” she said.
Pupils see the potential of technology. Coral Springs seventh-grader Enzo Quarteiro stated that he wants to create websites and that he likes studying HTML code.
“I’ve worked to learn code, and if I work hard in class, I can be successful,” stated Mailia Thompson, a Coral Springs eighth-grader and Girl Who coding member.
Mejia created a group called females Who Code to give females a relaxed setting in which to learn how to code. She is also a sponsor of the e-sports program, which allows pupils to play computer games against students from other schools.
Many children enjoy the coding program because they can see how learning to create code may be useful in the real world, according to Principal Andrew Kirk.
