Computer Programming Events Sweep across MA

FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE

Media  Contacts:      

Brian  Noyes,  Mass  Tech  Collaborative   (508)  870-­‐0312  x:  293,  [email protected]    

Heather  Carey,  MassTLC  Ed.  Fund.   (617)  285-­‐9113,  [email protected]  

Computer  Programming  Events  Sweep  across  MA  

Over  80,000  Students  in  Close  to  200  Schools  Participating  in  ‘Hour  of  Code”;  

Events  Help  Demystify  Coding,  Prepare  Students  with  21st  Century  Skills  

Boston,  MA  -­‐  In  celebration  of  Computer  Science  Education  Week,  over  100  international  partners  have   come  together  to  promote  “Hour  of  Code”,  activities  which  will  provide  students  with  a  brief  

introduction  to  computer  science.    The  activities  are  designed  to  "demystify  coding"  and  show  students   that  anyone  can  learn  the  basics  of  computer  programming  and  become  a  creator  of  technology,  not   just  a  user.  

Code.org  identifies  close  to  200  schools  and  organizations  in  Massachusetts  that  are  taking  part  in  Hour   of  Code  activities,  reaching  over  80,000  students  during  the  coming  week.    The  Massachusetts  

Computing  Attainment  Network  (MassCAN),  the  Computer  Science  Teachers  Association  (CSTA),  the   Mass  Technology  Leadership  Council  Ed  Foundation  (MassTLC  EF),  and  numerous  partners  across   Massachusetts  have  been  out  in  full  force  encouraging  educational  institutions  to  participate,  including   the  many  schools  and  education  centers  listed  below.  

“It’s  terrific  to  see  the  enthusiasm  and  excitement  coming  out  of  our  local  school  districts  for  Hour  of   Code  activities,”  remarked  Jim  Stanton,  Executive  Director  of  MassCAN.    “There  continues  to  be  a   groundswell  of  interest  in  computer  science  education  across  Massachusetts,  and  we  are  excited  to   work  with  our  partners  to  bring  computing  education  to  every  district  in  the  state.”  

Throughout  Computer  Science  Education  (CS  Ed)  Week,  which  takes  place  from  December  8  –  14,   Code.org  predicts  that  Hour  of  Code  events  will  take  place  in  over  160  countries  and  25,000  classrooms,   with  over  4  million  students  participating  across  the  globe.    

"The  international  spread  of  the  Hour  of  Code  shows  that  interest  in  computer  science  knows  no   boundaries,"  said  Hadi  Partovi,  founder  of  Code.org.  "In  the  21st  Century,  CS  isn't  just  a  course  you   study  to  get  a  job  in  software  -­‐  it’s  important  to  learn  even  if  you  want  to  be  a  nurse,  a  journalist,  an   accountant,  a  lawyer  or  even  a  president."    

Even  President  Obama  got  on  board  kicking  off  the  week  telling  students,  “Don't  just  play  on  your  phone   -­‐  program  it".  You  can  view  President  Obama’s  remarks  here:    http://bit.ly/1f2RCGn  

The  Museum  of  Science  is  also  celebrating  CS  Ed  Week  with  a  variety  of  events  at  the  museum   throughout  the  week  and  upcoming  weekend.    From  creating  your  own  robot  and  building  your  own  

computer  program,  to  taking  part  in  basic  coding  tutorials,  the  Museum  is  a  great  place  to  explore   computer  science.    

To  learn  more  about  Hour  of  Code  and  Computer  Science  Education  Week,  please  visit  

www.code.org/learn,  where  you  can  find  several  easy  to  implement  lessons.    You  can  also  find  a  locally   developed  lesson  plan  on  the  Mass  TLC  Education  Foundation’s  website,  www.masstlcef.org.  

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Computer  Science  &  Job  Growth  -­‐  Key  Facts  

• The  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  predicts  that  more  than  half  of  projected  STEM  jobs  will  be  in   computing  occupations    

• Computing  is  one  of  the  fastest  growing  occupations  in  the  United  States  with  more  than   150,000  job  openings  annually    

• Computing  jobs  pay  75  percent  more  than  the  national  median  annual  salary    

• Two-­‐thirds  of  computing  jobs  are  in  sectors  other  than  information  technology  including:   manufacturing,  defense,  health  care,  life  sciences,  financial  services,  and  retail.  

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About  the  Massachusetts  Computing  Attainment  Network  (MassCAN

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MassCAN  is  a  coalition  of  organizations  collaborating  to  inspire  and  educate  Massachusetts  students  in   computing.  Partners  today  include  nonprofits  focused  on  technology  education,  business  associations,   corporations,  educational  institutions,  and  organizations  and  foundations  sponsoring  and  fostering   collaborative  systemic  change.    It  operates  through  four  Task  Forces:  Standards,  Curriculum,   Professional  Development  and  Public  Awareness.    Learn  more  http://www.masscan.net.      

For  more  information  contact  Jim  Stanton,  Executive  Director  of  MassCAN,  at  [email protected].        

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Computer  Science  Education  (CSEd  Week)  -­‐  Hour  of  Code    

Participating  Schools  in  Massachusetts    

(Alphabetical  by  town;  all  information  self-­‐submitted  by  the  Institutions,      collected  at  http://csedweek.org/events/schools)  

School/Educational  Institution   City/Town  

Acton  Boxborough  Regional  High  School   Acton,  MA  

Douglas  Elementary/Middle  School     Acton,  MA  

Cashman  Elementary  School     Amesbury,  MA  

Sparhawk  School     Amesbury,  MA  

Crocker  Farm  Elementary  School   Amherst,  MA  

Andover  High  School     Andorver,  MA  

Ottoson  Middle  School     Arlington,  MA  

David  Mindess  School     Ashland,  MA  

Brennan  Middle  School     Attleboro,  MA  

Cyril  K.  Brennan  Middle  School   Attleboro,  MA  

Barnstable  Intermediate  School     Barnstable,  MA  

Barnstable  Public  Schools     Barnstable,  MA  

Barnstable  West  Barnstable  Elementary  School     Barnstable,  MA  

Bedford  High  School   Bedford,  MA  

Lane  Elementary  School     Bedford,  MA  

Florence  Sawyer  School     Bolton,  MA  

Nashoba  Regional  High  School   Bolton,  MA  

Boston  Public  Schools     Boston,  MA  

Boston  University   Boston,  MA  

Josiah  Quincy  Elementary  School     Boston,  MA  

Mother  Caroline  Academy  and  Education  Center     Boston,  MA  

The  Compass  School     Boston,  MA  

The  Ohrenberger  School     Boston,  MA  

Horace  Mann  School  for  the  Deaf   Boston/Allston,  MA  

Neighborhood  House  Charter  School     Boston/Dorchester,  

MA  

Roxbury  Latin  School   Boston/Roxbury,  MA  

Beaver  Country  Day  School     Brookline,  MA  

Brookline  High  School   Brookline,  MA  

Amigos  School     Cambridge,  MA  

Buckingham  Browne  &  Nichols  School   Cambridge,  MA  

Community  Charter  School  of  Cambridge     Cambridge,  MA  

Digital  Media  Academy  at  Harvard   Cambridge,  MA  

Harvard  University   Cambridge,  MA  

Harvard’s  CS50  Course   Cambridge,  MA  

iD  Gaming  Academy  Held  at  Harvard   Cambridge,  MA  

Kennedy-­‐Longfellow  School     Cambridge,  MA  

Shady  Hill  School     Cambridge,  MA  

Winthrop  House     Cambridge,  MA  

Charlton  Middle  School     Charlton,  MA  

Hooks  School  and  Kelly  School   Chelsea,  MA  

Patrick  E.  Bowe  School     Chicopee,  MA  

Streiber  Elementary  School     Chicopee,  MA  

Deer  Hill  School,  Cohasset  Public  Schools     Cohasset,  MA  

Concord  Academy   Concord,  MA  

Concord  Carlisle  High  School     Concord,  MA  

Fenn  School     Concord,  MA  

Middlesex  School     Concord,  MA  

The  Fenn  School     Concord,  MA  

Nessacus  Regional  Middle  School     Dalton,  MA  

Danvers  High  School     Danvers,  MA  

Oakdale  Elementary     Dedham,  MA  

The  Bement  School     Deerfield,  MA  

Ezra  H.  Baker  School     Dennis  -­‐  Yarmouth,  

MA  

The  Francis  W.  Parker  Charter  Essential  School     Devens,  MA  

Chandler  School     Duxbury,  MA  

Duxbury  High  School     Duxbury,  MA  

Duxbury  Middle  School     Duxbury,  MA  

Duxbury  PS     Duxbury,  MA  

Pioneer  Charter  School  of  Science     Everett,  MA  

Hastings  Middle  School     Fairhaven,  MA  

B.M.C.  Durfee  High  School  of  Fall  River     Fall  River,  MA  

Matthew  J.  Kuss  Middle  School   Fall  River,  MA  

St.  Stanislaus  School     Fall  River,  MA  

Falmouth  High  School     Falmouth,  MA  

Morse  Pond  School     Falmouth,  MA  

North  Central  Charter  Essential  School     Fitchburg,  MA  

John  J.  Ahern  Middle  School     Foxborough,  MA  

Framingham  Alternative  High  School     Framingham,  MA  

Framingham  High  School     Framingham,  MA  

MassBay  Community  College   Framingham,  MA  

The  Learning  Center  for  the  Deaf     Framingham,  MA  

Remington  Middle  School     Franklin,  MA  

Stoneleigh-­‐Burnham  School     Greenfield,  MA  

Florence  Roche  Elementary  School     Groton-­‐Dunstable,  MA  

Swallow  Union  Elementary     Groton-­‐Dunstable,  MA  

The  Bromfield  School   Harvard,  MA  

Bradford  Elementary  School     Haverhill,  MA  

Golden  Hill     Haverhill,  MA  

Haverhill  Alternative  High  School     Haverhill,  MA  

Haverhill  High  School     Haverhill,  MA  

Haverhill  Public  Schools     Haverhill,  MA  

St  Paul  School,  Hingham,  MA     Hingham,  MA  

Miller  Elementary  School     Holliston,  MA  

EN  White     Holyoke,  MA  

Hopedale  Public  Schools     Hopedale,  MA  

Lillian  M.  Jacobs     Hull,  MA  

WRSD  (75  students  participating)   Jefferson,  MA  

Phoenix  Academy  Lawrence,  Lawrence  Public  

Schools     Lawrence,    MA  

Southeast  Elementary  School     Leominster,  MA  

Lexington  High  School   Lexington,  MA  

Minuteman  High  School   Lexington,  MA  

Littleton  High  School     Littleton,  MA  

Littleton  Middle  School     Littleton,  MA  

LCCPS     Lowell,  MA  

Lowell  Community  Charter  Public  School     Lowell,  MA  

Malden  Catholic  High  School     Malden,  MA  

Malden  Public  High  School     Malden,  MA  

Advanced  Math  &  Science  Academy  Charter  School     Marlborough,  MA  

Marlborough  High  School   Marlborough,  MA  

Marshfield  Elementary  Schools     Marshfield,  MA  

The  Imago  School     Maynard,  MA  

Medford  High  School   Medford,  MA  

Tufts  University   Medford,  MA  

Medway  High  School   Medway,  MA  

Miscoe  Hill  School     Mendon,  MA  

Presentation  of  Mary  Academy   Methuen,  MA  

St  Monica  School     Methuen,  MA  

Milton  Public  Schools     Milton,  MA  

Natick  High  School   Natick,  MA  

Eliot  and  Mitchell  Elementary  Schools     Needham,  MA  

Needham  High  School     Needham,  MA  

Needham  Public  Schools     Needham,  MA  

St.  Sebastian’s  School   Needham,  MA  

Global  Learning  Charter  Public  School     New  Bedford,  MA  

Edward  G  Molin  Upper  Elementary  School     Newburyport,  MA  

Molin  Upper  Elementary  School     Newburyport,  MA  

Learning  Prep   Newton,  MA  

Mt.  Alvernia  High  School     Newton,  MA  

Newton  North  High  School   Newton,  MA  

Greylock  Elementary  School     North  Adams,  MA  

Algonquin  Regional  High  School   Northborough,  MA  

Butterfield  School     Orange,  MA  

Orange  Elementary  Schools   Orange,  MA  

Pembroke  Community  Middle  School     Pembroke,  MA  

Miss  Hall's  School     Pittsfield,  MA  

Cold  Spring/Manomet     Plymouth,  MA  

Federal  Furnace  Elementary  School     Plymouth,  MA  

Indian  Brook  Elementary  School     Plymouth,  MA  

Nathaniel  Morton  Elementary     Plymouth,  MA  

Plymouth  Community  Intermediate  School     Plymouth,  MA  

Plymouth  Public  Schools     Plymouth,  MA  

Plymouth  South  Elementary  School     Plymouth,  MA  

Dennett  Elementary     Plympton,  MA  

Coolidge  Middle  School     Reading,  MA  

Palmer  River  Elementary  School     Rehoboth,  MA  

SeaCoast  High  School   Revere,  MA  

CTMS     Rutland,  MA  

The  Phoenix  School     Salem,  MA  

Heights  Elementary  School     Sharon,  MA  

Pine  Hill  School     Sherborn,  MA  

Matignon  High  School     Somerville,  MA  

Somerville  High  School   Somerville,  MA  

Springfield  Public  Day  High  School     Springfield,  MA  

STEM  Middle  Academy   Springfield,  MA  

Ephraim  Curtis  Middle  School   Sudbury,  MA  

Swampscott  Middle  School     Swampscott,  MA  

Academy  of  Notre  Dame     Tyngsborough,  MA  

Galvin  Middle  School     Wakefield,  MA  

Brandeis  University   Waltham,  MA  

iD  Tech  Camps  Held  at  Bentley   Waltham,  MA  

Emagination  Computer  Camps  @  Bentley  U.   Waltham,  MA  

Ware  Middle  School   Ware,  MA  

West  Wareham  Academy     Wareham,  MA  

JCDS     Watertown,  MA  

Claypit  Hill  Elementary  Schoo   Wayland,  MA  

Happy  Hollow  Elementary  School     Wayland,  MA  

Wayland  High  School   Wayland,  MA  

Wayland  Public  Schools     Wayland,  MA  

Dana  Hall   Wellesley,  MA  

Saint  John  School     Wellesley,  MA  

Wellesley  High  School     Wellesley,  MA  

West  Springfield  High  School     West  Springfield,  MA  

Westford  Academy   Westford,  MA  

Meadowbrook  School  of  Weston     Weston,  MA  

The  Meadowbrook  School  of  Weston     Weston,  MA  

The  Rivers  School   Weston,  MA  

Weston  High  School   Weston,  MA  

Westport  Middle  School     Westport,  MA  

Westwood  (MA)  High  School     Westwood,  MA  

Academy  Avenue  School     Weymouth,  MA  

Chapman  Middle  School     Weymouth,  MA  

Frederick  C.  Murphy  School     Weymouth,  MA  

Maria  Weston  Chapman  Middle  School     Weymouth,  MA  

Weymouth  Middle  School  Chapman  Campus     Weymouth,  MA  

Winchester  High  School   Winchester,  MA  

Winchester  Public  Schools     Winchester,  MA  

Woburn  High  School   Woburn,  MA  

Holy  Name  Central  Catholic  High  School     Worcester,  MA  

Notre  Dame  Academy     Worcester,  MA  

Worcester  Academy     Worcester,  MA  

Station  Avenue     Yarmouth,  MA  

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