Kids Coding Camp
Summer Camp 2024!
Panda Programmer is happy to announce our Summer Camp(s) for Summer 2024! Our in-person Summer Camps are a mixture of coding, fun, and exploration! Located across Montgomery County, Maryland — in Gaithersburg and Silver Spring, we’re aiming to have yet another Summer of Fun.
Summer Camp Sessions are 5-days long, Monday – Friday, from 9am – 4pm. Our camp caters to students who are rising 1st through 8th graders. Aftercare services will be offered at additional cost, lasting from 4pm – 6pm. Further details below
Photos of our previous years’ camps
A look into our 2021 Covid-Safe Camp!
Structure & Activities!
While the majority of the day may be spent coding, it’s important to not spend the entire day in front of screens! Throughout the day, students will be able to partake in multiple activities away from computers, including:
- Lunchtime
- Outside Activities
- Inside Break Time & Games
- Learning the ukulele
- Playing Chess
Camp Locations and Dates
We are looking forward to holding camp at two different locations — Gaithersburg and Silver Spring.
Gaithersburg: Pathways Baptist Church at 200 West Diamond Avenue
Silver Spring: Good Shepherd Episcopal Church at 818 University Boulevard West
| Start | End | Gaithersburg | Silver Spring |
| 6/17 | 6/21 | Pathways Baptist Church | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church |
| 6/24 | 6/28 | Pathways Baptist Church | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church |
| 7/1 | 7/5 | Pathways Baptist Church | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church |
| 7/8 | 7/12 | Pathways Baptist Church | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church |
| 7/15 | 7/19 | Pathways Baptist Church | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church |
| 7/22 | 7/26 | Pathways Baptist Church | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church |
| 7/29 | 8/2 | Pathways Baptist Church | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church |
| 8/5 | 8/9 | Pathways Baptist Church | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church |
| 8/12 | 8/16 | Pathways Baptist Church | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church |
| 8/19 | 8/23 | Pathways Baptist Church | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church |
Panda Programmer Locations
Summer Camp Pricing
Camp Sessions
Panda Programmer Coding Camp sessions are one week in duration, from Monday through Friday. In 2024, we will be offering 10 One-Week Sessions at each of our locations throughout the entire MCPS Summer Vacation! (and YES, we are open on July 4th)
As with previous years, we will be offering full-day and half-day sessions. Each sessions lasts a week, with full-day lasting 9am – 4pm, whereas half-day has the choice of morning (9am – 12pm) or afternoon (1pm – 4pm). Additionally, this year we will be offering Aftercare once more, available from 4pm – 6pm at an additional cost.
Summer Camp Costs
Half-Day Camp is $314/Session
Aftercare is $90/Session
Discounts & Early Bird
There are multiple discounts available for parents! With our 1-week sessions, parents are able to customize their camps to fit their summer plans — receive a 10% discount for each camp past the first! Additionally, each sibling beyond the first enrolled will receive a 10% discount.
This upcoming year, we will also be bringing back the Early-Bird Special! If registered by April 1st, 2024…
Full-Day Camp Price will be $459 Half-Day Camp Price will be $271
Summer Camp Discounts
10% Off Multiple Camp Discount!
Early Bird Special
Full-Day $459 Half-Day $271
Summer Camp Curriculum
Our curriculum is our typical Panda Programmer curriculum, which consists of the following topics:
Scratch JR
Scratch Jr is a great introduction to block programming and logical thinking for our younger students (typically grades 2 and below) to get the knack of programming. These younger students do not need to type in order to master the topic
Scratch
Scratch is a block-based visual programming language and website targeted primarily at children to help learn code. Users of the site can create online projects using a block-like interface. The service is developed by the MIT Media Lab, has been translated into 70+ languages, and is used in most parts of the world. It is fully a “real programming language” and features variables, boolean logic, functions, operators, and powerful graphics capabilities
Advanced Scratch
Advanced Scratch continues the Scratch curriculum to build upon previous lessons to create a solid programming foundation. It continues to explore kids creativity in creating bigger and better games, introducing more concepts such as functions and implementation of physics.
Robots
Coding and computer science is challenging and fun, but when our students use their programming skills to control physical machines like robots, their sense of accomplishment reaches entirely new levels.
Python
Python is a high-level and general-purpose programming language. Python’s design philosophy emphasizes code readability and efficiency. Python is the programming language of choice for many professional computer programmers
JavaScript/HTML
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. JavaScript is a scripting language used to create and control dynamic website content, including animated graphics and interactive forms
For a more detailed description of all curricula, please visit our Curriculum page!
Covid Safety Protocols: Panda Programmer takes Covid and Covid safety seriously. We will evaluate recommendations from the federal, state, and county levels as we formulate our approach to Covid for summer 2024. Feel free to ask us for more details.
Questions? Feel free to e-mail us at info@PandaProgrammer.com or call us at 443-26-PANDA.
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