‘Girls who code’ club coming to Salisbury

Published 12:00 am Thursday, October 5, 2017

SALISBURY — Middle school girls interested in computer coding are invited to join the Salisbury Girls Who Code club, which begins meeting Oct. 16. 
The free, 10-week program will be held every Monday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. through Dec. 18. Transportation from Knox Middle School and back to Miller Recreation Teen Center and a snack will be provided.

Non-Knox Middle School students will be responsible for transportation.

The club will meet at the Customer Service Center, 1415 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.

According to the Girls Who Code website, “Club girls learn the concepts of loops, variables, conditionals, and functions that form the basis for all programming languages — whether they want to build a website, an app or a robot.”

The students will determine their project focus for the 10-week course, which would “solve real-world problems they care about through code.”

All participants will receive a Girls Who Code T-shirt.
Since its founding five years ago, Girls Who Code has hosted more than 30,000 students and 15,000 clubs in all 50 states. The program was founded in an effort to bridge the technology gender gap.

The Salisbury club is open to girls 10 and older. Limited seats are available. Registration is required and is first come, first served.

Girls can sign up for the program at www.fibrant.com/GirlsWhoCode through Oct. 13.

For more information, contact Claire Karriker at (704) 638-5304.