Mr. & Ms. Cipher

Mr. & Ms. Cipher is a summer enrichment program focused on encouraging young males and females to explore the Computer Science field through interactive exploratory modules covering basic coding and robotics.

Ms. Cipher serves as an introduction to computer programming and prepares participants for MESA the following year. If you have already attended Ms. Cipher, please apply for MESA.

Mr. Cipher's students will have the opportunity to be guided by a mentor while learning the curriculum.

What will you learn?

You will focus on visually-based and object-oriented learning. 

• Create 3-D games,
• Use storytelling as you code,
• Build games,
• and build small robots

What tools will you use?

Participants will get an introduction to computer programming. The tools we will have available are listed below.

• Scratch Visual Language
• 3D Alice Computer Software
• Ozoblockly (color and visual programming)
• Raspberry Pi