More Than Code
This past weekend, we wrapped up our first ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ program in the House of Technology! Huge thanks to @ourjourni for partnering with us and @scommpartners for sponsoring our students and hanging out with us for the last several weeks. ๐โฃ
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๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐, led by Journi, is a program that helps to enhance high school studentsโ confidence in shaping their own future. Journi uses an approach of coding education to teach his students; which includes entrepreneurial training as well! โฃ
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด! โฃ
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We are so excited to see our students put these skills to use and help build their futures! As you can see, they had a great time! ๐คฃโฃ
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If you have any questions about ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐, please send us a message, or leave a comment below!๐โฃ
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