The Seekonk Public Library Announces Girls Who Code Program for Tweens and Teens:

The Seekonk Public Library will be hosting a Girls Who Code program for girls in 6th-12th grade. The 8 week program will run on Saturdays from January 5, 2019 to February 23, 2019 from 1-3 pm.

Each week, girls in the program will learn about important women in the computer science field, practice their coding skills and work together on an Impact Project that highlights an issue that they are passionate about. The girls will be able to draw on the expertise of their facilitator, Katherine Truchon, who is an instructor in the Information Technology department at New England Institute of Technology.

Girls Who Code is a nonprofit organization which was started in 2012 by Reshma Saujani. The organization aims to address the gender gap in computer science. Girls Who Code is working to change the image of what a programmer looks like. Since its inception the program has reached over 90,000 girls from all backgrounds with its core values of Sisterhood, Code and Impact.

Space is limited, so interested girls should register at bit.ly/2DREb19 for the 8 week program. Girls do not need to have any previous coding experience to attend.