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York County showcases new elementary computer science resource; students demonstrate coding and robotics
Summary
The York County School Division presented a weekly 45-minute elementary computer science resource class aligned to Virginia's 2024 computer science standards. Teachers and students from Magruder and Mount Vernon Elementary described hands-on lessons using Code.org, LEGO SPIKE and Dash robots.
York County school leaders and students demonstrated a new elementary computer science resource at the March 24 school board meeting, showing how weekly 45-minute lessons introduce coding, computational thinking and robotics to students in grades K–5.
Courtney Gonzalez Vega, who introduced the program, said the class is designed to teach the Virginia 2024 computer science standards and support the division—s strategic priority of producing "future ready graduates." "This 45 minute weekly class is focused on teaching the new 2024 computer science standards of learning to students K through fifth…
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