Our After School Coding Clubs are designed to create a safe and fun environment for students in elementary, middle, and high school to learn and expand their skills and knowledge in different coding languages. This club is a safe space where any young coder can be comfortable having fun and being creative with code.

We play around with a few different coding languages including, Scratch, Python, and Java. To accompany the code, we use a number of tools to help bring our code to life including the Finch Robot 2.0, AutoAuto Cars, Microbits, and other fun technology.

2024 - 2025 After School Coding Club Season

Bits ‘n Bytes Virtual Coding Club

Bits ‘N Bytes is our after-school virtual coding club open to students in 3rd-8th grade of all skill levels. We meet virtually to introduce young learners to computational thinking through fun, engaging, and interactive activities. We meet on Thursdays from 5-6 PM Central Standard Time via Zoom. Register to receive a meeting link on the day of the club meeting.

How it works

Register for the days you can attend. It’s completely free to register!
On the days you register to attend the club, you will receive an email with instructions on how to join the zoom.
5-10 minutes before the meeting starts, help your young coder log into the zoom and our instructors will take it from there.

What you will need

You will need an internet connection and a computer, Chromebook, or tablet.
All of our activities will be browser based and we recommend using Google Chrome, but most browsers will work.
You can join a zoom meeting in a browser window, but we recommend downloading the Zoom application.

This club is made possible by:

Palo Alto Coding Club

Join Youth Code Jam and the Palo Alto College for a free coding club! This club will be open to all levels of coders that are in 3rd to 5th grade.

Each week we will have fun activities that explore computer science concepts through programming, games, digital literacy and more.

Our coding club will run for two hours on the first and third Saturdays from 10:00am - 12:00pm starting on September 21st. There is a sitting area outside the room that parents/guardians can wait in if they prefer.

Location: Palo alto College - STEM CENTER 1400 W Villaret Blvd San Antonio, TX 78224

This club is made possible by:

ACN Coding Club

Join Youth Code Jam and the Autism Community Network for a free after-school coding club for neurodiverse students. This club will be open to all levels of coders that are in 3rd to 5th grade.

Each week we will have fun activities that explore computer science concepts through programming, games, digital literacy, and more.

Our coding club will run for one hour on Mondays from 4:30 - 5:30pm starting September 9th. There will be a conference room for parents/guardians to wait in while the club is going on if you need that option.

This club is sponsored by:

Girl Scout Coding Club

Join Youth Code Jam and the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas for an after-school coding club every 4th Saturday of the month starting October 26th. This club will be open to all levels of coders who are in Junior and Cadette status Girl Scouts.

*Please note that you must be a Girl Scout to attend this club.

Learn more

This club is sponsored by:

Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Coding Club

Join Youth Code Jam and the Young Women’s Leadership Academy for an after-school coding club every 4th Wednesday from 3:30 - 4:30 pm starting September 18th. This club will be open to all levels of coders who are in 3rd - 5th grade.

Each week we will have fun activities that explore computer science concepts through programming, games, digital literacy, and more!

This club is sponsored by:

Coding Club History

Castle Cluster CoderPALS Coding Club, or C5, is a program dedicated to establishing coding clubs in schools across San Antonio. Thanks to funding and support from Rackspace, the program launched in 2018 at five San Antonio elementary schools: Camelot, Montgomery, Windcrest, Walzem, and Serna.

This was a four-year club that students attended from 3rd-5th grade, and can return to as a CoderPAL in 6th grade to help other students learn. Students from DATA @ ED White served as the majority of CoderPALS, who provided support to program instructors by acting as mentors to younger students. CoderPALS ended in 2022.

In the future, we hope to bring this model to more schools in San Antonio and beyond to meet our goal of making computer science available and accessible to all students.