Milo coding academy Empowering Future Coders
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New Partnership/Upward Bound@WMU
The Upward Bound Program provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their pre-college performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. The Upward Bound Program serves high school students from low-income families and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree. https://wmich.edu/precollege/upwardbound
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new Coding classes for 2025
Elementary / Middle School
Elementary / Middle School
Elementary / Middle School
2025 Class Starts March 5th / 10 weeks Wednesday and Thursday 2025 - From 4:30PM to 6:30PM
Western Michigan University Floyd Hall.
Middle / Highschool
Elementary / Middle School
Elementary / Middle School
Class Starts September 11th / 12 weeks (Wednesday and Thursday) 2024 - From 4:30PM to 6:30PM
Western Michigan University Floyd Hall.
About Us
Our mission
- Milo Coding Academy (MCA) strives to introduce underrepresented students to the world of technology through events, workshops, mentorships, and coding courses, while putting them on the path to programming and computer science careers.
- We have been serving the Kalamazoo, Southwest Michigan area for over 12 years.
Milo Computer Coding Club
- Milo Computer Coding Club provides underrepresented children opportunities to develop coding skills through our coding club.
- We encourage the youths who have completed our course to continue coding through the coding club up to college level.
MILO CODING IN THE NEWS
WMU NEWS ONLINE - April 5th 2024
WMU NEWS ONLINE - April 5th 2024
Coding academy for underrepresented youth finds home at WMU.
KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Kalamazoo couple have pooled their combined professional experiences and skills to form a nonprofit organization that teaches computer coding, programming, and other areas of technology to underrepresented youth in the Kalamazoo area. After about a dozen years of hosting classes around the area, the Milo Coding Academy began holding classes and club meetings at Western Michigan University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
COVER STORY - HE REIGNS MAGAZINE
WMU NEWS ONLINE - April 5th 2024
Milo Coding Academy (MCA)
Milo Coding Academy strives to introduce underrepresented students to the world of technology through events, workshops, mentorships, and coding courses, while putting them on the path to programming and computer science careers.
Flyer for New High School Program
Flyer for New High School Program
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High School Program Flyer
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Girls Can Code too!
In U.S. high schools, the Advanced Placement exam in Computer Science has historically (since the beginning of the century) had only 22 percent participation by young women. This gender gap problem extends to university programs and to the software workplace, which suffer a similar lack of diversity. Code.org
Our History
We have been teaching coding in the Kalamazoo, Southwest Michigan area for over 12 years, partnering with community organizations and Western Michigan University.
