Klein Students Code their Own Adventure at Annual Coding Event

These brilliant Klein ISD students are programming and coding their way into the future! Over 900 students from 38 schools recently put their coding skills to the test, participating in several coding challenges at this year’s annual Klein Codes event.   

This year’s Klein Codes theme was ‘Code Your Own Adventure.’ It consisted of student groups attempting the district challenge of creating a multi-level (minimum of 4 levels) video game. 

“This opportunity for EVERY student in grades 3-8 is phenomenal—the exceptional level of creative coding products and brilliant attention to detail, then appraised by experts in the field are unprecedented,” Advanced Academic Services Director Kathleen Plott said.

Klein ISD Coding clubs are open to all students from 3rd to 8th grade at their campuses. Each club student can participate in any challenges at Klein Codes, such as a Rubik’s Cube challenge and a Coding Quick Challenge. After each challenge, students had their projects appraised and the opportunity to win many prizes.

“These students are learning valuable life-long, 21st Century skills; even if they decide not to pursue a career in this field, this type of computational thinking will still benefit them,” Program Coordinator Jessica Jasper said. “We are the only district in the area that provides students as early as third grade the chance to pursue coding-where coding is their superpower!”