A group of students at Kennedy High School who share a passion for coding formed a school club last year, dubbed Girls Who Code.

Faculty adviser and computer science teacher Carla Petroro oversees activities that are planned by four board members.

At their Jan. 11 meeting, board members Jaclyn Cohen and Cailyn Puig explained specific checklist of items for attendees to create a Scratch game. These included loops and variables such as scoring and restart options and conditionals such as winning messages, thus ending the game.

“I have learned more about myself through this club,” Puig said. “I enjoy learning the activities ahead of the meetings and find it encouraging and fun to help others execute their coding skills.”

Goals of the club include helping students further their knowledge of computer science, software development, and games design. No prior knowledge of coding is required to join their monthly meetings. While members do not compete as a club, individual students have enrolled in Hackathons.

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Date Added: 1/29/2024