The event was hosted online. Participants picked a game to try out, with options for different experience levels. According to event organizers many students who’d never coded before started with the Compute It game, which is a simulation that incorporated coding concepts like loops and if-statements.
The event was meant to build interest in computer science and help students exercise their critical thinking skills.
For more information on CENG, visit cengclass.org.
Contributed by Anika Sikka, a junior at Los Altos High School and CENG’s vice president of operations.
Mountain View invites kids to mail their letters to Santa
Kids in Mountain View have until Friday, Dec. 10 to participate in the city’s annual letters to Santa program.
Letters will be accepted until Friday and Mountain View residents who include a return address will get a response from Santa.
To participate, either drop the letter into Santa’s mailbox in the Community Center lobby, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave. or mail it to Santa Claus, ℅ City of Mountain View Recreation Department, P.O. Box 7540, Mountain View, CA 94039.