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December 19, 2013 PAGE B11
Computer school receives county grant •County neighborhood reinvestment program buys five computers By Vic Wintriss Learning how to write computer programs can be fun, especially when learning involves writing computer games. Wintriss Technical Schools, a local, nonprofit after-school program, has been teaching the popular Java computer programming language to middle and high-school students at the Carmel Valley campus for the past eight years. To handle more students in vacation-time workshops, the school needed five additional Apple iMac computers. County Supervisor Dave Roberts agreed to help the school by providing funds from the County Neighborhood Reinvestment Program. The Neighborhood Reinvestment Program provides grant funds to County departments, public agencies, and to nonprofit community organizations. Roberts has been closely involved with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education throughout San Diego county, and along with Supervisor Ron Roberts has been spearheading an effort to help bridge the digital infra-
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Teacher Tiffany Liu, Greg Macchio, Deyvid Diego, Christian Aragon, Elizabeth Diego, Savera Soin, Kanvar Soin, Russell Baxt, Jonathan Hsu with Vic Wintriss and Dave Roberts. structure divide in San Diego. A new, nonprofit organization, code.org, has recently emerged on the national scene dedicated to growing computer science education by making it available in more schools, and increasing participation by women and underrepresented students of color. Their vision is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer programming. More than 100 luminaries, including Bill Clinton, Marco Rubio, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg,
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