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Name: theCoderSchool
Address: 5584 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd, Dunwoody, GA, 30338, US
Telephone: (770)759-5212
Price range: $$$

Lock in huge Early Bird savings SOON at The Coder School's Thanksgiving Camp (November 24th-26th, 28)! Whether your child attends one day or all four, they'll work on exciting coding projects and create something amazing. Our flexible schedule means every day is packed with value. Students will learn new skills, build cool projects, and have fun with tech-themed adventures, no matter how many days they join us. Our Early Bird discounts offer fantastic savings if you sign up by October 31st: save $60 on the full 4-day camp with code 4DAY, $120 off 3 days with code 3DAY, $160 off 2 days with code 2DAY, or $260 off 1 day with code 1DAY. These special rates disappear on Halloween! Join us from 9am to 3pm daily (no camp on Thanksgiving). Just bring lunch and a water bottle, and we'll provide an engaging, hands-on coding experience where your young coder will create amazing projects and games, whether they're with us for one day or the whole week!

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Week	Format	Camp	Ages	Price
11/24-11/28	In-Person	Roblox vs. LEGO Camp NO CAMP ON THANKSGIVING: In our Roblox vs LEGO Camp kids start by building their own LEGO creations using the popular LEGO Spike sets and snapping photos of them. Then, they’ll use AI tools to enhance and digitize their designs so they can rebuild them inside Roblox Studio as playable games and characters! Along the way, they’ll learn coding and scripting to add movement, sound, and interaction, turning their LEGO imagination into a living Roblox adventure. The camp combines assembly with LEGO, A.I. and coding, an awesome combination they’ll only learn together at The Coder School! If kids have a laptop please bring it in, if not we have extras! Ages 8+	Ages 8+	~~$379~~ $319 (Only 4 remaining slots!)
11/24-11/28	In-Person	Python AI vs. HeroCraft 3D Camp NO CAMP ON THANKSGIVING: Get ready for an epic week of coding, creativity, and futuristic tech in our Python AI & HeroCraft 3D Camp! Kids will dive into Python programming as they explore cool AI libraries and train their own machine learning models using Google’s Teachable Machine to see how artificial intelligence actually learns. Then they’ll unleash their inner artist in HeroCraft 3D, sketching their own hero characters, using AI to supercharge their designs, and 3D printing their creations to bring them to life. It’s the ultimate mix of code, art, and cutting-edge innovation only at The Coder School. If kids have a laptop please bring it in, if not we have extras! Ages 8+	Ages 8+	~~$379~~ $319 (Only 5 remaining slots!!)
11/24-11/28	In-Person	Beginners Scratch & Roblox Gamers Club NO CAMP ON THANKSGIVING: We'll be using a cool drag n' drop language called Scratch to create some awesome new and classic games! Aimed at our newbie and novice coders with little or no experience creating games in Scratch so we can go at their pace! During lunch breaks, kids will hang out and play some group roblox games together! Coding and roblox together, sounds like a great week of camp! Learn More Ages 6-9	Ages 6-9	~~$379~~ $319
11/24-11/28	In-Person	YouTube Storytellers Camp NO CAMP ON THANKSGIVING: In our YouTube Storytellers Camp, kids become filmmakers and reporters as they go behind the scenes to capture what really happens inside our coding camps! They’ll record and interview our Code Coaches, film the action around camp, and learn how to edit their own mini-documentary that tells the story of how coding magic happens at The Coder School. With cameras rolling, creativity flowing, and lots of laughs along the way, this camp turns kids into storytellers, directors, and video editors all in one unforgettable week! If kids have a laptop please bring it in, if not we have extras! Ages 8+	Ages 8+	~~$379~~ $319
11/24-11/28	In-Person	Exploding VEX Battlebots Camp NO CAMP ON THANKSGIVING: In our Exploding VEX Battlebots Camp, kids build, battle, and laugh their way through a week of hands-on robot mayhem! They’ll assemble and code their own VEX IQ robots into battling bots and other wild moving creatures, then put them to the test in fun competitions. During breaks, we teach them how to play Exploding Kittenss, a funny and kid-friendly card game full of silly cats and surprises, where they can win small prizes and bragging rights. It’s the perfect mix of coding, creativity, and pure fun only at The Coder School. If kids have a laptop please bring it in, if not we have extras! Ages 7+	Ages 7+	~~$379~~ $319
11/24-11/28	In-Person	Minecraft: Mission to Mars NO CAMP ON THANKSGIVING: In our exclusive Minecraft: Mission to Mars camp, kids become astronauts, engineers, and coders as they design and build their own Mars colony inside Minecraft Education! Using Microsoft MakeCode, they’ll program rovers, automate life-support systems, and tackle space challenges as they learn to code like real mission engineers. It’s a one-of-a-kind adventure in science, creativity, and coding that can only happen at The Coder School! If kids have a laptop please bring it in, if not we have extras! If kids have a laptop please bring it in, if not we have extras! Ages 6-9	Ages 6-9	~~$379~~ $319 (Only 5 remaining slots!!)

Our Upcoming Events

Bring Coding Clubs to Your School

The Coder School offers an incredible after-school program teaching kids coding, robotics, and 3D printing—from Scratch and Minecraft for elementary to Python and JavaScript for middle schoolers, plus NEW AI Coding Club, LEGO Coding, and VEX VR programs!

Help us get into your child's school by referring us to their principal or PTA/PTO, and if we finalize the agreement, you'll get FREE enrollment for all your kids every semester plus 1 FREE Summer Camp annually for as long as we're there.

Simply email your school's decision makers introducing us (copy us on the email at dunwoody@thecoderschool.com) or send us their contact info—let's make tech time the new recess!

Limited Time: This offer ends after we've hit our capacity for adding new Coding Clubs this semester.

Bring Coding Camps to Your School!

Coding Camps Partnership

The Coder School partners with schools to deliver innovative coding camps directly on campus throughout the academic year and summer break featuring HeroCraft AI Scratch, LEGO, Nintendo Switch, Python & AI Bootcamp, Roblox vs. Minecraft, Beginners Scratch & Roblox, 3D Printing, Robotics with mBot, and VR experiences!

Help us bring our Coding Camps to your school by connecting us with your principal or PTA/PTO, and when we establish our partnership, you'll receive FREE enrollment for all your kids in every camp we run there for as long as we operate at your school.

Simply email your school's administrators introducing our partnership opportunity (copy us at dunwoody@thecoderschool.com) or send us contact information let's make coding education accessible right at your school!

Austin Elementary AI Coding Club

The Coder School's AI Coding Club is coming to your child's school this semester, along with our full range of coding, robotics, and 3D printing courses from Scratch and Minecraft for elementary students to Python and JavaScript for middle schoolers, plus LEGO Coding and VEX VR programs. Classes begin soon, so secure your child's spot in this cutting-edge tech experience that will give them hands-on experience with artificial intelligence and coding skills for the future!

Dunwoody Elementary AI Coding Club

Courage School AI Coding Club

Montgomery AI Coding Club

Springmont AI Coding Club

Dunwoody Prep Coding Club

Kids at The Coder School's Dunwoody Prep program bring their code to life using Osmo's colorful coding blocks and Dash robots that race, dance, and solve puzzles based on what they program! There's nothing quite like seeing a student's face when they realize they just made a robot do exactly what they wanted - it's pure magic watching them discover they can actually create technology instead of just using it.

10 Kids vs 10 AIs Workshop

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At The Coder School, we've created a new 10 Kids vs 10 AIs Workshop that introduces 10 kid-friendly AI tools over 10 weeks, including Quick, Draw!, Google Teachable Machine, Machine Learning for Kids, Tinkercad Codeblocks, Picsart AI Tools, Microsoft Lobe, MIT App Inventor, Story Wizard AI, and Runway ML. The workshop teaches 1-hour sessions around your schedule and concludes with an AI Build Week where kids create something original using their favorite tool. With limited spots available on a first-come, first-served basis due to summer camp schedules, this workshop will give your child more AI knowledge than 90% of adults.

Only 1 remaining slot!

Ultimate LEGO Spike 10-Week Workshop

Get ready for an INCREDIBLE hands-on adventure where imagination meets technology over 10 exciting weeks!

🔥 For Young Innovators (Ages 5-8): Dive into the amazing world of LEGO Spike Essentials! Your little engineers will bring their wildest creations to LIFE using colorful Scratch coding - drag, drop, and watch the magic happen!

⚡ For Future Tech Masters (Ages 8+): Level up with the powerful LEGO Spike Prime sets! These coding champions will master Python programming while building mind-blowing robotic masterpieces that move, think, and react!

What's in store?

Build custom LEGO robots and gadgets from scratch
Learn real coding skills through fun, interactive challenges
Watch your creations come alive with lights, sounds, and movement
Take home new skills that blend creativity with cutting-edge technology

Transform from builder to programmer in one epic workshop - where every brick becomes a building block for the future! 🎯✨

FIRST LEGO League Team

FIRST LEGO League Program

We're kicking off our popular FIRST LEGO League teams! We offer both Challenge (ages 9-16) and Explore (ages 6-10) programs where kids code robots to complete challenges, work on research projects, and compete in official tournaments plus our own unofficial competitions.

Our Challenge team meets twice weekly for kids serious about competition, preparing for tournaments against other FLL teams in metro Atlanta. Our Explore team provides an introductory STEM experience for younger students.

Both teams will work with the new 2025-2026 theme: UNEARTHED. We'll also host unofficial competitions at our Atlanta theCoderSchool locations.

Team sizes are limited - email us to enroll!

Chesnut Elementary School

Haunted House VR Workshop

Get ready for an exciting new coding workshop where kids will learn to code and create their own virtual reality Haunted House using Roblox Studio! During this hands-on, in-person workshop, kids will build their custom haunted house through coding and then experience it in virtual reality using our Meta Quest 3 VR Headset! Sessions are scheduled based on your child's availability and seating is limited, so if you think your child would love this spooky coding adventure, let us know and we'll email you the scheduling and pricing details!

Ison Springs Elementary

The Coder School’s Coding Club is coming to your child’s school this semester!This semester, we’ll focus on building strong coding and logic fundamentals, with every student creating at least two games. Next semester, we’ll build on these skills as younger kids showcase multiple solving problems, while older students move into AI programming demonstrations. Classes begin soon, so secure your child’s spot in this cutting-edge program that gives them hands-on coding skills for the future!

A.I. Young Inventors Club

A.I. Young Inventors Club is where kids become real makers, building mind-blowing inventions like weather stations powered by Raspberry Pi, smart robots controlled by Arduino, and motion-sensing alarms that actually work!

Students will wire real circuits, connect actual sensors, and watch their code explode to life in physical gadgets they build with their own hands while integrating cutting-edge AI features like voice recognition, computer vision, and smart detection that can tell the difference between pets and people.

Every three months, young inventors will blow everyone's minds at our epic Coder Fair competition, demoing their creations to parents and peers for a chance to win awesome prizes and show the world what they've built!

Kids vs. AI: Hackoween

We are hosting a Kids vs. AI: Hackoween event on October 25th from 4-7pm for ages 5-12. Older kids (8-12) will use AI to build spooky games while younger ones (5-7) create Halloween storybooks, with prizes for best projects and costumes plus candy. Space is limited, so parents should sign up quickly before spots fill up!

School Info

5584 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd
Near Publix and Moe's
(770)759-5212
dunwoody@thecoderschool.com
Monday: 12:00 – 8:00 PM
Tuesday: 12:00 – 8:00 PM
Wednesday: 12:00 – 8:00 PM
Thursday: 12:00 – 8:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Sunday: Closed

Meet Our Owner

Hello! My name is Jerry and I am Co-Owner of theCoderSchool in Dunwoody - Sandy Springs. Growing up I loved to play video games, but my mother would always tell me that I should learn how to create video games - not just play them. I took her advice and studied Computer Engineering in college which taught me circuit design and coding and led me to a career spent leading teams that have built applications on mobile PC’s, websites, desktop computers and smartphones. I credit my career success to my mother's early advice, to always learn what’s happening behind the scenes. My wife Kim and I are excited to bring this approach to learning technology to kids in the Dunwoody and Sandy Springs area with theCoderSchool and believe it will unlock a world of opportunity for them to thrive in our technology-driven society. Want to learn more? Feel free to contact me directly at jerry@thecoderschool.com.

Meet Our Other Owner

Welcome to our site! My name is Kim and I am Co-Owner of theCoderSchool in Dunwoody - Sandy Springs. I truly believe that for a child to develop into a successful adult they must be challenged to think critically and problem solve; skills that will help them master ANY topic. I was drawn to theCoderSchool philosophy because it emphasizes the development of these skills while teaching kids to code in an environment where they are encouraged to learn and create.

With a PhD in Community Psychology, my research has primarily focused on youth development. I have spent over 15 years providing organizational and database development consulting services to non-profit organizations across the nation. I look forward to using my experience to help create the next generation of leaders.

Have any questions about theCoderSchool? Feel free to contact me directly at kim@thecoderschool.com

We're always looking for great Code Coaches. Shoot us an email with resumé to see if we're a fit!

Frequently Asked Questions

How can coding help kids?

Many folks might think learning to code is so kids can actually code an app. Honestly, that's not usually the case! Coding real-life apps is tough. Despite what the media says, your kid is not writing some million dollar app by themselves in a month. Instead, coding helps kid *solve problems*. Coding is all about debugging and logically thinking through the fix. Breaking a large problem into smaller parts, logical sequencing, these are all important problem solving skills for any kid (or adult!). A second benefit is confidence and passion in technology. There's plenty of time for kids to learn the latest real tech (which changes all the time), but the time to build passion for technology (and a foundational knowledge base) is when they're young!

Do you teach Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

Learning AI comes in many flavors, and we teach them all. In our view, learning AI is separated into:

Using AI - Integrate AI models into custom code, including Scratch for our younger coders.
Understanding AI - Explore how AI works under the covers structurally
Refining Coding Skills - AI is all code and data, so it's important to be a proficient coder before learning even more
Coding with AI - Our proficient coders can use AI extensions to help code much faster
Building AI - Our most advanced coders may be able to dig into the details of how AI is built

Come in and chat with us to find out whether learning AI is right for your child.

Do kids still need to code with AI on the horizon?

Emphatically YES! More than ever, AI will be the great equalizer, making everyone's skillset pretty similar. This is why instead of moving away from coding, kids should learn the critical thinking and logic skills of coding now. Using that with AI will be the powerful combination skillset that will set kids up for a successful future. Find out more reasons in an article by our CEO.

What is the best coding language to learn as a beginner?

The truth is, Scratch is amazing for a beginner at ANY AGE. If someone is truly a beginner, a platform like Scratch can allow them to create and engage much more quickly. Older kids (say 11 and up) can soon move to a language like Python or Javascript. Just remember that it takes a LOT MORE work to get Python/Javascript to do the same thing as Scratch - so the kids will need some patience. No matter what anyone tells you please DO NOT start learning with Java or C++! Those languages are too advanced to start with, and we've seen it too often - kids will give up because it's so hard! Definition of backfiring!

What is the best age to start coding?

It depends - we think the best age is the age they want to do it! Listen, there's plenty of time to *really* learn to code - there's a reason Comp Sci is a really tough college degree. The important thing in the younger years is to bring out the desire and passion to learn more - that's why at theCoderSchool we customize our projects based on the student's interests and really focus on engagement before learning.

How do I get accepted into a college computer science program?

These days, top colleges are incredibly selective. Learning to code by itself probably won't help you stand out enough. Instead, consider building a unique Coder Story. Can we help? Sure can!

What are the benefits of kids learning to code?

Children of all ages can benefit from learning coding skills, and students who get hands-on experience with computer programming go on to excel in other subjects Coding helps students gain computer proficiency and build real-world problem-solving skills. Exploring technology is essential for computer literacy. Building fundamental coding skills encourages creativity, promotes teamwork, and enhances spatial intelligence and logical thinking skills. Kids of all ages can learn computer science. For teenagers, learning how to code leads to the development of transferable skills that can be applied in future careers or workplaces. If your student is interested in data science or machine learning, a self-paced course in computer programming can help pave their path.

As you and your family consider coding programs, it helps to keep in mind:

The age of the student (we can teach kids as young as six)
Their individual interests (such as Lego, Roblox, robotics, video game design, or artificial intelligence)
Any previous hands-on experience with coding (even exposure to mobile apps or playing with Minecraft counts)
Preferred learning style (we offer both flexible and structured curricula and support self-paced learning)
Social skills (some students learn best in one-on-one lessons, while others favor teamwork)

Whether the student wants to explore Minecraft modding in Minecraft camp, is interested in HTML, or wants to learn block-based coding like CSS, our interactive classes provide a great coding experience.

Can a 6 year old do coding?

Sure! Kids this young are just developing their sense of logic. While some advanced 6 year olds are ready to dive into learning Scratch, many are better off with fun learning apps like Kodable or Scratch Jr..

How do kids learn to code?

Same way adults do! The best way to learn something is to just DO it. It's not about all the theory and fancy words, it's about just doing it over and over again. If you're a parent with a college degree, think back. How much of that theoretical curriculum did you really use in your job? Or did you really learn your job by DOING your job? It's the same with kids, we'll mentor and guide them, but most importantly, we'll get them to code something custom that they want to code!

Where is the best place to learn coding for kids?

We're a little bit biased, but we think it's theCoderSchool! There's no better way to learn anything, including coding, than just doing it with a mentor to guide you. Online or in person, our Code Coaches will give you that low-ratio full attention that every kid deserves!

Read about Private+Semi-Private Coaching, Virtual Learning, Coding Classes, Robotics, Python, Scratch, or Video Game Coding
or check out our student blogs. Confused about how AI will affect coding? See why the AI future still needs coding.

What is theCoderSchool? We are an after-school drop-off (and virtual) program for kids learning to code - a coding school! There's after-school kung fu. There's after-school music lessons, sports, art, tutoring, Chinese, you name it, it's out there. But coding classes for kids? Founded in 2013, we're the first of many, and the largest in Silicon Valley with more locations on the way around the country. The future will be ever more dependent on technology so let's get our young generation ready. Learn to Code, Change the World®.

Got a question? Email us at dunwoody@thecoderschool.com!

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