Silicon Valley-Based Coding School Makes Texas Entry In Austin

NORTH AUSTIN, TEXAS — Palo Alto, Calif.-based theCoderSchool is making its entry into Texas with an Austin location this fall, offering coding instruction to children.

Recently identified as one of Entrepreneur magazine's hottest brands, theCoderSchool teaches children between the ages of 7 to 18 how to code through unique programming. The new school planned for Austin located at 3616 Far West Blvd. Suite 109 will be owned and operated by Amy and Fahd Pirzada. The couple – who met teaching coding and value the critical thinking skills that coding teaches – saw a need for the concept in the Austin metro area.

“We are thrilled to introduce theCoderSchool to Austin,” Amy Pirzada said in a prepared statement. “Learning how to code is extremely empowering and has the ability to take children to new heights mentally and creatively. Not only is coding a career path, but it opens doors by teaching kids to discover, reason, and create. Through theCoderSchool’s 2-on-1 approach to teaching and project-based, customized curriculum, we look forward to getting kids coding at an early age.”

Since learning to program in high school, she said she wanted to teach children how to code because it is fun and empowering. With this goal in mind, she pursued her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education and Computer Science. During her graduate studies, Amy met Fahd when they were both teaching college freshman to code in C++.

Fahd currently leads product management at HotSchedules, and Amy recently worked at Oracle and Deloitte to enable businesses with technology. They couple has lived in Austin for 15 years.

Founded by Hansel Lynn and incubated with the help of his best friend, Wayne Teng, theCoderSchool was built with the desire to provide children aged 7 to 18 years with a welcoming environment to develop computer programming skills, officials explained. theCoderSchool uses a variety of platforms to teach various coding languages, such as HTML, CSS, Python, Javascript and more. Every Code Coaching lesson is customized with the help of trained Code Coaches® who use a 2-on-1 approach to teaching.

Officials noted theCoderSchool is also a proud founding member of the International Alliance of Youth Coding Educators. The IAYCE is an alliance of global partners whose goal is to further coding education for youth around the world.

The Austin school is scheduled to open on Oct. 13.

About theCoderSchool

Founded in 2014 and franchising since 2016, theCoderSchool, a Silicon Valley-based children’s enterprise franchise, provides computer programming lessons to children ages 7 to 18. Recently identified as one of Entrepreneur magazine’s hottest brands, theCoderSchool has 20 schools operating in seven states and continues to expand its national footprint with several locations in development in major U.S. markets. For more information, visit http://www.thecoderschool.com/.

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