With our newly upgraded custom-built learning system, submitting homework and checking your homework status and grade can never be easier. In a nutshell, student will put your work in a google doc and submit the link as homework. Here are Read More …
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Awesome Intermediate Java Project 2021 Spring
Check these out! Each semester at the end of the Intermediate Java class, we always have students work on a project completely of their own choice, creation and on their own. The only prompt is to use what they learned Read More …
Sneak Peek into Our Learning System
In Spring 2021, we have moved most of our courses to Ascende Learning’s own learning system, and starting summer 2021, all group lessons, self-paced lessons and hybrid lessons will be conducted on the new system and share the same curriculum. Read More …
Bronze-Silver 2021-2022 Hybrid Class Lineup
Hop on the flight! 2021 Summer Bronze class: June 2021 ~ Oct 2021 2021-2022 Silver 1 & 2 class: Oct 2021 ~ Mar 2022 Detailed Date Lineups ** All dates on Sundays ** Live zoom meetings: Sundays 3 ~ 5PM Read More …
Introducing Hybrid Learning Mode!
We are very excited to introduce the new Hybrid Learning Mode starting Summer 2021, which keeps the advantages and flexibility of the Self-Paced Learning Mode, and further enhanced with more reassuring and regular pace. So how does it work? Hybrid Read More …
Meet Amy
(Sorry for the enticing title, just thought it was fun) To illustrate how to earn rewards off tuition, let’s look at how Amy reaped up $152 off her summer tuition while helping others: Our student Amy has 5000 points (worth Read More …
Win-Win-Win
At Ascende Learning, what keeps us going is knowing that we have helped students by igniting their interests, supporting their earnest drive to learn more, and enabling them to reach their highest potential. We keep our classes going because students Read More …
USACO FAQ
Every year, the USACO contest season runs from December to March/April, including four contests in December, January, February, and March (sometimes in April). We go over all the details about how USACO works at Lesson #1 of USACO Bronze class, Read More …
Java Took First Place in USACO Language Usage
Mar 13, 2021 Last year we wrote a blog detailing comparisons among Java, C++ and Python when it comes to choose your programming language for USACO. Our comparison and recommendation still hold, and what has changed is that Java is Read More …
AP Computer Science A Exam 2021
As the month of May quickly approaches, our students are working hard to prepare for the annual AP exams and also anxiously watching for updates from College Board on how it would work at this special time. Here are some Read More …
USACO Silver 2 Class Concluded!
Our USACO Silver 2 Zoom Class just concluded its last class today! We reviewed in preparation for the upcoming USACO contests, and then awarded prizes to the top 5 scorers of the class! 1st Place: 2nd Place: 3rd Place: 4th Read More …
USACO Bronze Feb 2021 Clockwise Fence
The Feb 2021 USACO contest just finished! As contestants anxiously wait for the outcome and the cutoff line, let’s take a look at the 3rd bronze problem Clockwise Fence. In my opinion out of the three bronze problem, this is Read More …
Length of Recordings in Self-Paced Lessons
One of very frequently asked questions on our self-paced classes is that how long is the recordings? The answer is that the length of all our self-paced lessons are all more or less comparable with live lessons. It is not Read More …
How to Install Themes for IntelliJ IDE
By Litong D. The IntelliJ IDEA (Community Edition) IDE comes with two preset themes, Light and Darcula. However, they can get bland rather quickly. Thus, below are two ways to change the color of your IntelliJ editor to add a Read More …
Why Learn CS?
By Litong D. A frequent question that pops up during the course of conversation is “why should my student learn Computer Science if they are not interested in STEM?” To answer that question, here is an acrostic poem that we Read More …
2020-2021 USACO Contest Dates
USACO 2020-2021 Contest Dates Dec 18-21: First ContestJan 22-25: Second ContestFeb 26-Mar 1: Third ContestApr 2-5: US OpenTBD (Late May): Training CampJun 20-27: IOI 2021 in Singapore Mark Your Dates and Get Ready!
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AscendePoint Reward System
Welcome to the AscendePoint Reward System! There are multiple ways to earn AscendePoints and use them, as our sincere and never-changing thank-you from Ascende Learning. Bring a Friend and Ascend Together! Sounds good! So what do I do? Easy! Watch Read More …
Review your class(es) and Earn AscendePoints
For each review that you write, you earn 500 points ( a $5 value). We accept only reviews with past and existing parents and students. 1. Select a class 2. Scroll to the bottom of the class page 3. Read More …
So Many Fun Mario Games ! – By Fall 2020 Wednesday Intermediate Java Class
Class-Elected Best Project — By Ryan Z The game shown in this video, as nice as it is, doesn’t really show how cool the final version of the game is, which is in a different theme, and even fun-er! I Read More …
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