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Welcome to The AscendePoint Reward System
We are very happy to unveil the AscendePoint award system! Learn and Earn. Bring a Friend and Ascend Together! There are multiple ways to earn AscendePoints and use them, as our sincere and never-changing thank-you from Ascende Learning. Where do Read More …
Why Learn CS?
By Litong Deng 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 …
Review your class(es) and Earn AscendePoints
If you are our current or past students , please review the class that you took (are taking), and earn points! Make sure you log in first! For each review that you write, you earn 200 points. Reviews that are 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 …
Fall 2020 Classes Concluded!
Another super successful semester just concluded ! The year of 2020 is special for everyone, we are super proud of all our students who kept their heads down to learn and better themselves amid so many distractions and with unprecedented Read More …
Best Intermediate Java Projects from Fall 2020! (Sunday class)
Our Intermediate Java semester just concluded! We completed three projects as a class during the semester: Tic-Tac-Toe, Snake, and Jetpack Joyride. During the last two weeks, students independently created their own final projects. I’m very proud of what the students Read More …
Snake Game with even Racoon and Lions by Elizabeth
Snake Game Shopping Edition By Ryan Z
New Intermediate Java Project — Mario Special Edition
So excited to start our 3rd project for Intermediate Java. We has the Sims Game as the 3rd project before, to keep doing fun and new things, this semester we are doing Mario special Jetpack Joyride edition for the Wednesday Read More …
Lollipop :))
In preparation for the awesome Snake Game, we will be teaching Intermediate Java students how to do a few fun things first today , including how to use keyboard to control item movement, and to let things run by itself. Read More …
Bronze Class Comparison
This course covers THE ENTIRE set of techniques that students need to learn to pass the USACO Bronze contest. Compared to many other USACO curriculum, you spend LESS TIME, LESS TUITION, and LEARN MORE. All other USACO curriculums that we see involves more Read More …
USACO Gold Problem – Unbalanced Photo
Let’s look at a very interesting USACO Gold problem Unbalance Photo. At first glimpse, it could be an easy and straightforward counting problem, but with up to 100000 cows, it will time out. How to solve it without TLE (Time Read More …
Record Long Lesson and Problem Finished – Cowland
Today one more Gold 2 lesson is updated, it is not just any lesson — it makes records on multiple levels! The only lesson so far that is entirely dedicated to ONE problem The longest lesson so far : over Read More …
Great Job Summer 2020 USACO Bronze Class!!
Today we concluded our USACO Bronze class for summer 2020, we had two 4-hr long sessions in the last two weeks and surprisingly it the whole afternoon went by so fast!! Working with our great students also energizes me! *** Read More …
Intermediate Java Class 2020 Summer Concluded
What a summer! During spring 2020, I told my Intermediate Java class at the time that they are my best class so far (other students please don’t be jealous) , guess what, our classes keep getting better and better , Read More …
Best Intermediate Java Class Final Projects — Summer 2020
HUGE Congratulations to EVERYONE! I am very pleased to announce and recognize the best projects from summer 2020’s Intermediate Java class. Before we look at the list, I want to stress that I see the amount of efforts EVERYONE put Read More …
Check Out the Awesome Final Projects From Intermediate Java Summer 2020
Truly amazing!! Super proud of our talented, passionate and skilled students! You all rock! (Note: projects are listed in random order) Tetris! Asteroid space game! Tank Game Super Mario Coin Collector! Mini Golf! Simon’s Board! Fruit Collector! Kitty kitty! (N Read More …
Summer 2020 Fundamental Java classes concluded!
Our two Fundamental Java classes for Summer 2020 have successfully concluded! As a tradition, we would like to recognize the top students who consistently put in their best efforts and go above and beyond to learn and excel! Teacher Lucy’s class Read More …