Category: Course Information

Dear Parents and Students, We are very excited to announce that the entire first lesson of the following courses are now made available to everyone, absolutely free of charge and no string attached! Fundamental Java Programming USACO Bronze 1 In Read More …

Another year passed! Our 2021-2022 full year AP Computer Science A course just successfully completed. Our AP Computer Science A class started from 2017 and we have helped hundreds of students get their score of 5. We have seen scope Read More …

By Litong D. I took the AP Computer Science A Exam during Administration 2 in the 2020-2021 school year. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, CollegeBoard offered three separate administrations for each AP Exam. For AP CS A, Administration 1 was Read More …

Recently parents inquired with me on why we are using the old-fashioned AWT and Swing Java libraries in the Intermediate Java curriculum because they are not really being used in the industry anymore. I would like to explain our thoughts Read More …

This is the first step of Snake game, from Lesson#7. We are starting by using the keyboard to move the snake head, and also adding on obstacles and destination. As part of this exercise, students will — review and keep Read More …

The following time-related guidelines apply to all group lessons. Each lesson’s homework is due two days prior to each next lesson. For example, if the weekly lessons are on every Friday, then the homework will be due every Wednesday night. Read More …

Question: My child Is currently taking your USACO bronze class and will continue with Silver class in the Fall. I would like to have your input for the testing schedule. We plan to take the bronze test in December, but Read More …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Step #1 Log in at the My Account tab (Or simply provide your email address to register) Step #2 See class list HERE and click on the ENROLL link to view detail of each class Step #3 At the class Read More …

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 …

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 …