My students are driven to succeed and will not let anything hold them back. They have chosen to attend a rigorous public College Preparatory Charter School that emphasizes an Advanced Placement curriculum. My students come from diverse backgrounds, but have in common that they all want to succeed. Also, 98-100% of them do graduate and go on to a college or university (even though many of them are first-generation college-bound). They are determined to succeed in everything they attempt.

Students will be using these laptops to begin real coding and problem-solving that they will see both in the post-secondary education world and in the "real" world. This experience will prepare them to succeed in either venue.

Using these laptops will prepare the students to take the Advanced Placement exam and receive college credit, but it will also help the students order their thoughts in a logical manner.

They will also use these laptops to explore critical mathematical concepts through computer programs and code written by them, as well as explore the common problems that coders face when creating interfaces and how to solve them.