PLACERVILLE, CALIF. (InEDC) Village Life, Sel Richard, August 2, 2023
Oak Ridge High School junior Ariana Thakur strolls among the students in her summer coding camp at the El Dorado Hills Library, a project that brings lasting impacts to her community and beyond.
Her sparkling dark eyes betray an enthusiasm soon matched by her smile as she speaks excitedly about teaching 9- and 10-year-olds a block coding language called Scratch, first developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab.
“Coding is an important skill for…









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