Code Girls United

09/03/2026

Code Girls Connects

Meet Sage! Sage has been with us for 7 years and is starting her senior year! After she graduates she plans to study Computer Science at Montana State University!

She has been the Congressional App Challenge Runner-Up along with her team for the past three years and has been one of our interns for two years! This summer she attend MIT's Education Summit and partipated in the MIT App Inventor Youth Incubator Program (YIP).

"Code Girls has not only taught me how to develop and code apps but has also opened my world up to so many different possibilities and given me new skills. With Code Girls, I have learned to work in a team, how to speak confidently in front of a crowd, and how to design and present a business plan when developing an app." - Sage

09/03/2026

Our brilliant student and intern, Sylvia is featured on this post from App Inventor! We’re so grateful for our relationship with the App Inventor Foundation. Our student use the MIT App Inventor as the platform for creating their apps in our afterschool programs! It’s an incredible resource for learning block coding, logic flow, design and so many other technical skills that build upon critical thinking skills and problem solving!

Sylvia is a wonderful part of CGU and is a shining example of what our students are capable of when given access and opportunity to gain technical knowledge and skills!

The 2026 Global Appathon brought together people of all ages from around the world to build mobile apps that address real problems in their communities. Inspired by the United Nations Sustainable D…

09/02/2026

This weeks Computer Science Term of the Week is Syntax Error.

Following up from last week's word Syntax, we explore Syntax Errors.

Syntax Error is an error that occurs when the code is not written in the expected format of the programming language. Syntax errors are usually detected by the interpreter or compiler before the program is executed. Often something simple like a missing semicolon or an incorrectly capitalized letter.

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09/01/2026

Code Girls United is participating in the Great Fish Community Challenge! We need 25 gifts of $25 or more each week (by each Thursday at 12pm MDT) during the challenge. These donations will help us be eligible for a $1k incentive grabt drawing! Every gift counts!.

Support Montana Girls while investing in their potential and helping power the future.

Donate to Code Girls at the link in our bio.

09/01/2026

GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE and have some fun doing it! The nonprofit community knows how to show up during the Great Fish Community Challenge! Thank you to the Whitefish Community Foundation for hosting the challenge which benefits everyone in the Flathead Valley, whether directly or indirectly, by supporting the 89 participating local nonprofits!

Shout out to all our community organizations who were out there waving pom poms, signs, dancing, (wearing large orange inflatable costumes) and keeping up the energy!

Too many out there to remember and tag them all- but we'll give it a go!:

Flathead 4-H Foundation
Whitefish Community Center

Samaritan House

Whitefish Theatre Co
The Glacier Institute
North Valley Food Bank
Land to Hand MT

Girls on the Run Western Montana

Center for Native Plants
CASA for Kids, Flathead County

Code Girls United
Habitat for Humanity

09/01/2026

Local businesses give back so often in our communities and keep us all going! Thank you to Whitefish Creative Aesthetics, Spotted Bear Spirits, Bonsai Brewery, and for donating to our silent auction! And to Whitefish Theatre Co for the awesome venue and support!

We're so grateful for your support of our 'Our Youth in the Age of AI' discussion panel event. It was an impactful evening of meaningful discussion.

The key takeaway for us : The way forward for our youth in the 'Age of AI' is community responsibility! Thank you to our community for modeling that so well!

08/31/2026

Code Girls Inspires

Meet Emma! Emma has been with us for 8 years and is starting her first year at Montana State University studying Business Management and Political Science.

She has won the Congressional App Challenge along with her team twice, is a proud Hilleman Scholars and has been one of our interns for two years!

"I have loved learning business software skills and set me up for success in college!" - Emma

08/26/2026

This weeks Computer Science Term of the Week is Syntax.

Syntax is the way a particular programming language expects its code to be typed, following the rules defined by that language. Kind of like grammar for English.

Our Code Girls United students learn to understand the syntax for MIT App Inventor code blocks. You can learn about AI in our free AI Academy at the link in our bio.