Penguin Coding School, with locations in Acton, Lexington, and Brooklyn, opened last spring at in Newton Centre, a 1223 Centre Street, next to Tatte. It offers coding and robotics programs for ages 5-18 with afterschool and weekend classes in Lego Robotics, Minecraft, Python, Scratch and Roblox. Applications are open until February 26 for the Winter Semester (through April 7).

Summer full-day sessions are available by the week – “a fun filled week of coding, robotics, 3D printing and wacky science experiments” –  from June 24 through August 30. (Use code lovetocode24 for a $100 discount.)

Newton teens may apply to be teaching assistants or instructors, or work on capstone projects with a Penguin Coding mentor.

Free trial classes are available February 19-23, or request a free trial on a different date.