After-School Programs
Weekly after-school STEM enrichment programs are coming to Parkway Chula Vista Recreation Center in collaboration with Chula Vista Parks & Recreation. We are preparing the Fall 2026 schedule now.
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Coming This Fall
Programming Journeys is growing. Starting this fall, our after-school STEM enrichment programs will run throughout the school year. We will also offer camps in every season.
Fall 2026 program details are coming soon.
What’s Coming
Programming Journeys is expanding beyond summer with after-school STEM enrichment programs for students, schools, and recreation centers throughout the year.
Weekly after-school STEM enrichment programs are coming to Parkway Chula Vista Recreation Center in collaboration with Chula Vista Parks & Recreation. We are preparing the Fall 2026 schedule now.
Bring Programming Journeys to your school or recreation center, or request a custom STEM program for your students. We provide the instructors, curriculum, and equipment.
Our camps will be offered throughout the year. Students will be able to build robots, AI systems, servers, connected devices, and games during fall, winter, spring, and summer programs.
See It for Yourself
Real students. Real technology. These projects were built by students ages 8–14 in our programs.
Hello, World!
Watch Samuel install Python and write his first program, the classic “Hello, World!” Before students build robots or AI, they begin with the same foundational step every programmer takes.
Face Recognition
The PiCar plays a game called “Hello” with Summer, Samuel, and Simon. It uses its camera and AI to recognize each student’s face and greet them by name.
Camp Preview
Simon demonstrates the phone app he programmed to control a real IoT system. He sets the target temperature, switches modes, and watches live sensor data update in real time.
Try the Final App
Summer walks through the California Burrito Shop app, customizing orders, adding tips, placing orders, and reviewing the day’s sales data. This is the kind of Python-powered application students can build.
Original Productions
We produce all of our own characters, curriculum, and content in-house. Meet Korra, Korra Jr., and the Development Team.
See It in Motion
Korra is the Programming Journeys AI teaching assistant. She guides students through programming, electronics, math, science, and engineering.
Tech History
From room-sized vacuum tubes to the AI we use today, Korra Jr. walks students through five generations of computing innovation.
See It in Action
This is the difference between simply using technology and understanding how it works. Students do not just watch content. They learn how software, devices, and connected systems come together in the real world.
Behind the Build
These are the twelve roles involved in building real software and the roles students will learn to take on.
Two weeks of real engineering on a real college campus. Students built robots, AI agents, streaming servers, and connected devices.























Why Us
Taught by a college professor and an engineer
SWC: Programming, Computer Organization, and Architecture
SDSU: Microprocessors
16+ years of real-world engineering experience
NIWC Pacific, unmanned systems, software design
Students use real tools and technologies
Python, Docker, Raspberry Pi, networking
University-level concepts adapted for students ages 8–14
Rigorous curriculum, not watered-down activities
Students learn from someone who actively builds real-world systems.
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Have questions about our programs? Karla can help with enrollment and scheduling.
Karla Tovar
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Enrollment & scheduling
Location
Chula Vista, California