New College Students, Faculty Participate in Student Coding Event

New College of Florida students and faculty are helping students at Bay Haven School of Basics Plus learn computer programming skills. For the second straight year, New College is assisting with the school’s “Hour of Code” event during national Computer Science Education Week, Dec. 5-12. Last year, Bay Haven students wrote more than 30,000 lines of code with guidance from the college, parent volunteers and a local entrepreneur. This year, all 600 Bay Haven students will participate. The event will start with a kick-off assembly 2:15-3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2.