The Fairfield Programming Association

The Fairfield Programming organization's fpa charter program bridges high school coders nationwide with underserved communities. The initiative allows high schools to become charters and its students The opportunity to be fpa teachers. Fpa teachers offer weekly coding classes over extended periods at nearby schools or libraries that would otherwise not have access. By allowing any school that wants to help underserved communities with coding The charter program expands coding access throughout communities where opportunities are otherwise scarce - in a personalized form of teaching that online classes cannot match. Moreover it fosters community by enabling charter schools to organize computer science competitions. The charter program is The most important component of The fpa and its biggest opportunity for growth.

The content creation program consists of a team within fpa that develops online educational resources - similar to platforms like codecademy and khan academy. Through this program The fpa expands its outreach by creating high-quality online content for any audience accessible anywhere and anytime. When taken alongside The charter program The content creation program allows underserved communities and students to have The opportunity to develop their coding skills in addition to in-person classes.