Coding and game design in Massachusetts
Athena Coding began in Hingham, Massachusetts in 2020. Early classes gave students games, animations, and digital projects they could build, test, and share.
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Our history
Athena began in Hingham, Massachusetts.
Athena started in 2020 with coding and game design classes. The company grew across Massachusetts, expanded into California, and developed a national network of local instructors and program support.
How Athena developed
How Athena grew.
More partners and more subjects
Work with schools, municipalities, and community programs led Athena into Minecraft, robotics, science, visual art, filmmaking, music, theatre, chess, language, movement, and other enrichment areas.
A larger expanded-learning role
Athena expanded into California and began supporting multi-site summer programs, intersession, full-day camps, and recurring school-year expanded-learning schedules.
Local delivery with national support
Athena has local operations in Massachusetts and California and instructor teams in markets across the country. A shared national system supports recruiting, curriculum, materials, scheduling, and program operations.
Leadership
The people coordinating Athena.
David Howie
FounderDavid founded Athena in Hingham in 2020 and leads company strategy, partnerships, and program development.
Chloe Faye
Managing DirectorChloe leads day-to-day coordination across recruiting, staffing, partner communication, and program operations.
What has stayed consistent
Students should do something real.
Every Athena course gives students a project, skill, performance, or problem to work on. Our aim is to bring that kind of enrichment to all 50 states.
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