Panda Programmer
Panda Programmer Kentlands Classroom, 216 Main St, #200, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
About
Panda Programmer offers coding classes and summer camps where kids do computer programming, Scratch programming, Scratch Jr, Python for kids, HTML and web coding, and robotics. Participants work on programming customized animations and computer games, creating interactive stories, games, and animations, and creating web pages. Some sessions include hands-on engineering challenges where kids build, test, and code robots to complete missions.
• Ages: 5–13 years old
• Schedule: Summer Camp 2026 begins in June, with one week sessions of Summer Camp offered throughout the MCPS summer vacation
Panda Programmer offers full-day and half-day options in some camps, depending on location, with small group sizes, small class sizes, weekly themes, and daily outdoor time and movement breaks. Programs are offered for elementary school students and middle school students, with curriculum tailored by age and experience, and both beginning coders and experienced young coders are welcome. Panda Programmer focuses on elementary school students, while Coding Club focuses on middle school students.
The company was founded in 2015 by Will Corbin and has taught computer science to thousands of students and campers for more than 10 years. Panda Programmer’s mission is to make high-quality computer science education accessible, enjoyable, and meaningful for all children. The program describes itself as “proudly serving as the top-rated coding summer camp near Gaithersburg, Rockville, Bethesda, and Washington D.C.” and notes that Maryland summer camps are its specialty. Panda Programmer offers many after-school classes at MCPS elementary and middle schools and offers programs across Montgomery County, Maryland and Washington, DC.
Panda Programmer states that its experienced, caring instructors love teaching kids to code and combine deep programming knowledge with a child-centered approach, in a safe, structured learning environment with an engaging, high-quality curriculum and a strong focus on creativity and problem-solving. The organization describes having a decade of proven success, fun, memorable summer experiences, and notes that many families return year after year and that siblings often join together. One student comment the program shares is, “We don’t play video games, we program our own!”
Last updated January 23, 2026.
• Ages: 5–13 years old
• Schedule: Summer Camp 2026 begins in June, with one week sessions of Summer Camp offered throughout the MCPS summer vacation
Panda Programmer offers full-day and half-day options in some camps, depending on location, with small group sizes, small class sizes, weekly themes, and daily outdoor time and movement breaks. Programs are offered for elementary school students and middle school students, with curriculum tailored by age and experience, and both beginning coders and experienced young coders are welcome. Panda Programmer focuses on elementary school students, while Coding Club focuses on middle school students.
The company was founded in 2015 by Will Corbin and has taught computer science to thousands of students and campers for more than 10 years. Panda Programmer’s mission is to make high-quality computer science education accessible, enjoyable, and meaningful for all children. The program describes itself as “proudly serving as the top-rated coding summer camp near Gaithersburg, Rockville, Bethesda, and Washington D.C.” and notes that Maryland summer camps are its specialty. Panda Programmer offers many after-school classes at MCPS elementary and middle schools and offers programs across Montgomery County, Maryland and Washington, DC.
Panda Programmer states that its experienced, caring instructors love teaching kids to code and combine deep programming knowledge with a child-centered approach, in a safe, structured learning environment with an engaging, high-quality curriculum and a strong focus on creativity and problem-solving. The organization describes having a decade of proven success, fun, memorable summer experiences, and notes that many families return year after year and that siblings often join together. One student comment the program shares is, “We don’t play video games, we program our own!”
Last updated January 23, 2026.
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