Project-based coding courses with a credentialed progression — so your child builds skills that last, and has the portfolio to prove it.
Three cohorts matched by age and experience level
Founding cohort now enrolling — limited spots
Once a week, 10 weeks, with a real instructor
Open Badges 3.0 — shareable, verifiable, permanent
Every project is presented at Spark Day — a live showcase where learners earn a verified digital badge for their portfolio.
A structured progression from guided beginner to independent creator — across every subject we teach.
Pick a subject — Game Dev, AI & ML, Web & Apps, and more. Tracks are independent; learners can pursue multiple at once.
Every project is demoed live at a Spark Day showcase. Each completed project earns one verified Spark badge, permanently on record.
Three Sparks complete a band: Apprentice → Journeyman → Master Wright. Bands measure real capability — not seat time.
All Sparks and bands across all tracks aggregate into a single shareable credential record — meaningful for college applications and beyond.
Real skills. Real projects. Real credentials.
Master-level students deploy working software. Journeyman students write real code. Apprentices build guided projects that actually run.
Every badge is verifiable and built on Open Badges 3.0. Readable by schools, competitions, and college admissions.
Wright Standing shows exactly where your child is — not a grade, but a specific capability description with named competencies.
SparkWrights is designed to keep kids engaged for years — from a first Scratch game at age 8 to a published project at 16.
"My daughter has tried every coding app out there. SparkWrights is the first one where she can actually show someone what she built — and what she earned for building it."
— Parent of a Journeyman Wright · Game Dev
One live session per week — consistent, manageable, and purposeful.
Every band ends with a real, demoed project. No filler, no busywork.
The spine is open-ended — there's always somewhere meaningful to go.
The founding cohort is enrolling now. Classes start July 26, 2026.
Three cohorts matched by grade. Once a week for 10 weeks — live, with an instructor, building toward a real project showcase.
Mondays 7–8 PM CT · Starts July 27
Wednesdays 7–8 PM CT · Starts July 29
Sundays 7–8 PM CT · Starts July 26
Your child's first real coding experience. Starting with Scratch, they'll build three complete games over 10 weeks — and present each one at Spark Day to earn a verifiable credential.
The jump to real code. Students leave Scratch behind and start writing Python — building games with real logic, real functions, and real problem-solving. Largely self-directed with instructor guidance.
Ship real work. Master-level students design, build, and publish original games that anyone can play. Every project at this level is a portfolio piece. The final capstone is showcased publicly.
If your child has never coded before, start with Apprentice — regardless of age.
The same bands and credential rules apply across every track — so your child's rank means the same thing no matter what they study.
Every learner progresses through the same tiers in every track. Reaching Master Wright in Game Dev certifies the same caliber of work as Master Wright in AI.
Builds guided, working projects using core concepts. Learners follow structured instructions to produce something real and demo it live.
⚡ 3 Sparks to advanceWrites real text-based code and solves problems with growing autonomy. Projects are largely self-directed and rise in complexity.
⚡ 3 Sparks to advanceDesigns, builds, and publishes an original, deployed project. Master-level work is real work — something others can use.
⚡ 3 Sparks to completeThe spine is open-ended. Maker Laureate is awarded to those who reach Master in two tracks and complete a cross-disciplinary capstone.
⚡ Defined per trackAdd any track; the bands always mean the same thing. Game Dev is live now — more tracks launching soon.
From Scratch arcade games to a published original title. Fully built and calibrated across all three bands.
Classifiers, chatbots, and machine-learning projects. Learners build intuition for how AI actually works.
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript through to deployed sites. Every Master has shipped something others use.
Block and Python programming for sensors, motors, and physical systems. Real-world automation.
Data wrangling, visualization, and insight projects. Real datasets; real stories.
Scratch arcade game — loops, events, conditionals
Interactive animated tale with branching choices
Multi-level adventure — band completion project
First text-based game in Python
Playable Pygame game with original art
Game with real AI opponent or complex logic
Polished, playtested original game
Published and playable on the internet
Public capstone showcase — band completion
Every Spark is a verifiable digital badge, signed by a real instructor.
Every SparkWrights credential is verifiable, shareable, and built on Open Badges 3.0 — documented proof of demonstrated capability.
One verifiable badge per completed project
Names specific competencies earned at each tier
Comprehensive Learner Record across all tracks
Apex credential — Master in two tracks + capstone
A credential is only worth something if it can be verified and says something specific.
Every project earns one of these — specific, verifiable, and permanently on the learner's record.
The founding cohort is enrolling now.
SparkWrights Academy is an online coding bootcamp for K–12 students, with a credentialed progression designed to last years, not weeks.
"Spark it. Build it. Ship it."
A wright is an old word for a skilled maker — a playwright, a shipwright, a wheelwright. A spark is an idea, a beginning, the ignition of something new. SparkWrights are young makers who spark ideas into working things.
Based in Minnesota. Delivering programs online. Founding cohort: July 2026.
"We built SparkWrights because every other program either teaches tricks without fundamentals, or teaches fundamentals without producing anything real. We wanted both: real skills, real projects, real credentials."
Most coding courses for kids are either too shallow — drag-and-drop apps that never become real programming — or too narrow: a single project, a single certificate, then nothing. SparkWrights solves this with a framework that separates the progression spine from the content. The ranks mean the same thing in every subject. New tracks plug in. Their record grows with them for years.
Based in Minnesota. Delivering programs online. Founding cohort enrolling now — Game Dev track starting July 2026.
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Every band ends with a project that works, runs, and can be shown to someone outside the class. No participation trophies.
A Master Wright in Game Dev and a Master Wright in AI represent the same caliber of demonstrated work.
We issue credentials that name specific competencies, signed by a real instructor, verifiable by anyone.
A learner who starts at age 8 still has somewhere meaningful to go at 16. The spine is open-ended by design.
Select the cohort that matches your child's grade. Not sure? Start with Apprentice if they've never coded before.
Grades 3–5 · Mondays 7–8 PM CT · Starts July 27, 2026
Grades 6–8 · Wednesdays 7–8 PM CT · Starts July 29, 2026
Grades 9–12 · Sundays 7–8 PM CT · Starts July 26, 2026
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