How the Path Levels Fit Together
Paths 2026–27 · iCode of Wellesley
One ladder for every Path
Each Path is a numbered ladder. 101 assumes nothing. The top of each ladder is real work in a real language or a real toolchain.
- Boston Parents Family Favorite seven years running
- Macaroni Kids Favorite 2025
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Your child enters at the level that matches what they can do, not their age. They move across into another Path whenever they want to, and the habits carry over.
Ages 7 to 15 on every Path and every level.
Minecraft
| Level 101 | Creative Challenges Every session starts with a challenge and an empty world. |
| Level 102 | Survival Lessons Survival mode hands your child nothing and expects them to work it out. |
| Level 103 | Modding and Blockbench Here your child stops playing the game as it ships and starts changing it. |
| Level 104 | Redstone Redstone is Minecraft’s wiring. |
| Level 105 | Java Minecraft itself is written in Java. |
Roblox
| Level 101 | First worlds, first scripts Kids learn to make Roblox games instead of just playing them. |
| Level 102 | Roblox Studio, properly A design class. |
| Level 103 | Rules, scoring and playtests This is where worlds turn into games. |
| Level 104 | What players will pay for How does a Roblox game make money? Students look at how game passes and in-game items work and design them into their own game. |
| Level 105 | A full 3D game Our most advanced Roblox class. |
Python
| Level 101 | Your first real programs Python is a real programming language that professionals use every day, and it makes a good first one. |
| Level 102 | Functions, lists and your own bugs For students who know the basics. |
| Level 103 | Classes and objects Object-oriented programming is how big programs stay organized. |
| Level 104 | Games you can hand to a friend Students design and code complete games in Python, with movement, collisions, levels and scoring. |
| Level 105 | Into three dimensions The top of the Python Path. |
Shark Tank
| Level 101 | The idea and the pitch Kids come up with a business idea, figure out who would buy it, and pitch it to a panel, Shark Tank style. |
| Level 102 | Pricing, costs and a prototype Students take an idea further. |
| Level 103 | The full business plan For experienced young entrepreneurs. |
YouTube
| Level 101 | Storyboard, camera, edit Kids learn to plan, film and edit their own short videos: storyboards, camera angles, cutting clips and adding sound. |
| Level 102 | Pacing, graphics and sound Better stories, better editing. |
| Level 103 | Produce a whole series Students plan and produce a series instead of a single video. |
Robotics
| Level 101 | Motors, sensors and first builds Kids build robots and program them to move, sense and react. |
| Level 102 | Harder builds, longer programs For students with some robotics behind them. |
| Basic VEX | An introduction to VEX, the robotics system used in student competitions. |
| Advanced VEX | For students who have used VEX before. |
Scratch
| Level 101 | A working game, out of blocks The starting point for kids who have never coded. |
| Level 102 | Scoring, levels and bugs For kids who can already make a sprite move. |
Digital Arts & 3D Printing
| Level 101 | Posters, characters and logos A first look at drawing and designing on a computer. |
| Level 102 | Layers, color, and into 3D For kids who have made a few designs already. |
Web Design
| Level 101 | Your first web page Kids build their first real web page. |
| Level 102 | Styling, links and phones For kids who have built a page before. |
Where the Paths lead
Robotics leads to our competition teams: a real season, a roster and tournaments.
Python leads to contest preparation, ACSL and later USACO, where a result is something outside iCode can verify.
Thinking about the Belt Program instead?
| A Path | Belt Program | |
| Time | 1 hour a week | 2 hours, plus 2 on a Saturday |
| Shape | One topic, one semester | Ten belts, ten months each |
| What comes home | What they built | Monthly report, portfolio, transcript |
| Saturday STEAM Study Lab | None | Included, two hours a month |
| Price | $445 a semester | $425 a month |
A Path samples one topic for a semester. The Belt Program is the ten-month spine, in a group of about six, with a written report every month. Plenty of families do both.
Still deciding?
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