Don’t run your coding club alone. Make it a Wack Club.
Wack Club is a nonprofit network of high school computer science clubs and makers around the world. Applications are now open.
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Clubs discovering the joy of code.
Wack Clubs typically meet for 1 hour each week in high schools, makerspaces, community centers, churches, and any other venue where teenagers can gather. As a club leader, you get members (mostly beginners) started on something to learn/create, then members work at their own pace, building websites, apps, & games, and presenting them at the end.
A group of teens, many beginners, gather to start coding.The leader (that’s you!) presents for a few minutes, getting the group started building something new.
2Everyone gets hacking, individually. Not hacking bank accounts, being creative and making something awesome.
3To end, everyone demos their work.As a leader, you’re cultivating a community of makers. Each member showing off their work builds momentum & motivation.
Go beyond club meetings.
Wack Clubs attend and run hackathons like Lion City Hacks & HackOC, take part in year long programs like OnBoard, and compete in events like the Congressional App Challenge. The hack’s the limit.
~ Welcome to Hackerland ~
By the students, for the students.
Learning to code is like gaining a superpower — turning you from a consumer of technology into a creator. It shouldn’t be taught like a class — it should be a creative, inclusive space. To foster this environment, every Wack Club is student-led & members make self-directed projects.
Our philosophy →Hit the ground running
Get your club going & growingwith Wack Club.
Chat with 100s of club leaders
In our Slack community, you’ll be invited to a space for Wack Club leaders to ask questions & chat, share projects, & attend weekly live events.
Tools to hack on
We build tools, such as Sprig, that your members can use to make projects with in meetings! Build more of them with us in our Slack community.
Stickers
Get amazing stickers for marketing your club shipped directly to you & your club members.
A nonprofit fund
Use our 501(c)(3) status and a restricted fund with HCB to fundraise, accept donations, and buy things!
Weekly events
From Wack Night to AMAs to weirder events, the Slack community has live events for leaders & members alike every week.
A basket of free tools
We're always building new tools for leaders, such as Sprig! We've also got free subscriptions to Figma Pro, Postman, and more for running a great computer science club club.
Existing clubs welcome
When established Computer Science clubs join, they get all the Wack Club benefits: Zoom Pro, stickers, our Slack community, workshops, the works. They’re welcome to use the “Wack Club” name or keep their existing one.
~ The Wack Club Slack ~
Come for the skills,
stay for the people.
Communication and planning for our open source projects happen in the Slack. Coding is often seen as an isolating activity. Plenty of groups exist for kids who are interested in sports, theater, or chess, but the stereotype of a programmer is a person who sits alone in a dark room. It doesn't have to be this way—in the Wack Club Slack (Discord-style online groupchat), you'll find a group of 27,253+ fabulous people to talk to, active at all hours.
Join our Slack →Next steps
Apply today to start your club.
It’s all-online, free, & takes under an hour. We’ll help from there!
1. Application
Start by telling us about your club & who’s leading it.
2. Onboarding call
Hop on a quick Zoom with someone from Wack Club HQ.
3. First meeting
Schedule your club’s first meeting & get going!