Many Dinwiddie County Public Schools teachers will be participating in National Computer Science Week and then taking part of the Hour of Code 2019 during December 9-15, 2019.   Governor Ralph Northam has officially recognize December 3-9, 2019, as National Computer Science Week in our Commonwealth of Virginia  in order to show our Commonwealth’s commitment to Computer Science Education, students, classrooms, and schools are encouraged to participate in Computer Science Education Week.

December 9 marks the birthday of U.S. Navy Admiral Grace Hopper, another Virginia pioneer in the field of Computer Science and the person largely responsible for modern programming languages also known as computer code; and the goal is for Virginia students, especially females and students of color, to learn about the computer science field during Virginia’s celebration of Computer Science Education Week, exploring career pathways that include cybersecurity and information security.

Virginia will continue to be a leader in computer science and cybersecurity through business growth, entrepreneurship, and innovation; and has the highest concentration of technology workers in the country.  We are also fourth in the nation for total number of computer science-field jobs, with more than 1 in 10 working in technology fields which has a direct economic output of $42.3 billion and supports $37.1 billion in additional economic output in Virginia.