A cademy for T echnology & C omputer S cience · •Just as students in all NJ high schools, BCA...

Academyfor Technology &

Computer Science

Bergen County Academies - ATCS

Do You Want to…• Write software?

• Build web sites and apps

• Design processors?

• Defend against hackers?

• Develop phone apps?

• Build robots?

• Learn how computers really work!


The Core Requirements


• Just as students in all NJ high schools, BCA students take courses in English, history, math, science, foreign language, and physical education.

• In addition, our students take an average of four hours per week of computer science.

• Strong foundation of core concepts.

• Broad variety of programming topics.

• Focus on application of skills.

• Experienced teachers in the computer field.

• Continuously updated to align with this rapidly changing field.

ATCS Core Curriculum


ATCS Freshman Year Course

• Intro to Computer Science– Python and Java programming languages.

– Emphasis on program flow and design.

– Hands-on

– Multiple projects to integrate skills.


ATCS Sophomore Year Course

• C, Assembly and Data Structures – Learn how a computer works at its lowest levels.

– Design memory structures to solve problems elegantly. (Stacks, queues, array lists, linked lists, maps, and trees)

– Sockets and threading.


AP Computer Science

• AP Computer Science– Intensive study of object oriented programming

through the Java programming language.

– Aligned to the College Board’s AP Curriculum.

– Currently a required 10th grade course, may shift to an “elective” so that students can enroll when they choose.

– Expectation that all ATCS students will take AP Comp Sci.


ATCS Junior Year Course

• Advanced Topics in Computer Science– Develop a theoretical and practical

understanding of different paradigms in programming languages.

– Create an interpreter for your own computer language.


ATCS Senior Year Course

• Capstone Project– Full year individual or group

project on a topic of your choosing to integrate your

CS learning. The projects

are designed to help real people with real problems.


Some ATCS Electives and Projects– Mechatronics Research

– Relational Databases – Computer Security– Web App Development (HTML, CSS, PHP, JS)– Processor Design and Architecture– Android App Development– ActiveFloor– Robotics– Programming Competition Prep– New ones are constantly created.


Mechatronics Project

• Solve real-world challenges through a combination of programming with electrical and mechanical engineering.


Web App Design Project

– Student design and build web applications used by the school for coordinating enrollment for special activities.

– New projects designed and created eachyear.


Active Floor and Robotics

– Create programs and games that run on our ActiveFloor– Program our Darwin-Mini and NAO robots.


ATCS Competitions

– hackBCA

– American Computer Science League (ACSL)

– USA Computing Olympiad (USACO)

– Panasonic Creative Design Challenge (CDC)

– Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)

– Various Capture the Flag (CTF) Competitions

– National Center for Women & Information Technology



Why ATCS? Fun, Friends, and Hacking

Come Join the ATCS Family!


#!/bin/bash

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