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PYTHON PROGRAM · SPRING 2026

Python Program

Middle school and high school, prep for PCEP entry-level and PCAP associate certifications.

LEVEL I · MIDDLE SCHOOL

Overview

Level I is a Python program for middle school students (grades 6–8). Students learn foundational Python through weekly notebooks covering variables, data types, collections, loops, conditionals, and functions.

Curriculum

Teaching sequence. Each lesson maps to PCEP-30-02 objectives.

  1. LESSON 01
    Intro to Programming & Python
    PCEP 1.1PCEP 1.2
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  2. LESSON 02
    Variables
    PCEP 1.2PCEP 1.3
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  3. LESSON 03
    Data Types
    PCEP 1.3PCEP 1.4
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  4. LESSON 04
    Operators
    PCEP 1.4
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  5. LESSON 05
    Built-in Functions & I/O
    PCEP 1.4PCEP 1.5
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  6. LESSON 06
    Strings
    PCEP 3.4
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  7. LESSON 07
    Lists
    PCEP 3.1
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  8. LESSON 08
    Dictionaries
    PCEP 3.3
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  9. LESSON 09
    Tuples
    PCEP 3.2
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  10. LESSON 10
    Data Iteration
    PCEP 2.2
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  11. LESSON 11
    Conditional Flow
    PCEP 2.1
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  12. LESSON 12
    Python Functions
    PCEP 4.1PCEP 4.2
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  13. LESSON 13
    Error Handling
    PCEP 4.3PCEP 4.4
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  14. LESSON 14
    List ComprehensionsLEVEL III
    PCAP track
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  15. LESSON 15
    Lambda & Functional ToolsLEVEL III
    PCAP track
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  16. LESSON 16
    Advanced FunctionsLEVEL III
    PCAP track
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  17. LESSON 17
    OOP IntroductionLEVEL III
    PCAP track
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  18. LESSON 18
    File I/OLEVEL III
    PCAP track
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  19. LESSON 19
    Advanced Exception HandlingLEVEL III
    PCAP track
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  20. LESSON 20
    Modules & PackagesLEVEL III
    PCAP track
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PCEP Alignment

Completing Level I prepares students for all four sections of the PCEP-30-02 exam. See the Exam Prep page for details.

Schedule

Saturday mornings, Spring and Fall semesters, ~12 weeks per semester.

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