{"id":475048,"date":"2026-10-24T02:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T02:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475048\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T02:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T02:18:14","slug":"apple-ceo-visits-austin-elementary-school-as-students-code-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475048\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple CEO visits Austin elementary school as students code robots"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Apple CEO John Ternus visited Summitt Elementary School in Austin on Friday, where fourth graders put their coding skills to the test as part of an Apple-supported program with Region 13.<\/p>\n

A group of 24 students has spent the past three weeks learning to code and solve problems on iPads. As a final project, each student designed a coding challenge for their classmates. On Friday, students took on each other’s challenges, programming Sphero robots to navigate obstacle courses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think of how much I wish I was doing this when I was their age,\u201d Ternus said. \u201cThese kids are so smart and they\u2019re getting to do things that when I was a kid I never had a chance to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/p>\n

Apple CEO John Ternus visited Summitt Elementary School in Austin on Friday, where fourth graders put their coding skills to the test as part of an Apple-supported program with Region 13. (Photo: CBS Austin)<\/p>\n

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This is the second year Region 13 has brought the program to Summit Elementary. Last year, nearly every student at the school got hands-on experience with iPads and Apple tools, with help from Apple experts and volunteers from Apple’s Austin campus. This year’s advanced session focuses on coding and game development.<\/p>\n

Ternus said Apple has worked with Region 13 since 2022, reaching more than 40,000 students by providing iPads and helping teachers and librarians create programs.<\/p>\n

According to Apple, the company has awarded more than $2.5 million in grants to Region 13 since 2023, supporting its educational initiatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve been in Austin for over 30 years,\u201d Ternus said. \u201cIt’s our second largest campus in the U.S. with over 10,000 team members here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ternus’ visit came on the same day he welcomed customers at the Apple Store at the Domain Northside<\/a> for the launch of the iPhone Duo, the company’s first foldable iPhone. He also said he plans to attend this weekend’s Formula One race at the Circuit of the Americas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Apple CEO John Ternus visited Summitt Elementary School in Austin on Friday, where fourth graders…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-475048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}