SpringLight Education: Excellence in Programming & USACO Training
Since 2012, SpringLight Education has been offering high-quality instruction in Java, C++, Python, and AP Computer Science A, with USACO training added in 2013. Our students consistently achieve top scores of 4 and 5 on the AP CS A exam and excel in USACO competitions at all levels—including finalists.
Many of our students have advanced through USACO Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels, with numerous participants earning perfect scores of 1000. Their outstanding performance has helped them gain admission to top universities such as MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, Harvey Mudd, UC Berkeley, and more.
At SpringLight, we are committed to providing structured training, expert guidance, and hands-on practice to help students master algorithms, problem-solving, and competitive programming. Join us and take your programming skills to the next level!
Click here to register for SpringLight's Programming Classes: https://goo.gl/azs8AU
Programming Skills, Tests, Competitions & their roles in College Admission
看中文讲座电脑编程语言，考试，竞赛以及在大学申请中的作用 https://youtu.be/oQyPZQSrfhs
Why USACO? Check HERE.
Programming Class Schedule
| Class | Date | Time (California) | Class Day | Price | Notes | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USACO Bronze | 2/9 – 3/23/2025 + 2/17/2025 | 4:00-6:30pm | Sundays (M-President Day) | $900/8 lessons $115/lesson | Mr. Huang | |
| USACO Silver | 2/8 – 3/22/2025 +2/17/2025 | 4:00-6:30pm (2/17: 1:00-3:30pm) | Saturdays (M-President Day) | $980/8 lessons $125/lessons | Mr. Huang | |
| AP CS A Test Prep | 2/15 – 5/3/25 | 9:30am-12:00pm | Saturdays | $1000/12 lessons $85/lesson | 5/7/25 test date | Mr. Huang |
| AP CS A Test Prep | 3/2 – 5/4/25 | 1:00-3:30pm | Sundays | $900/10 lessons $95/lesson | 5/7/25 test date | Mr. Huang |
| Java Programming | 6/22 – 9/7/2025 | 6:00-8:30pm | Sundays | $1000/12 lessons $85/lessons | ||
| USACO Bronze | 6/21 – 8/23/2025 | 1:00-3:30pm | Saturdays | $1150/10 lessons $ 120/lessons | Mr. Huang | |
| USACO Silver | 6/21 – 8/23/2025 | 4:00-6:30pm | Saturdays | $1250/10 lessons $130/lessons | Mr. Huang | |
| AP CS A & Java tutoring rate | 1:1 $100/hr 1:2 $60/hr 1:3 $45/hr 1:4 $40/hr each student | |||||
| USACO Gold,Silver, Bronze class video | Available as an online video recording of previous class | Send request to spring.light.edu@ gmail.com | private lesson rate: Gold-$150/hr Silver-$120/hr Bronze-$100/hr | |||
| USACO Platinum Online Class only | Available as an online video recording of previous class | Send request to spring.light.edu@ gmail.com | private lesson rate: Platinum -$150/hr |
USACO Class Prerequisite
Bronze requirements: Understanding of basic Java or C++. Can write code without syntax errors, and knows basics such as arrays, loops, conditionals.
Silver requirements: Fluency in Java or C++. Ability to consistently solve Bronze problems. You should be very familiar with conditional statements (if/else), loops (for/while), arrays, and strings. Knowledge in classes, object-oriented programming, comparators, iterators, etc. is preferred.
Gold requirements: Ability to consistently solve silver problems. The Gold material assumes knowledge of Silver class material, such as knowing how to do BFS, DFS, and sorting, as well as know how to use standard data structures like arraylists, linked lists, stacks, queues, deques, heaps (priority queues), and binary search trees (TreeMap/map, TreeSet/set).
Platinum Requirements: Already qualified USACO Platinum level.
USACO Contest Instructions & Rules
*We accept the following payments: Make a note of student name and class/date(important!) on the payment.
- Online banking pay through Zelle: Spring.Light.Edu@gmail.com. Payee's Business name: SpringLight Education. For most online banks it's free, ask your bank for Zelle pay for details about your online sending money.
- Check payable to SpringLight Education, you can email the front and back pictures of the check to us. Or send the paper check to us by mail, or drop it off at our office.
Address: 20432 Silverado Ave, Ste 7, Cupertino, CA 95014
Payment need to be received before the 2nd class. Late payment will have $50 penalty.
Instructors
黄老师有着丰富的programming，AP CS 和USACO计算机奥赛的教学经验，并取得了显著的教学成果。黄老师将自己的儿子从USACO最初级铜级（Bronze）带到USACO的最高级白金级（Platinum），而且不少学生满分晋级银级Silver，以及金级Gold和白金级P
Mr. Huang has many years of teaching experience in programming, AP CS and USACO. He has guided his son from Bronze to Platinum in the USACO contest. A lot of his students advanced to Silver with full score, and many others advanced to Gold and Platinum. Mr. Huang will lead students from computational theories to the strategy of coding with contest examples.
Read the Testimony for Mr. Huang here.