SPPS Community Education offers a variety of classes designed for adults with developmental disabilities to explore interests, meet with peers, have fun and learn new skills!
School Age Child Care
Where families learn & grow together.
1/2 Day Nature-based Pre-K
Youth and Adult beginners welcome. Pick a melody, strum a chord, and perform popular and classical guitar or ukulele music. Play acoustic guitar or ukulele as a beginning or progressing student. Participants must bring their own guitar or ukulele. These are individual half-hour lessons.
Sliding Fees: Our model for program pricing ensures that our high-quality enrichment classes are more accessible to our community members. We encourage participants to choose the price that they are able to pay. This structure helps our programs be financially sustainable and more equitable.
Pat Dougherty (commonly known by their Derby name, Doc) is a teaching artist based in the Twin Cities. On top of being the stage manager for the Minnesota Rollergirls, they currently sit on the Board of Directors at KFAI and have been teaching with Saint Paul Public Schools since 2011. A multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter, they’ve played in several local bands including:
Fairfax, AK (Nominated for ‘best new band’ by Star Tribune)
JiLL. (Nominated for ‘best new band’ by City Pages)
Illusion Valley (Favorite Albums of 2016 by Electric Fetus)
In 2016 they participated in a song-a-week challenge that inspired a new solo project, Theyself, in early 2017. Their music has been featured on the Food Network and is currently on rotation at the Current, Radio K, Go96, KUWS, KQAL and KFAI.
