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  • ACT Prep Course: In-Person

    For youth currently in 10th - 12th grade. Prepare for the ACT in a traditional classroom format with in-person instructors who present test-taking strategies, critical review, and time management for all testing areas of the ACT. Great for those that are uneasy about their test-taking skills or unsatisfied with previous ACT results. This course consists of four, three-hour classes that meet one day each week. All class materials provided.
  • Acolytes of Darkness Dungeons and Dragons

    Grades 2-5. Learn how to play D&D, in a simplified way. Use problem solving, communication, and teamwork in this roleplaying tabletop game to solve puzzles, defeat monsters, and protect villagers from harm! Bring your heart, might, and mind to the Adventurers' Guild -- Acolytes of Darkness campaign! Take home a set of dice and a character folder. No class May 26. 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.
  • All Abilities Dancing: Hip-Hop

    Grades K-5. For youth of all diverse abilities. Express yourself through movement in a supportive, community-minded environment. Find your voice and style through the lens of Hip Hop. Community Ed is not able to provide PCA level care or 1 on 1 assistance. If your dancer needs this type of care, caregivers are invited to join the class. This high-energy class centers on positive body awareness, creativity, teamwork, motor coordination, personal expression, and gaining skills through technique and confidence in freestyling. 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.
  • All Abilities Dancing: Hip-Hop

    Entering grades 1-5. For youth of all diverse abilities. Express yourself through movement in a supportive, community-minded environment. Find your voice and style through the lens of Hip Hop. Community Ed is not able to provide PCA level care or 1 on 1 assistance. If your dancer needs this type of care, caregivers are invited to join the class. This high-energy class centers on positive body awareness, creativity, teamwork, motor coordination, personal expression, and gaining skills through technique and confidence in freestyling. 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.
  • Art at Adams

    Grades 2-5. Take your artistic skills to the next level! Explore techniques in painting, sculpting and drawing as you build upon what you've learned and show your final creations on the last day of class. 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.
  • Baby-Sitter's Training

    Non-School Day. Ages 11-14. The Safe Sitter® program prepares you to be safe when you’re home alone or babysitting. Become the most sought-after babysitter in your neighborhood as you gain child-care techniques, including basic first aid, CPR, and how to call for help in an emergency. Bring a nut-free bag lunch. 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.
  • Baby-Sitter's Training

    Non-School Day. Ages 11-14. The Safe Sitter® program prepares you to be safe when you’re home alone or babysitting. Become the most sought-after babysitter in your neighborhood as you gain child-care techniques, including basic first aid, CPR, and how to call for help in an emergency. Bring a nut-free bag lunch. 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.
  • Beginner II

    Ages 5-14 with a minimum of 2 sessions previous gymnastic experience, as well as coach recommendation. Learn more of the basics of floor exercise, uneven bars, balance beam, vault and dance.
  • CAHOOTS: Entering 1-6

    Cahoots is a summer pen pal program, supporting learning and reflection skills. Memorable workbook characters - Hoots, Boots, Marina, Stevie and Walter--guide you through a self-paced review of the school year. Reflection Buddy pen pals provide encouragement and responses to your work. Register for the grade level you'll enter in the fall. Participants receive: A fun, 8-lesson workbook to help review Math and Language Arts material from the school year. Weekly reflections and a reflection buddy. A completion prize if you complete all 8 lessons! Sliding Fee: Our sliding scale 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.
  • CAHOOTS: Entering K

    Cahoots is a summer pen pal program, supporting learning and reflection skills. Memorable workbook characters - Hoots, Boots, Marina, Stevie and Walter--guide you through a self-paced review of the skills that help prepare you for Kindergarten. Reflection Buddy pen pals provide encouragement and responses to your work. Participants receive: A fun, 6-lesson workbook to help review Math and Language Arts material. Weekly reflections and a Reflection Buddy. A game board and game piece to track progress. A completion prize if you complete all 6 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.
  • Camp Kindergarten: Hamline Elementary

    Designed for youth entering Kindergarten at Hamline Elementary in Fall 2025. Get ready for your first day of school! Practice the ins and outs of the school day while making new friends. Experience the fun of school with games, songs and art projects. 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.
  • Chain Pull Art

    Grades 5-8. Join us for a one-of-a-kind class. Chain pull painting, also known as chain drag painting or fluid painting, is a contemporary art technique that involves pouring a mixture of paint and medium onto a canvas. The process involves mixing various colors of acrylic paints with a pouring medium. The resulting artwork is often vibrant, abstract, and full of unexpected texture and movement. 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.
  • Day Camp: Changemakers

    Entering grades 1-5. Ever wonder about how to make the world a better place? Gear up to work with new friends and plant seeds of change in your community! Discover how to break down big challenges into acts of service you can do every day. Breakfast and lunch offered. Our sliding scale 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.
  • Day Camp: Dog Man and Captain Underpants: An Epic Campscapade

    Entering grades 1-5. Tra-la-laa! Discover worlds where a kind police officer might lick you and principals are snapped into silly superheroes. Create your own villains, origin stories, flip-o-ramas, and comics. Play chomp-o-rama, make fart-a-tart, and work together to build a Turbo Toilet 2000. Ignite your creative superpowers and never forget…"It's not enough to just be good. We gotta do good! Even if things get scary!". Breakfast and lunch offered. Our sliding scale 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.
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    Day Camp: Galactic Explorers

    Entering grades 1-5. An out-of-this-world adventure! Explore the wonders of outer space, learn about planets and galaxies, and participate in fun and educational activities such as rocket building and stargazing. Make new friends and have a blast while discovering the mysteries of the universe. Our sliding scale 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.
  • Day Camp: Lair of Evil Dungeons and Dragons

    Entering grades 3-6. Learn how to play D&D, in a simplified way. Use problem-solving, communication, and teamwork in this roleplaying tabletop game to solve puzzles, defeat monsters, and protect villagers from harm. Bring your heart, might, and mind to the Adventurers' Guild – Lair of Evil campaign! Take home a set of dice and a character folder. Bring a bag lunch. A snack will be provided. 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.
  • Day Camp: MVPs in Training

    Entering grades 1-5. Are you ready to experience the thrill of competition? Ready. Set. Go! Imagine the excitement of running onto the field as the crowd cheers you on. Can you feel the rush of running in for a touchdown? Making a break at the baseline? Hitting a home run? Join our team, and let’s go for it! GOOOAL!!! Breakfast and lunch offered. Our sliding scale 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.
  • Day Camp: Mess Makers

    Entering grades 1-5. Calling all mess-makers! Do you like things that ooze, goo, and go kaboom? Are you the messiest artist you know? Discover the art of mess and the science behind it. Breakfast and lunch offered. Our sliding scale 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.
  • Day Camp: Playful Performers

    Entering grades 1-5. Ready to run the show? Explore script writing, costume design, and stage production as you work together to put on a show-stopping performance at the end of the week. From curious beginners to seasoned performers—have a blast on stage with new friends. Breakfast and lunch offered. Our sliding scale 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.
  • Day Camp: Wizard of Oz Theatre

    CAMP DESCRIPTION: Entering grades 1-5. Follow the yellow brick road to the magical land of Oz, where Dorothy and her newfound friends embark on an unforgettable journey filled with courage, heart, and adventure! Audition, rehearse, and perform the show- every camper has a role. Camp concludes with a performance for family and friends. Bring a bag lunch. Our sliding scale 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.
  • Driver Education - Online Class + Behind The Wheel

    The Basics: Students must be 15 years of age by the First Day of class. Parent/guardian permission is required to take the Driver Education Course. See Registration Notes below. Course consists of State-required 30 hours of classroom instruction and 6 hours of behind-the-wheel lessons. The 30 hours of classroom instruction will be an online class. Students are required to attend all 30 consecutive hours of classroom instruction. The classroom prepares students for the written permit test. After successful completion of classroom instruction, students will be mailed their Blue Card and have 18 months to complete the Behind-the-Wheel portion of the program. Students are required to have their permit for six months, complete 6 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction, complete and log 40-50 hours of supervised driving, and be 16 years of age before they are eligible to take the road test for a driver's license. Refunds minus a $75 fee will be issued upon request for cancellation. Refunds will not be issued if requested less than three business days prior to the class start date. For more information about the licensing process and a full list of program procedures, visit https://commed.spps.org/youth-programs/driver-education/teen-driver-education. Online Course: This class offers an interactive online class experience facilitated by licensed Driver Education Instructors. Participants will engage in classroom discussions, breakout sessions and guest speaker activities. This class is being offered using the Google Meet online platform. Before registering, make sure your device meets the minimum requirements; view minimum requirements by clicking here. MN State Law requires instructors to be able to see you and hear you during the entire online class session. Students should be an a quiet location free from distraction and noise. Make sure your device has both a camera and microphone. 1-2 business days before your class, you will receive an email with your online meeting information. Please see your “Class Confirmation” email for more information on joining meetings. Fee: $400 Payment plans: 1) Full payment at time of registration 2) $200 at time of registration and remaining $200 payment will automatically be charged to your credit card on the 6th scheduled day of the student's Driver Education Course. *A sliding scale option is also available for families in need. Registration Notes: Parent/guardian permission is required to take the Driver Education Course When creating your account, parent/guardian should create their own account and add their student to the parent/guardian's account. Courses Cancellation Fees: 1) Refunds, minus a $75 cancellation fee, will be issued upon request for the course. Refunds will not be issued if requested less than three business days prior to the class start date. 2) Students must attend all 30 hours of the Driver Education course in entirety, as required by Minnesota State law.
  • Driver Education - Online Class + Behind-the-Wheel

    The Basics: Students must be 15 years of age by the First Day of class. Parent/guardian permission is required to take the Driver Education Course. See Registration Notes below. Course consists of State-required 30 hours of classroom instruction and 6 hours of behind-the-wheel lessons. The 30 hours of classroom instruction will be an online class. Students are required to attend all 30 consecutive hours of classroom instruction. The classroom prepares students for the written permit test. After successful completion of classroom instruction, students will be emailed a confirmation link to their Blue Card and have 18 months to complete the Behind-the-Wheel portion of the program. Students are required to have their permit for six months, complete 6 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction, complete and log 40-50 hours of supervised driving, and be 16 years of age before they are eligible to take the road test for a driver's license. Refunds minus a $100 fee will be issued upon request for cancellation. Refunds will not be issued if requested less than three business days prior to the class start date. For more information about the licensing process and a full list of program procedures, visit https://commed.spps.org/youth-programs/driver-education/teen-driver-education. Online Course: This class offers an interactive online class experience facilitated by licensed Driver Education Instructors. Participants will engage in classroom discussions, breakout sessions and guest speaker activities. This class is being offered using the Google Meet online platform. Before registering, make sure your device meets the minimum requirements; view minimum requirements by clicking here. MN State Law requires instructors to be able to see you and hear you during the entire online class session. Students should be an a quiet location free from distraction and noise. Make sure your device has both a camera and microphone. 1-2 business days before your class, you will receive an email with your online meeting information. Please see your “Class Confirmation” email for more information on joining meetings. Fee: $450 Payment plans: 1) Full payment at time of registration 2) $225 at time of registration and remaining $225 payment will automatically be charged to your credit card on the 6th scheduled day of the student's Driver Education Course. *A sliding scale option is also available for families in need. Registration Notes: Parent/guardian permission is required to take the Driver Education Course When creating your account, parent/guardian should create their own account and add their student to the parent/guardian's account. Courses Cancellation Fees: Refunds, minus a $100 cancellation fee, will be issued upon request for the course. Refunds will not be issued if requested less than three business days prior to the class start date.