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Fused Silver RingsCrafts & ArtsLove jewelry? Love creating? Love playing with fire? Any of these are a good reason to join in an evening of making silver rings! Learn to fuse silver, which is a way of connecting the metal using a torch and nothing else, and then use that skill to create three rings. Design your rings as a set or three stand alone rings. Plenty of help and support means no experience is necessary! Be prepared to experiment with fine silver and Argentium silver, texturing techniques and shapes of your final rings. Have a blast, and even better with a friend! Supply fee of $40 payable to instructor.Adult Summer 2025
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Game Design with Roblox (grades 2-6)STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)Learn the basics of game design and create 3-D games using Roblox Studio. Explore the different possibilities Roblox has to offer in creating awesome games!Youth Summer 2025
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Game Night & Root Beer FloatsEntertainment - Adults With DisabilitiesJoin your friends for some fun playing games and enjoying delicious boot beer floats. What a great way to end the month of May after the Memorial Day holiday weekend! We'll have some of your favorite games like Sorry, Trouble, Battleship, cards, and puzzles; but feel free to bring your favorite to share with friends.Project Explore Spring 2025
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Game On!-Video Game Art (ages 5-12)Arts & CraftsTake a break and go "AFK" (away from keyboard), while exploring your favorite games in a brand new way! Draw, sculpt, paint and more, while creating projects inspired by favorite video games. Design an avatar on a real canvas board, sculpt an Among Us crewmate, create Sonic the Hedgehog and so much more!Youth Summer 2025
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Get Golf Ready: Beginners (ages 16+)Fitness & SportsWant to learn to play golf, return to the game or refresh your skills? Develop skills that allow you to be comfortable and competent on the course. Discover the skills of full swing, putting and chipping. Understand the basic etiquette and equipment of the game. Lesson package includes two, one-hour lessons on the driving range, two one-hour lessons around the green and a three-hour on-course lesson to practice what you have learned under the patient guidance of instructors. Range balls, clubs if needed, tees and training aids provided. Limited to a maximum of eight to allow for individual attention within the group setting. Choose one of the following for the three-hour on-the-course lesson: August 11, 12, 13 or 16 at 5:00 p.m. To check on class status due to weather concerns, please call: 651-683-6969 ext. 84498. Location: Emerald Greens Golf Course, 14425 Goodwin Ave, Hastings (just ten minutes east of Rosemount)Adult Summer 2025
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GigaTech Robotics (grades 1-5)STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)Discover the exciting world of programming and engineering through hands-on learning. In this action-packed session. Build and program eight unique robotic and engineering models, including a power plant, military tank, crane and more! Explore key concepts like kinetic and potential energy, Newton’s Laws, and angular momentum while sharpening your problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Ignite creativity and lay the foundation for future success in tech and engineering.Youth Summer 2025
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Glam Lab (grades 1-4)STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)Make your own fizzy bath bombs, shimmering lip balm, soaps, shower dough, glam goo, exfoliating salt scrub and many more fun science experiments! Have a blast with friends while concocting all types of beauty and bath products. Add a pinch of imagination to create super cool packages and more to take home.Youth Summer 2025
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Glow-in-the-Dark Engineering (grades 1-4)STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)Illuminate the night with awesome STEAM projects! Explore glow-in-the-dark pigments and learn the difference between fluorescent and luminescent. Use LED lights to create a handy flashlight, light-up underwater sea monsters, engineer a cool night lamp and more! Take home a light-up project each day.Youth Summer 2025
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Golf II: Intermediate Golf (ages 16+)Fitness & SportsContinue to develop your golf skills. Learn to be more consistent with woods and irons. Hit it farther with more accuracy. Improve your shots around the green, including bunkers. Small class sizes (maximum 8) allow for individual attention within the group setting. All sessions include three one-hour driving range lessons, a one-hour short game lesson and a three-hour on-course lesson where you will practice the skills you have learned under the patient guidance of skilled staff. Seven hours total instruction. Range balls, clubs if needed, tees and training aids provided. Choose one of the following for the three-hour on-the-course lesson: August 11, 12, 13 or 16 at 5:00 p.m. To check on class status due to weather concerns, please call: 651-683-6969 Ex. 84498. Location: Emerald Greens Golf Course, 14425 Goodwin Ave, Hastings (just ten minutes east of Rosemount)Adult Summer 2025
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WaitlistTitleist 4 (flickr) (CC BY 2.0)Golf Lessons (adult and child ages 5-14)GolfIt's tee time! Develop the skills to learn a life-long sport to enjoy with that special adult in your life. Lessons are designed to provide a solid introduction to the game of golf for a junior golfer and adult. Practice putting, chipping, full swing and etiquette. Emphasis will be made on helping you feel comfortable and competent on the golf course. Course includes four, one-hour lessons, a three-hour on course lesson, use of all equipment, a youth t-shirt and a bag tag. Must have completed kindergarten to participate. A child who attends these golf lessons must be accompanied (registered) by a parent or guardian. **A 3-hour “on-the-course” lesson is also included in these lessons: August 11, 12, 13, or 16 at 5:00 p.m.Youth Summer 2025
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Gooey, Gunky, Gloppy: Ultimate Slime Blast (grades K-3)STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)Dive into a universe of gooey, gunky, gloppy slimes, discovering a unique slime each day! Create eruptions, engineer a hovercraft, craft a glowing planetary night lamp, a shelter and so much more!Youth Summer 2025
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Google Sheets for BeginnersTechnology/ComputersUnlock the full potential of Google Sheets and gain skills that will benefit you for a lifetime! Whether you're using it for work or personal projects, this comprehensive class will transform you from a novice into an expert. Master the essential functions of Google Sheets, including entering, organizing, refining, analyzing and visualizing data. Join us to build a solid foundation in Google Sheets and enhance your productivity and data management capabilities!Adult Summer 2025
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jnyemb (flickr) (CC BY 2.0)Graphic Design Software Essentials CertificateTechnology/ComputersDo not register here. Please click Register now! The Adobe software tools are the leading software for graphic design. Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard computer illustration software. Use Illustrator to draw shapes and design logos, flyers, posters, banners, business cards or any other vector graphics for print or web. Adobe InDesign is the industry standard page-layout program that works with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop seamlessly. InDesign allows you to create simple to complex multi-page documents such as brochures, flyers, books and magazines. Use Adobe Photoshop to effectively work with selection and editing tools, layers, and masks to edit, retouch and enhance existing images or create your own composite digital art work. Access to the Adobe software tools required. Software Requirements: For all online Adobe classes, students are responsible for purchasing their own software for their course. Trial versions of Adobe software are sometimes available on the Adobe company website. If you're taking the entire “Graphic Design certificate” you'll need Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign. Otherwise you may sign up for a single software. There is no school discount through LERN. More information on Adobe Creative Cloud software can be found at adobe.com Register now! Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and a very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. After you register, you will be given a web address with easy-to-follow instructions to go to get into your virtual classroom. You may participate any time of day or evening with online reading, listen and see presentations, and complete self-quizzes. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. You will get to know your instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It’s easy. It’s fun. Continuing Education Units (CEUs)/International Learning Units (ILUs) 4.8 Length 48 Hours Price $545.00 Register now!Adult Summer 2025
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WaitlistGroup Guitar Lessons (ages 9-15)MusicLearn how to read music, TABs (musical notations indicating where to put fingers on guitar), and discover the chords and scales it takes to become a guitar player. Bring your own guitar, music will be provided.Youth Summer 2025
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Gymnastics Summer Camp (grades 6-12)GymnasticsWant to participate and compete in high school gymnastics? If you have mastered basic skills including back handsprings on the floor, handsprings on the vault, cartwheels, back walkovers on the beam, kips and back and front hip circles on the bars, this advanced camp is for you! Attend two to five days a week (Monday-Friday).Youth Summer 2025
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Gymnastics: Beginner to Advanced (boys and girls ages 5-13)GymnasticsLearn gymnastics skills from a team of superbly trained instructors. Boys and girls of all abilities will develop skills in vaulting, tumbling, mini-tramp, balance beam and floor exercise. Program is open to youth seeking fun exercise or those wishing to compete. Students will be grouped by levels: Beginner (ages 5-13): Develop awareness in flipping, spinning and turning. Class is designed for students with little or no gymnastics experience. Learn the basic skills on floor, bars, beam and vault, including splits, bridges, rolls, cartwheels, pullovers and squat-ons. Intermediate (ages 7-13): Enhance and develop new skills in tumbling and in all other Olympic events (e.g., uneven bars, beam). Advanced (ages 7-13): Learn new and complicated skills safely at an advanced level with spotting and instruction. Wear leotards or comfortable clothing.Youth Summer 2025
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WaitlistGymnastics: Beginner to Advanced (boys and girls ages 5-13)GymnasticsLearn gymnastics skills from a team of superbly trained instructors. Boys and girls of all abilities will develop skills in vaulting, tumbling, mini-tramp, balance beam and floor exercise. Program is open to youth seeking fun exercise or those wishing to compete. Students will be grouped by levels: Beginner (ages 5-13): Develop awareness in flipping, spinning and turning. Class is designed for students with little or no gymnastics experience. Learn the basic skills on floor, bars, beam and vault, including splits, bridges, rolls, cartwheels, pullovers and squat-ons. Intermediate (ages 7-13): Enhance and develop new skills in tumbling and in all other Olympic events (e.g., uneven bars, beam). Advanced (ages 7-13): Learn new and complicated skills safely at an advanced level with spotting and instruction. Wear leotards or comfortable clothing.Youth Spring 2025
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Hacking and Cybersecurity (grades 4-8)STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)Are you curious about how hackers think? Do you love solving puzzles? Experience the exciting world of coding, ethical hacking and cybersecurity. Uncover the techniques hackers use, practice on specially designed websites and master the skills to protect your online information. Play Capture the Flag games where you can crack codes and outsmart cyber threats!Youth Summer 2025
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Hair Braiding 101 (ages 11+)Health & SafetyLearn the art of hair braiding. This in-depth braiding class is tailored for beginners. Learn fundamental braiding techniques and theory through hands-on practice. Develop motor skills and hand/eye coordination, and confidence in braiding techniques in a supportive learning environment. All supplies provided and you will receive written directions to continue your skills at home. Supply fee (cash) of $15 payable to instructor the day of class. Supplies include equipment, ointments, extensions and more. What past participants say about the class: "I had so much fun! And I was happy with the result"Youth Summer 2025
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Half Page Near Back Cover Print AdvertisingPartnership and Advertising OpportunitiesPlace display ads in District 196 Community Education’s catalogs. Ad reservations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve your ad space now, for all three seasonal catalogs, online or call 651-423-7701 with your advertising request and credit card information. As you know, there are many benefits of ad placement in our catalogs, which reach over 84,000 District 196 residents three times a year. District 196 includes the communities of Rosemount, Apple Valley, Eagan, Burnsville, Coates, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Farmington and Empire and Vermillion townships. Recently, I compared our rates, distribution and shelf-life to other print advertising opportunities in our area, and we are still the ‘best deal in town!’ Half Page Inside Near Back Cover (four color) 4 available each season 4.75 x 7.25w” $609 per catalog Fall 2025 Catalog Artwork Due June 16, 2025 | Catalog Distribution begins August 18, 2025 Winter/Spring 2026 Catalog Artwork Due October 18, 2025 | Catalog Distribution begins January 5, 2026 Summer 2025 Catalog Artwork Due January 4, 2026 | Catalog Distribution begins March 10, 2026 Guidelines for Display Ads in District 196 Community Education Catalogs Content: Advertisers may determine the content of their ads, but the ads may not contain references to tobacco, firearms, religion/spirituality, or sex. To continue our non-profit bulk mailing status, ads may not promote credit, debit or charge cards, offer insurance policies or promote travel. Aesthetics: Advertisers may determine the design of their ads, but the ads must complement the overall design of the publication. In cases of questionable aesthetics, the Director of Community Education retains the right to determine appropriateness. Logistics: Advertisers are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until the predetermined number of ad slots are sold. Community Education offerings will not be jeopardized in any way because of ads. Advertisers who offer programs in “competition” with Community Education will not be allowed to advertise. Advertisers may sign up for advanced ads up to one entire school year (three catalogs). Other advertising opportunities may made available throughout the year. Advertisers will pay at time of request for advertising space. Only credit cards are accepted. Please don’t hesitate to give me a call at 651-423-7701 should you have any questions.2025-26 Partnership and Advertising
