Minnesota Community Education Association
Minnesota Community Education is Here for You!
Building the next generation of educators. The pandemic has impacted children in many ways, from disrupted school schedules to children falling behind in school. Edina High School students started seeing these issues and decided that they wanted to do something about it. Three students, Sreeyutha Ratala, Saketh Budideti, and Kedar Simhadri, reached out to Community […]
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Community education reaches far beyond neighborhood boundaries. Due to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, a refugee family fled the country and was housed with a community member. Transitioning into a new country brings a multitude of unknowns including enrolling your 4-year-old son into preschool. Hastings Public Schools added the child to the full-day preschool class.
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Adapting to students’ needs. Metro North Adult Basic Education (ABE) was fully online during the pandemic offering all classes virtually. When in-person classes started again, teachers found that many students were requesting to stay online for various reasons including transportation and child care issues. Supervisors put their heads together and utilized technology that would allow
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Bringing various generations together. The Golden Prom is an annual community event for senior citizens hosted by North and Tartan High School students and District 622 Community Education. The evening includes dinner, a live band, dancing and intergenerational socializing. This event positively impacts students and senior citizens through service learning, social interaction and newfound mutual
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Jump starting children’s educational journey. For many children, preschool is the first time they have a chance to interact with other adults and children outside of their families. Anoka-Hennepin Schools provides preschool programming at Riverview Early Childhood Center in Brooklyn Park, whose mission is to build a foundation for success and provide the students with
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Providing social events when they are needed most. Following the pandemic shutdowns, I was eager to find social events to participate in with other senior citizens. I was thrilled to find that Rockford Community Education was sponsoring “Sweet and Salty Bingo.” After enduring many weeks of isolation, we were so grateful to have found a
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Opening up new horizons. Similar to other 4-year-olds during the pandemic, Kirra had very little experience in group settings. Last summer, her grandparents signed her up for the Community Education “Little Tennis” program. The anticipation of trying something new made her nervous, but after her first day, Kirra made new friends and couldn’t wait to
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Supporting the missions of local organizations. The St. Louis Park Senior Program hosted an inaugural Senior Resource Event which gathered 40 organizations from the community to share resources geared towards senior citizens. Attendees said that the event helped connect community members with local organizations. People commented that they, “didn’t know this service even existed and
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Being there during new phases of life. Community Education has had a lasting impact and continuing support for a single mom and son. The mom at the front desk looked nervous and unsure of herself as she asked the Administrative Assistant at the Community Education desk about swim lessons through Community Education. The swim lesson
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Offering support to reach one’s full potential. After bouncing around various schools and states throughout her life, Breanna dropped out of 10th grade and began working. At the age of 21, Bree came to Brainerd Adult Basic Education (ABE) in pursuit of her GED. She worked diligently brushing up on her Math and Language Arts
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