Belonging

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. […]

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

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

Community education helped me find lifelong friendships. More than 30 years ago, I was a young mom and new to town. I joined our community education early childhood classes with the hope of meeting other new parents and friends for my daughter. We attended many early childhood classes throughout the years and became close with

Community Education has impacted my life from an early age. During the summer after first grade, I was introduced to Community Education (CE) Programming through the Summer Block Fun offered by my local community education program. My mom encouraged me to participate in a program and I chose tennis. This early introduction to the sport