2018 Fall Course Catalog
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2018 Fall Course Catalog Program Offerings Adult Enrichment Adult Basic Education Encore Program Fridley Senior Program Fridley Event Services Youth Enrichment Early Childhood Programs Preschool Programs Tiger Club Childcare Swimming www.fridleycommed.com Contents Adult Enrichment 4 Encore 18 Family Movie Night Come and enjoy a nice evening with family & friends and Fridley Senior Program 19 watch a movie on the big screen at the Fridley District Audi- torium at Fridley High School. This event is FREE of charge! Event Services & Rentals 24 Concessions available for $1 each. Doors open at 6:30 PM and movies begin at 7:00 PM. Upcoming Movie Dates Youth Enrichment 26 October 12, November 2, January 11, February 1, March 1 April 12, May 10 Early Childhood Programs 28 Call 763-502-5100 or stop by the Fridley Community Center for a list of movies. See you there! Preschool Programs 32 Adults with Disabilites Tiger Club Childcare 34 Interested in activities especially designed for adults with developmental disabilities? For more information or to request a brochure listing classes and activities, call Community Bridge at 651-748-7232. Swimming 36 Coordinator: Cheryl Gysbers - 651-748-7252 Registration 38 Metro North Adult Basic Education English as a Second Language (ESL) Columbia Heights/Fridley Monday-Friday - 9:00am - 12:30pm 4111 Central Avenue, NE, Suite 100, South Building, Monday-Thursday - 6:00 - 8:30pm Columbia Heights, MN 55421 English for Academic Purposes (E.A.P.) Daytime: Monday-Friday - 9:00am - 12:00pm Free Classes! For more information, Evening: Monday-Thursday - 6:00 - 8:30pm call 763-706-3833 Classes run year round. Adult Basic Education (ABE) • Reading • Writing • Math • G.E.D. Test Preparation Tuesday-Thursday - 9:00am - 12:00pm Monday / Wednesday - 5:30 - 8:30pm Tuesday / Thursday - 5:30 - 8:30pm Conversation Class (Levels 2 - E.A.P.) Tuesday - 12:45 - 2:00pm FRIDLEY COMMUNITY EDUCATION 2 Facilities and Contacts The abbreviations listed below denote the locations of the Fridley Community Education classes listed on the following pages of the brochure. 6085 Seventh Street NE Fridley, MN 55432 Fridley Schools 763-502-5100 FCC – Fridley Community Center 6085 Seventh Street NE Office Hours Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm FHS – Fridley High School 6000 West Moore Lake Drive Closed FMS – Fridley Middle School September 3 6100 West Moore Lake Drive November 22 & 23 December 24 to January 1 HES – Hayes Elementary School 615 Mississippi Street NE Community Education Contacts SES – Stevenson Elementary School Toni Craft 6080 East River Road Director ALC – Area Learning Center 763-502-5104 1317 Rice Creek Road Jonele Jensen Other Facilities Administrative Assistant BLCA – Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts 763-502-5102 6666 East River Road, Fridley Valerie Anderson CHHS – Columbia Heights High School Early Childhood Family Education Coordinator 1400 49th Avenue NE, Columbia Heights 763-502-5143 BPE – Boulder Pointe Equestrian and Event Center Karin Beckstrand 6612 189th Lane Northwest Youth Services (Aquatics & Youth Enrichment) and Anoka, MN 55303 Preschool PYP Coordinator 763-502-5117 WTMA - White Tiger Martial Arts 7263 Commerce Cir W Kristi Sabby Fridley, MN 55432 Tiger Club Coordinator 763-502-5119 VE - Vertical Endeavors 2540 Nicollet Ave Sally Leone Minneapolis, MN 55404 Tiger Club Assistant Coordinator 763-502-5135 Maggie Chandler Facilities, Senior Programs Coordinator and Adult Enrichment 763-502-5162 Dan Wold Auditorium and Events Coordinator District Policy 763-502-5631 It is our policy not to discriminate on the basis of gender, Stephen Keeler race, religion, color, national origin, economic status, Community Education Coordinator disability, age or mental status in any of our education 763-502-5106 programs or personnel practices. 3 FALL 2018 CLASS CATALOG Adult Enrichment Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts Exploring Creative Ritual Beginning Needle Felting - What if you could unlock your creativity Create a Fall Pumpkin in just a few minutes, with simple tools, We are proud to offer classes in the arts in that really worked? You can. This work- partnership with Banfill-Locke Center for shop will give you the opportunity to tap the Arts (BLCA). into the wisdom, and story and vision inside you using sound, visual symbols and storytelling. Ideal for anyone hoping to start a new creative practice, or deepen their current work. Date: Sunday, September 23 Time: 1-3pm Needle felting is a simple art form to learn Site: BLCA and has many possibilities! In this class, Instructor: The Viragos students will learn the basics of using the Cost: $45 (1 session) BLCA is a wellspring for the commu- sharp needles safely, the different types Class Number: 6002 nity providing inspiration, enrichment, of wool to make projects and shaping and enjoyment, opportunities, and education felting the wool to make a cute pumpkin through the arts. for fall. TomBow Markers There is a $5 materials fee payable to the Combine the linear aspect of draw- BLCA supports and encourages the work instructor on the date of class. ing with the freedom of a wet brush to of developing and established artists and achieve amazing effects quickly. Materi- provides resources and opportunities in Date: Tuesday, October 16 als are provided and included in the fee. the arts for individuals of all ages, back- Time: 6-8pm grounds, and skill levels. BLCA recog- Site: FCC-Room 112 Date: Friday, September 14 nizes art to be a powerful tool for the Instructor: Liz Parker Time: 10am - 12:30pm cultivation of strong, healthy, harmoni- Cost: $35 (1 session) Site: BLCA ous community life. Class Number: 6005 Instructor: Cheryl Barr Cost: $35 (1 session) Beginning Oil Painting Class Number: 6003 Needle Felt a Snowman This class is a great continuation for those Arts, Crafts & Textiles who have taken a beginner felting class or are trying it for the first time! Time will Open Painting be spent learning the basics of using the sharp needles safely, the different types of wool to make projects, and shaping and felting the wool. Then we will work on techniques including attaching parts together and flat felting to make a two- This class will cover the basics of a practice tiered snowman with a scarf and hat! in oil painting. We will cover a process to There is a $5 materials fee payable to the begin and finish paintings, talk about the instructor on the date of class. history of still life as a subject, and leave with a variety of concepts to continue Date: Tuesday, December 4 Come to this class and enjoy painting your practice of painting in oil. Time: 5-8pm with others. No class November 6. Site: FCC-Conference Room (107) Date: Tuesdays, September 11-25 Instructor: Liz Parker Time: 6-9pm Date: Tuesday, September 11 - December 18 Cost: $40 (1 session) Site: BLCA Time: 9:30-11:30am Class Number: 6006 Instructor: Jeffrey Ebeling Site: FCC-Room 116 Cost: $50 (3 sessions) Cost: $28 (14 sessions) Class Number: 6001 Class Number: 6004 FRIDLEY COMMUNITY EDUCATION 4 Adult Enrichment Computers & French Dinner Four Famous Cookies - Krumkake, Technology Make it a special evening for you and a Pizzelle, Sandbakkelse & Rosettes special friend! Send your taste buds on Computer, iPad or iPhone- 1-on-1 a romantic trip to France. You’ll prepare a five-course French dinner so delicious, it would make Marie Antoinette lose her head! You’ll experience Vichyssoise, Potato Galettes, Saffron Rich, Coquille St. Jacques a la Provencals and Crème Caramel. You’ll be cooking and learning something of the history of the French Provence region. There is a $15 food fee payable to the instruc- Learn to create the rolled Norwegian tor on the day of class. Limit 18. cookie Krumkake, made with cream, Frustrated with your computer, iPhone, butter and cinnamon or sometimes and/or iPad? Need help with basic Date: Thursday, September 13 flavored with vanilla and baked in an computing skills? Do you feel like you Time: 6-9pm iron on the stove. Italian Pizzelles are also could be doing a lot more with your Site: FHS-Room 113 (Foods Lab) baked on top of the stove using an iron, device than you currently are? Schedule Instructor: Laurel Severson but they are a flat, anise-flavored cookie a one-on-one session through Commu- Cost: $31 (1 session) (sometimes flavored with vanilla). The nity Education! Class Number: 6101 chewy almond Swedish Sandbakkelse are delicate, golden brown in color and Date: By appointment Czech Kolaches are baked in tiny tins to resemble tarts. Time: TBD Finally, we will master deep fried Rosettes Site: FCC-Main office or in-home – those exceedingly fragile, paper-thin Instructor: Stephen Keeler Scandinavian delicacies dusted with Cost: $40 per hour confectioners’ sugar. Expect recipes and Class Number: 6050 many tips and techniques to make your baking a success! Please bring containers to transport your Cooking creations safely home. $13 food fee paid to instructor in class. Kolaches are one of Czechoslovakia’s Date: Wednesday, November 7 national pastries. Immigrants brought Time: 6-9pm their passion (and recipes) for kolaches Site: FHS-Room 113 (Foods Lab) to the Midwest as early as the 1860’s. Instructor: Laurel Severson Kolaches are marvelous egg-rich, slightly Cost: $31 (1 session) Cooking Classes with sweet yeast dough – traditionally filled Class Number: 6103 Laurel Severson with fruit mixtures such as apricot, cottage cheese, poppy seed or prune. We Laurel is an extremely popu- will make variations in class and taste lar instructor throughout the samples. Plan to take home an assortment Follow Us Twin Cities. She holds degrees to share with family and friends to freeze. @FridleyCommEd in Home Economics and Educa- You will leave with many recipes, tips and tion from the University of techniques to master these delicacies.