After school programs for youth at Minneapolis Public Schools locations
Promoting families healthy growth and development through education, support and community building.
Minneapolis Kids provides year-round, fee-based school-age childcare for families with youth enrolled in High Five/Minneapolis Kids Jr through 5th grade during the school year (entering grades K-7 during the summer).
Classes for Summer Youth Programs will be visible and open for registration February 23 at 5pm.
Adult Enrichment Academics
Adult Enrichment Health, Wellness & Safety
Adult Enrichment Writing
Adult Enrichment Yoga & Mind-Body Practices
Adult Aquatics
See the best of our Minneapolis outdoor athletic facilities as we offer summer sports camps for youth. Young athletes will get a taste of a high school field experience. Don’t miss it as it comes through your neighborhood.
Spend quality time with your child learning and playing together. Parent discussion will examine topics through the lens of fatherhood. Explore the joys and challenges of being a dad.
ECFE Summer 2020 Offerings
An opportunity to provide a culturally and linguistically specific ECFE experience to families from Afghanistan.
An opportunity to provide a culturally and linguistically specific ECFE experience to families from India.
Here's your chance to spend some uninterrupted time together participating in toddler-friendly activities that support growth and development.
Give the gift of learning. Gift vouchers can be purchased in a variety of denominations and can be used for most Community Education Youth & Adult Enrichment classes. Some restrictions apply.
This educational tour is completely different from any other trip you may 4 seen to Chicago. Small intimate neighborhoods, rich in culture and history will be emphasized. Learn about Chicago’s world-class architecture, it’s famous landmarks and parks.
On our trip to Chicago we will make a stop in Madison, Wisconsin and tour the city and have some free time on the famous State Street.
Some of the sites we will be touring in Chicago:
* Pullman Neighborhood-an acclaimed model neighborhood that George Pullman establish to house his manufacturing company and its workers.
* Dreyfus Museum, one of the grandest residential buildings in 19th century Chicago from the Gilded Age.
* Frank Lloyd Wright Studio and Home in Oak Park.
* Robie House one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s best examples of prairie school architecture on the campus of Chicago University
* Historic churches of Chicago will be visited including Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church, the oldest church in Chicago
* Historic and ethnic restaurants are included.
* Walking tour of downtown Chicago, including the magical Millennial Park, the oldest skyscraper in the world the Monadnock Building, the famous Louis Sullivan Rookery.
* Architectural cruise along the Chicago River between monumental skyscrapers, and interesting riverfront buildings with an architectural historian.
* The ethnic neighborhoods of Wicker Park, Pilsen, Old Town plus many more.
* See the home of Al Capone, Emmett Till and Barack Obama, and other famous Chicago people.
-We will tour one of the great art museums of the world, the Chicago Art Museum, and also spend time in Chicago’s famous Mexican American Museum.
After 3 1/2 days of exploring Chicago, we will leave in late afternoon from the historic Chicago, Union Station and travel to Saint Paul’s Union Station on the Empire builder. The trip will be a wonderful ride pass cities and beautiful scenic areas such as the Wisconsin Dells area and the Mississippi River Valley to bring us back to Saint Paul. When we arrive in Saint Paul at approximately 11 PM, we will have our motorcoach bus waiting for us to take us back to our cars.
Cost includes three dinners, three breakfasts, two bakery stops, Motorcoach Bus, Amtrak tickets, Boat Ride,, and all Chicago admissions to museums.
TIME: Thursday, Oct 16: @ 7:45 am Board Bus
@ 8:00 am Bus Departs Southwest High School
Oct 19: @ 1:00 am (Midnight) Return to Southwest High School from Union Depot in St. Paul
Pick-Up & Drop Off Location: Southwest High School - 3414 W. 47th Street, Mpls, MN 55410
Note: Deposit of $400 due with registration.
NOTE: Final payment due July 16th. Only transfer of registration available after August 16th.
If tour is full, please enroll for the waitlist. we will let you know if space becomes available.
Dave Bredemus was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota. After attending schools in Saint Paul he graduated from St. Cloud State University with a teaching degree in history and social studies. He taught junior high social studies and was an administrator with Community Education in Saint Paul for 38 years.
Dave developed a tour program for adults starting at 1981. Dave has done hundreds of day trips and many overnight trips covering every state in the United States. He has led 17 trips to Europe. Dave has also led educational trips to Mexico, Cuba and other Caribbean locations. The trips are an educational experience exploring history, geography, and cultures in a fun and interesting way.
Dave Bredemus
