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).
Teen Parent Services is dedicated to keeping teen parents on the track to graduation by providing them with parenting education and supports while providing high-quality early childhood education services to their children.
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.
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.
The purpose of the American Red Cross Shallow Water Lifeguarding course is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills needed to: ■ Prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies in water up to 7 feet deep. ■ Provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) professionals take over.
This course requires completion of online modules (about 7 hours) that must be completed before the first day of class. Look for the link to access the online modules in the confirmation email upon registering.
ALL Class Sessions MUST BE ATTENDED in order to receive a certification.
PREREQUISITES (View video of these skills here)
To participate in the Lifeguarding course, participants must:
▪ Be at least 15 years old on or before the final scheduled session of the Lifeguarding course.
▪ Successfully complete the two prerequisite swimming skills evaluations on the first in-person session to continue with the course.
■ PREREQUISITE 1: Complete a swim-tread-swim sequence without stopping to rest:
*Jump into the water and completely submerge, resurface swim 50 yards continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. You may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both, but swimming on the back or side is not allowed. Swim goggles may be used.
*Tread water for 2 minutes, using only the legs. Candidates should place their hands under the armpits.
* Swim 50 yards
■ PREREQUISITE 2: Complete a timed event within 50 seconds:
* Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using the front crawl or breaststroke. Your face may be in or out of the water. Swim goggles are NOT allowed.
* Submerge to a depth of 4 to 7 feet (consistent with the maximum water depth that will appear on the certification) to retrieve a 10-pound object;
* Return to the surface and walk or swim 20 yards to return to the starting point with both hands holding the object at the surface of the water.
* Exit the water without using a ladder or steps
