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
Summer Scholars are invited to join us at one of our enrichment sites for fun activities.
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.
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An opportunity to provide a culturally and linguistically specific ECFE experience to families from Afghanistan.
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 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.
You want to write a children’s book and don’t know where to start? By taking this course, you’ll learn how to target your audience, write relatable characters, and gain knowledge on story organization. You’ll also understand how you can do this in your spare time and on a limited budget. As we go through the guidelines to master your own children’s book, you’ll leave this course with a solid start on your own original story, and advice on pitfalls to avoid. Topics of illustrations, copyrighting, and publishing are also covered. Don’t wait for “some day” to publish your own book.
Laura is a Minnesota native who grew up in Northeast Minneapolis and earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota. She is the author and self-publisher of two children’s picture books, A Rainbow of Orange and A Rainbow of Green, and is currently working on her third book.
She has a professional background in technology and extensive self-directed study in writing and publishing, allowing her to bring both creativity and structure to her teaching. She has firsthand experience navigating manuscript development, copyright, ISBN registration, printing, and distribution, giving her practical insight into the full journey from idea to finished book.
Through her community education courses, Laura equips aspiring authors with practical tools, realistic expectations, and clear next steps so they can confidently move from idea to publication.
Laura Joswiak
