Minneapolis Public Schools

Join us at Chanhassen Dinner Theater for the matinee of Irving Berlin's classic holiday show "White Chrismas". Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil’s former army commander. With a dazzling score featuring well-known standards including “Blue Skies,” “I Love A Piano,” “How Deep Is the Ocean” and the perennial title song, White Christmas is an uplifting, wholesome musical that will delight audiences of all ages. Your ticket includes Sit-Down Lunch, Show, Tax & Gratuity. Appetizers and drinks available to purchase at the table directly with your wait staff. Lunch Seating begins at 11:00 am. "White Christmas" Performance begins at 1:00 pm Meet Minneapolis Community Ed Staff at Will Call to pick up your tickets. Location: The Chanhassen Dinner Theater is located at 501 W 78th St, Chanhassen, MN 55317 NOTE: After Oct 1st you can transfer your tickets but no refunds or cancelations are available. If event is full, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

Come learn about Animal habitats! Read about where animals live and create projects. 2nd and 3rd graders will receive academic content and language while using an integrated, balanced literacy approach. After learning about Animal Habitats, get together with other kids and play board games! Did you know board games can improve both your math and literacy skills? Come learn new games and practice your strategies!

Your child is invited to register for Camp Fire Minnesota's Afterschool Explorers Program. Students will develop hands-on outdoor exploration skills such as hammocking, fishing, birding with binoculars, snowshoeing, animal and plant I.D., and more. They will also go on field trips to local nature spaces including community gardens, Minneapolis lakes, the Mississippi River & more!

Do you want to be an sketched artist? Or maybe an illustrator? Or why not both?! Build your own sketched book and create stories each week! After Character Sketched, students will learn critical thinking, strategies, and more! While they play a variety of boar games that will help them in their every day life. This class is offer after Character Sketched 2-3 on Mondays!

In this exciting robotics class students learn mechanical design, construction, programming, and teamwork skills. In pairs, using LEGO building elements, motors, and sensors, students build different robot prototypes and program them with a computer to move, react, and make sounds. Students will utilize their prototypes and programming to solve design challenges using the LEGO WeDo 2.0. Students will participate in the 2022 Robotics FIRST Lego League Challenge: ENERGIZE SM

A team of College Y Mentors will be coming weekly to your afterschool program with a new adventure each week. We will be doing a variety of activities through Y Mentor Adventures Imagination Stations. Each week we will have an opportunity to use our imaginations creating all kinds of fun activities, which could include creating and playing games, travel, nature, music, science, art, and even learning how to grow your brain! It will be super fun using our imaginations together, come join us.

In this class, students will learn about the rules, practice new skills for different sports, while playing a variety of sports and create strategies for games.

Join us as we learn and use computer aided design (CAD) software to create scale models of the World's Tallest Buildings! We will also study some of the history and architecture around these buildings and fire up the 3D printers to bring some of our models to life!

Learn the ins and out of 3D Design and with Tinkercad. Students will design a custom D&D D4(4-Sided die) and D10 (10-Sided die).

In this exciting robotics class students learn mechanical design, construction, programming, and teamwork skills. In pairs, using LEGO building elements, motors, and sensors, students build different robot prototypes and program them with a computer to move, react, and make sounds. Students will utilize their prototypes and programming to solve design challenges using the LEGO WeDo 2.0 and EV3 System. Students will participate in the 2022 Robotics FIRST Lego League Challenge: ENERGIZE SM

Join your friends and Theater teacher Ms. T to tell the story of Alice in Wonderland! This play is for 8th grade students only. Tech Crew is by invite from Ms. T. and Heath. Auditions for roles will be on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. This class will meet on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and every other Monday, March 20 - May 16. Performances will be May 16 and May 17. Questions contact Ms. T, tyanna.gross@mpls.k12.mn.us This is an ALC class.

What are your life experiences or social justice issues that inspire you? Each week you will use those emotions, stories, or perspectives through the power of words and spoken poetry. If you had the chance to share your voice with the world through poetry, what would you want to say and why? We will read, write, and perform a tapestry of poetry. As we explore the many different types of poetry and poets students will work on their own writing techniques and performance skills. We will explore themes that encourage students to delve into their own experiences, the power of their voices, and social justice issues. Students will dive into the evolution of spoken word poetry and its cultural and social significance by exploring the works of some of the most inspiring poets and performers. Furthermore, students will showcase their poetry through live performances and an anthology of their poetry and art.

Our favorite 5 in a row game BINGO is back. Join in the fun and win some cool prizes. Your registration also includes a snack and drink that you can take home at the end of the event.