Community Education plays a key role in supporting youth through focused programs and opportunities. We provide more than just education and enrichment, we help contribute to a sound and thriving community by providing young people with engaging activities that help them grow.
Scroll down to view our latest enrichment and athletic activities for youth. Or click a program below to learn more.
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Enrichment
Providing fun activities and learning opportunities for children year-round; after-school, in the evenings and on the weekends; to enhance your child's academic and social experiences while out of school.
Athletics
Elementary and middle school athletic programs are supervised and led by certified coaches, licensed teachers or knowledgeable staff who emphasize skill development, participation, teamwork, and respect for others. Community Education also offers camps and clinics to help students gear up for the athletic programs offered at South Washington County high schools.
Kids Club
Kids Club (grades K-3) and Upgrade (grades 4-5) is the school district school-age child care program, open to all South Washington County Schools students and provided at all elementary school sites throughout the district. Out-of-School Time (OST) care is available before and after school and all day on school release days, including winter, spring and summer breaks.
Swimming
Swimming and water safety is a skill that your children will use for life! SoWashCo Schools Community Education offers swimming lessons to support youth with a wide range of skill levels.
Youth Activities
South Washington County Schools (SoWashCo Schools) offers activities and classes for youth through SoWashCo Community Education. Activities and classes are conveniently offered at your child's school, partner locations within our community and online.
Click on the course title to view more information including times, dates and locations. Select a tab to view courses appropriate for your child's current grade level.
To see our full list of current offerings visit sowashco.ce.eleyo.com. Course offerings vary per session.
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Learn about Hispanic cultures from high school students in the Spanish Immersion program.
Grades 4-5
- Elementary School
- Skills and Development
- Youth Enrichment
Dash Sports Soccer Tykes camps provide players with an introductory experience to the game of soccer. Key elements of dribbling, passing, and shooting will be taught and practiced. Fun, skill-based games will be played to practice newly learned skills. Parent participation is encouraged when needed.
Ages 2-6
- Elementary School
- Preschool
- Soccer
- Youth Athletics
Children and a caregiver will learn delightful songs, dances and musical activities that focus on singing, keeping a steady beat, coordination, listening, English, foreign, and simple American Sign Language to assist in participation, language development, improving memory, coordination, and timing.
Ages 1-5
- Elementary School
- Music
- Preschool
- Youth Enrichment
Classes are high-energy and encourage a lifelong fitness habit. March in the band, stretch with maracas and run with superhero capes! Circle time allows us to catch our breath, listen and learn new songs with puppets, props, English, foreign, and simple American Sign Language.
Ages 1-5
- Elementary School
- Music
- Preschool
- Youth Enrichment
Fencers learn new skills in each class. Then practice those skills in kid-friendly fencing games and fencing bouts.
Grades 2-12
- Elementary School
- Fencing
- High School
- Middle School
- S.T.E.M.
- Skills and Development
- Youth Enrichment
Gain a competitive edge on your opponents! This program will develop athletes’ speed, power, strength, mobility, agility and conditioning.
Grades 6-8
- Middle School
- Youth Athletics
Get ready to serve, volley, and rally while having fun with TGA! Our trained and verified coaches combine athletics, academics, and life lessons to create fun and engaging tennis programs. We include sport skill development, rules and etiquette lessons, physical activity, and a STEAM component that examines the concepts through the lens of the sport. All equipment is provided.
Grades K-5
- Elementary School
- Tennis
- Youth Athletics
Get ready to dink, drive and rally while having a blast with TGA! Our certified and expert coaches blend athletics, academics, and life skills to deliver fun and captivating pickleball programs!
Grades K-5
- Elementary School
- Pickleball
- Youth Athletics
Young Engineers offers a problem and project-based learning program where students learn about new Robotics + STEM concepts in every class. Students apply those concepts by building operational machines and robots using patented building and programming kits.
Grades 1-6
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Robotics
- S.T.E.M.
- Youth Enrichment
Learn from an experienced instructor with a passion for anime, this class will introduce students to the basics of anime drawing and help them develop their own unique anime style. Great for beginners!
Grades K-5
- Create
- Elementary School
- Youth Enrichment
Take control of your present and future by understanding personal finance. Topics include: stock market data and trading, IPO’s, cryptocurrency markets, mutual funds, credit, banking, and navigating employment.
Grades 6-12
- High School
- Middle School
- S.T.E.M.
- Youth Enrichment
The Junior High / Middle School competition cheerleading team is a 5th - 8th grade cheer team (for incoming 5th through 8th graders). We stunt, tumble, jump and perform a 2-minute routine at local competitions from November through January. You must have made this team during tryouts in order to register for this class.
Grades 5-8
- Cheerleading
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Youth Athletics
Swimming lessons, specialty classes, fitness and recreational opportunities for adults and children as young as 12 months.
- Aquatics
- Elementary School
- High School
- Middle School
- Preschool
- Swimming
- Youth Athletics
We offer classes for girls and boys ages 18 months-18 years old.
- Elementary School
- Gymnastics
- High School
- Middle School
- Preschool
- Youth Athletics
SoWashCo Schools Community Education
Main Office
651-425-6600
communityeducation@sowashco.org
8400 E Point Douglas Rd. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Office Hours
7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Elementary
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- All
- All Saints Lutheran
- Bailey Elementary
- Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove Elementary
- Cottage Grove Middle School
- District Program Center
- East Ridge High School
- Grey Cloud Elementary
- Hillside Elementary
- Lake Middle School
- Liberty Ridge Elementary
- Middleton Elementary
- Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion
- Oltman Middle School
- Online
- Park High School
- Pine Hill Elementary
- Red Rock Elementary
- Royal Oaks Elementary
- St. Paul Park
- Valley Crossing Elementary
- Woodbury
- Woodbury High School
Filter by Category
Dash Sports Soccer Tykes camps provide players with an introductory experience to the game of soccer. Key elements of dribbling, passing, and shooting will be taught and practiced. Fun, skill-based games will be played to practice newly learned skills. Parent participation is encouraged when needed.
Ages 2-6
- Elementary School
- Preschool
- Soccer
- Youth Athletics
We offer classes for girls and boys ages 18 months-18 years old.
- Elementary School
- Gymnastics
- High School
- Middle School
- Preschool
- Youth Athletics
Learn about Hispanic cultures from high school students in the Spanish Immersion program.
Grades 4-5
- Elementary School
- Skills and Development
- Youth Enrichment
The Junior High / Middle School competition cheerleading team is a 5th - 8th grade cheer team (for incoming 5th through 8th graders). We stunt, tumble, jump and perform a 2-minute routine at local competitions from November through January. You must have made this team during tryouts in order to register for this class.
Grades 5-8
- Cheerleading
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Youth Athletics
Classes are high-energy and encourage a lifelong fitness habit. March in the band, stretch with maracas and run with superhero capes! Circle time allows us to catch our breath, listen and learn new songs with puppets, props, English, foreign, and simple American Sign Language.
Ages 1-5
- Elementary School
- Music
- Preschool
- Youth Enrichment
Children and a caregiver will learn delightful songs, dances and musical activities that focus on singing, keeping a steady beat, coordination, listening, English, foreign, and simple American Sign Language to assist in participation, language development, improving memory, coordination, and timing.
Ages 1-5
- Elementary School
- Music
- Preschool
- Youth Enrichment
Swimming lessons, specialty classes, fitness and recreational opportunities for adults and children as young as 12 months.
- Aquatics
- Elementary School
- High School
- Middle School
- Preschool
- Swimming
- Youth Athletics
Get ready to dink, drive and rally while having a blast with TGA! Our certified and expert coaches blend athletics, academics, and life skills to deliver fun and captivating pickleball programs!
Grades K-5
- Elementary School
- Pickleball
- Youth Athletics
Get ready to serve, volley, and rally while having fun with TGA! Our trained and verified coaches combine athletics, academics, and life lessons to create fun and engaging tennis programs. We include sport skill development, rules and etiquette lessons, physical activity, and a STEAM component that examines the concepts through the lens of the sport. All equipment is provided.
Grades K-5
- Elementary School
- Tennis
- Youth Athletics
Fencers learn new skills in each class. Then practice those skills in kid-friendly fencing games and fencing bouts.
Grades 2-12
- Elementary School
- Fencing
- High School
- Middle School
- S.T.E.M.
- Skills and Development
- Youth Enrichment
Young Engineers offers a problem and project-based learning program where students learn about new Robotics + STEM concepts in every class. Students apply those concepts by building operational machines and robots using patented building and programming kits.
Grades 1-6
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Robotics
- S.T.E.M.
- Youth Enrichment
Learn from an experienced instructor with a passion for anime, this class will introduce students to the basics of anime drawing and help them develop their own unique anime style. Great for beginners!
Grades K-5
- Create
- Elementary School
- Youth Enrichment
SoWashCo Schools Community Education
Main Office
651-425-6600
communityeducation@sowashco.org
8400 E Point Douglas Rd. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Office Hours
7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Middle School
Filter
Filter by Location
- All
- All Saints Lutheran
- Bailey Elementary
- Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove Elementary
- Cottage Grove Middle School
- District Program Center
- East Ridge High School
- Grey Cloud Elementary
- Hillside Elementary
- Lake Middle School
- Liberty Ridge Elementary
- Middleton Elementary
- Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion
- Oltman Middle School
- Online
- Park High School
- Pine Hill Elementary
- Red Rock Elementary
- Royal Oaks Elementary
- St. Paul Park
- Valley Crossing Elementary
- Woodbury
- Woodbury High School
Filter by Category
We offer classes for girls and boys ages 18 months-18 years old.
- Elementary School
- Gymnastics
- High School
- Middle School
- Preschool
- Youth Athletics
The Junior High / Middle School competition cheerleading team is a 5th - 8th grade cheer team (for incoming 5th through 8th graders). We stunt, tumble, jump and perform a 2-minute routine at local competitions from November through January. You must have made this team during tryouts in order to register for this class.
Grades 5-8
- Cheerleading
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Youth Athletics
Gain a competitive edge on your opponents! This program will develop athletes’ speed, power, strength, mobility, agility and conditioning.
Grades 6-8
- Middle School
- Youth Athletics
Take control of your present and future by understanding personal finance. Topics include: stock market data and trading, IPO’s, cryptocurrency markets, mutual funds, credit, banking, and navigating employment.
Grades 6-12
- High School
- Middle School
- S.T.E.M.
- Youth Enrichment
Swimming lessons, specialty classes, fitness and recreational opportunities for adults and children as young as 12 months.
- Aquatics
- Elementary School
- High School
- Middle School
- Preschool
- Swimming
- Youth Athletics
Fencers learn new skills in each class. Then practice those skills in kid-friendly fencing games and fencing bouts.
Grades 2-12
- Elementary School
- Fencing
- High School
- Middle School
- S.T.E.M.
- Skills and Development
- Youth Enrichment
Young Engineers offers a problem and project-based learning program where students learn about new Robotics + STEM concepts in every class. Students apply those concepts by building operational machines and robots using patented building and programming kits.
Grades 1-6
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Robotics
- S.T.E.M.
- Youth Enrichment
SoWashCo Schools Community Education
Main Office
651-425-6600
communityeducation@sowashco.org
8400 E Point Douglas Rd. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Office Hours
7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
High School
Filter
Filter by Location
- All
- All Saints Lutheran
- Bailey Elementary
- Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove Elementary
- Cottage Grove Middle School
- District Program Center
- East Ridge High School
- Grey Cloud Elementary
- Hillside Elementary
- Lake Middle School
- Liberty Ridge Elementary
- Middleton Elementary
- Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion
- Oltman Middle School
- Online
- Park High School
- Pine Hill Elementary
- Red Rock Elementary
- Royal Oaks Elementary
- St. Paul Park
- Valley Crossing Elementary
- Woodbury
- Woodbury High School
Filter by Category
Fencers learn new skills in each class. Then practice those skills in kid-friendly fencing games and fencing bouts.
Grades 2-12
- Elementary School
- Fencing
- High School
- Middle School
- S.T.E.M.
- Skills and Development
- Youth Enrichment
Take control of your present and future by understanding personal finance. Topics include: stock market data and trading, IPO’s, cryptocurrency markets, mutual funds, credit, banking, and navigating employment.
Grades 6-12
- High School
- Middle School
- S.T.E.M.
- Youth Enrichment
Swimming lessons, specialty classes, fitness and recreational opportunities for adults and children as young as 12 months.
- Aquatics
- Elementary School
- High School
- Middle School
- Preschool
- Swimming
- Youth Athletics
We offer classes for girls and boys ages 18 months-18 years old.
- Elementary School
- Gymnastics
- High School
- Middle School
- Preschool
- Youth Athletics
SoWashCo Schools Community Education
Main Office
651-425-6600
communityeducation@sowashco.org
8400 E Point Douglas Rd. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Office Hours
7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.