Anoka-Hennepin Community Education

If you are 55 or older, save money on your car insurance premiums and become a better driver! Minnesota law requires that insurance companies offer a 10% reduction on auto insurance for three years if you complete a state-approved defensive driving course taught by professional, certified instructors. This course is held via zoom - no driving or test required. At the end of the course, you will receive a certificate of completion from the Minnesota Safety Council to provide to your insurance agent. Eligible UCare members may receive an allowance to spend toward community education classes. Members must have UCare insurance at the time of registration. Limits and restrictions may apply. Contact UCare for further information.

Join instructor Jeremy Ross from Your Bearded Artist and Paint & Sip Minnesota as he guides you step-by-step through the process of creating a painting on a 16 x 20 inch canvas with acrylic paint. No experience necessary! Participants are welcome to bring snacks and non-alcoholic beverages to paint and sip through the class. All supplies included. Eligible UCare members may receive an allowance to spend toward community education classes. Members must have UCare insurance at the time of registration. Limits and restrictions may apply. Contact UCare for further information.

Learn the basics of appraising your fine & costume jewelry, either for resale or insurance purposes. Find out how anyone can authenticate an Italian cameo, the difference between 10k and 14k gold and why there are jewels in a watch. Get tips on the best places to sell. Bring a few pieces to class and a magnifying glass if you have one. Instructor David Schlueter is a Certified Antique Appraiser. Eligible UCare members may receive an allowance to spend toward community education classes. Members must have UCare insurance at the time of registration. Limits and restrictions may apply. Contact UCare for further information.

Give the gift of learning today! Plan to cross someone off your holiday shopping list! It’s a fact: experiences provide more joy than material objects. Give someone the special gift of learning. It’s personal, fun and easy. Beginning Wednesday, November 26, purchase Anoka-Hennepin Community Education Adult Learning digital gift certificates to be used toward an Adult Learning class or activity excluding Aquatics Fitness classes. The more you spend, the more you receive: • $10 extra for every $50 you spend • $25 extra for every $100 you spend Purchase your digital gift certificate online over the holiday weekend, or call our office at 763-506-5766 on Monday, December 1, from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. There are limited certificates available, so purchase yours right away! Certificates are valid for Adult Learning classes only. Some restrictions apply. When a gift certificate is purchased, you will receive a confirmation email, this serves as your proof of purchase. The Community Education office will track the amount and how much is left after being used. Only those purchasing as a gift for someone else will receive an email with a PDF certificate that they can print. Recipients must call the Adult Learning office at 763-506-5766 to redeem their certificate. A customer account is created when the recipient registers and the value of a gift certificate can be redeemed starting Tuesday, December 2, for any Adult Learning class. Gift certificates cannot be refunded or redeemed for cash and can not be applied to supply/material fees. Not valid on online classes from Ed2Go, Aquatics classes, trips, 55+ Defensive Driving and teen Driver Education classes. (Youth classes, Aquatics and preschool enrichment opportunities are not included in this offer.)

Anoka-Hennepin Community Education has partnered with Safeway Driving School to provide an additional opportunity for high school students under the age of 18 to complete their classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction outside of the traditional school day. The classroom portion is held online via Zoom. Safeway’s only focus is creating safe, responsible teen drivers. Classroom and behind-the-wheel lessons emphasize defensive driving techniques tailored for the inexperienced teen driver while targeting to influence the invincible teen attitude. All of Safeway’s instructors are licensed by the Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety. The MN Department of Public Safety has approved a variance to State statutes that allows for teleconference driver’s ed instruction. This variance allows students to learn from home through virtual communication with a licensed instructor. The State of Minnesota requires that driver’s education distance learning be conducted in a face-to-face platform, which requires that students have a video camera and audio capabilities on their devices. Safeway has chosen a secure Zoom platform to conduct the class. Safeway will be emailing the classroom handouts and 2025 MN Driver’s Manual in pdf format for printing. Students will be required to be in front of the camera and interactive for the full three-hour class. Parents/guardians will be required to complete Safeway’s Account Verification. Safeway will be sending out an email before class begins that gives detailed information about how to login to the student’s Safeway account to verify and complete contact information and to review and acknowledge our Service Agreement. Classroom instruction prepares the student to take the Minnesota permit test and begin the responsibility of driving. The 30 hours of classroom is structured into 10 independent lessons. If a student misses a lesson, they can make up that exact lesson number at the next session or at one of Safeway’s other classroom locations. Students can take the class at age 14½ but cannot take their permit test until age 15. After class is completed, students who are 15 years old are eligible to take their permit test at any Minnesota exam center. The permit test is not providing during the class. Behind-the-wheel instruction includes six hours of driving in three, two-hour private lessons. All driving is done in a Safeway car on city streets, highways and freeways with a responsible, licensed Safeway instructor. Safeway recommends students take their first lesson 2-3 weeks after receiving their permit card and after 5 hours of practice driving. Students have one year after completing classroom to finish their behind-the-wheel lessons. Scheduling is offered online for 24/7 convenience. All of Safeway’s cars are white with identical graphics so parents and students are confident that it is a Safeway car picking up the student for a lesson. Students can get picked up for their behind-the-wheel lesson from home, school or work. Parent involvement is required to produce safe, responsible teen drivers. It is critical that parents practice regularly with their student drivers. The state requires that students have a minimum of 50 hours of practice (15 hours at night). The practice time must be recorded on a state-approved Supervised Driving Log and presented at the road test. Parent Classes are offered monthly at Safeway’s nearby classrooms. This class is not required but qualifies the parent to receive a certificate that allows their student reduced practice time (from 50 to 40 hours). At a minimum, Safeway strongly encourages parents to review its parent information and watch the online Parent Class Videos at www.safewaydrivingschool.com. Cost of the teen package is $425 and includes the classroom and behind-the-wheel lessons, and all materials. Pay in full upon registration or choose the payment plan: $255 payable to Community Education upon registration and $170 (two payments of $85 each) payable to Safeway at the behind-the-wheel lessons.

Players will learn all the basics to be able to play pickleball. We will cover equipment, unique lingo, score keeping, court position, and the fundamentals of serve, return and the volley. Players receive 30 minutes instruction plus 30 minutes playing time. Eligible UCare members may receive an allowance to spend toward community education classes. Members must have UCare insurance at the time of registration. Limits and restrictions may apply. Contact UCare for further information.