Cloquet Community Education

Your creative kid is learning skills such as naming colors, showing affection and hopping on one foot. In our Creative Kids class we help your child develop these and many other skills through play, song, stories and movement. Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) recognizes that parents are their child’s first and most important teachers. ECFE offers parents hands-on learning experiences and parenting discussions specific to their child's age that will help build the foundation for a lifetime of learning. What happens in an ECFE class? 1. Parent and child interaction time: A licensed early childhood teacher and assistant provide developmentally appropriate activities, songs and stories for parents and children to enjoy together. 2. Child time: A time devoted to learning through play and activities with licensed teachers and assistants while parents participate in a parent discussion time in a separate room. 3. Parent Time: Parents or caregivers participate in a discussion led by a licensed parent educator. Joys and challenges of parenting are shared and topic discussions are designed to address the developmental needs of each group. Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) classes meet once a week. Together, parents and children participate in activities and experiences that foster children’s social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and language skills. ECFE teachers use the Parent Education Core Curriculum Framework and Early Childhood Indicators of Progress: Minnesota’s Early Learning Standards provided through the Minnesota Department of Education. All classes are offered October through May. ALL families are welcome. Early Learning Scholarships Are Available! Call today to find out more information! 218-879-9291 Sibling care is available for most classes. Please use your child's age as of September 1, 2024. Please note: You must be enrolled in Monday or Wednesday Creative Kids to attend Creative Kids Plus on Fridays. Creative Kids Plus is drop off - child participates without parent on Fridays.

Registration opens May 1, 2024 for all classes. Cloquet Community Education offers Drivers Education to Cloquet (including CAAEP) and Fond du Lac students only. We do verify enrollment. If you are open enrolled in our district, you must call the Community Education office to enroll in the class at 879-1261. Program consists of 30 hours of classroom instruction and six hours of behind the wheel instruction. Class attendance is mandatory (if the student does not complete a full 30 hours of classroom they will not be able to take the permit test). Upon successfully completing the classroom instruction, students will be assigned a Behind the Wheel instructor and be issued their blue card in order to take the permit test. Classroom instructor: Dave Esse Behind-the-Wheel instructors (assigned by coordinator): Tim Stark, Dave Esse, David Wangen When registering please use the student’s full legal name (including middle name) and student's date of birth. If you choose to make payments on the class fee, the second payment will be due October 1 for the September class, February 1 for the January class, and May 1 for the April class. Registering a credit card on your account will allow you to automatically make the payment when it is due. __________________________________________________________________________ 2024-2025 school year schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 pm in the Cloquet High School Cafeteria September class: September 23 - October 30: no class on October 14th or 16th (MEA): student must be 15 by December 31, 2024 January class: January 13 - February 24: no class January 20, 27 and February 17: student must be 15 by April 14, 2025 April class: April 14 - May 14: student must be 15 by August 31, 2025