Lake Minnetonka Cruise & Lunch At Maynards - August 19 - $130 9:45 a.m. Leave Eastview Education Center, 9375 Fenning Ave. NE., Monticello. Load in parking lot. 10:00 a.m. St Michael Elementary - 101 Central Ave W, St Michael 55376 - Pick up in the parking lot on the front of the building. (If low registration in St. Michael/Albertville the pick up will be in Monticello) 10:55 a.m. Arrive a Maynards Restaurant on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. 11:00 a.m. Restaurant opens and can only accommodate a group if they are able to be seated when the doors open. Menu: Half Sandwich, Cup of Soup, Beverage. 12:30 p.m. After lunch, the motor coach will transfer the group to the Port of Excelsior for a Lake Minnetonka Cruise. Board the Lady of the Lake, a historic sternwheeler. The main cabin is enclosed. It is equipped with table seating for 50 passengers. The second level is covered and requires climbing a flight of stairs (about 10 steps). It is the most popular seating area for cruising the lake with the open-air experience. The space can be enclosed with durable plastic window coverings if the weather requires it. The top deck is up an additional flight of stairs and is uncovered. 1:00 p.m. The Lady of the Lake Boat will depart. Hear a special Lady of the Lake live narration about Lake Minnetonka from the Captain and crew. They will talk about the Big Island and you will see the waterfront mansions, restaurants, marinas and gardens. In the mid-1800’s Lake Minnetonka enjoyed worldwide fame for its elegance and scenery. Large steamships on the lake accommodated thousands of passengers. There were huge waterfront hotels and constant scheduled rail service that catered to the elite families from the south that came here to avoid the heat. Relax and view a variety of recreational watercraft on the lake. 3:00 p.m. Return time to the dock. Reboard the motor coach and transfer to downtown Excelsior to shop. (Motor coach can make some shuttle runs along Water Street.) Enjoy the quaint shops along Water Street in downtown Excelsior. It is about three blocks from the dock to the Excelsior Mill shops. Walk to a variety of stores such as: Caspers - with whimsical home accessories, The Country Look in Antiques - featuring the charm of Colonial New England. Excelsior Mill is a renovated lumberyard that was built at the turn of the century. It recreates the flavor of the past with a bench lined central “garden” court and half dozen shops filled with distinctive gifts and accessories. 3:45 p.m. Estimated departure time from Excelsior. 4:45 p.m. Estimated return time to St. Michael 5:00 p.m. Estimated return time to Monticello. Deadline is Monday July 13th. NO refunds after this date.

Lap Swim: Tuesdays/Thursdays 7 - 8:30 pm. Lanes 1, 2, and 3 will be open with 4, 5, and 6 in use for Adult Swimming Lessons. All participants need to prepay for this program. You can do a season pass, 10 session pass, or single use for an individual or family. Passes are to be purchased online. No payment will be accepted at the pool. Individual Passes: Season $50, 10 Session $30, and Single use $3 Family Passes: Season $150, 10 Session $90, and Single use $9 Family Pass is only for members in the same household.

Prerequisite: Pass Preschool or age 6+ Helps participants feel comfortable in the water. Skills to be covered: enter and exit water; retrieve submerged objects; front and back glides and front and back float; alternating and simultaneous arm and leg actions on front and back; combined arm and leg actions on front and back; staying safe around aquatic environments. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Preschool or age 6+ Helps participants feel comfortable in the water. Skills to be covered: enter and exit water; retrieve submerged objects; front and back glides and front and back float; alternating and simultaneous arm and leg actions on front and back; combined arm and leg actions on front and back; staying safe around aquatic environments. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Preschool or age 6+ Helps participants feel comfortable in the water. Skills to be covered: enter and exit water; retrieve submerged objects; front and back glides and front and back float; alternating and simultaneous arm and leg actions on front and back; combined arm and leg actions on front and back; staying safe around aquatic environments. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 1 Givers participants success with fundamental skills. Skills to be covered: front, jellyfish and tuck floats, recover from a front and back float or glide to a vertical position, change direction of travel while swimming on front or back, tread water using arm and leg actions, combined arm and leg actions on front and back. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 1 Givers participants success with fundamental skills. Skills to be covered: front, jellyfish and tuck floats, recover from a front and back float or glide to a vertical position, change direction of travel while swimming on front or back, tread water using arm and leg actions, combined arm and leg actions on front and back. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 2 Builds on the skills in Level 2 though additional guided practice in deeper waters. Skills to be covered include: headfirst entry from the side in the sitting and kneeling positions, rotary breathing, back float, push off in a streamlined position then begin flutter and dolphin kicks on front, front crawl and elementary backstroke, scissor kick. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 2 Builds on the skills in Level 2 though additional guided practice in deeper waters. Skills to be covered include: headfirst entry from the side in the sitting and kneeling positions, rotary breathing, back float, push off in a streamlined position then begin flutter and dolphin kicks on front, front crawl and elementary backstroke, scissor kick. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 2 Builds on the skills in Level 2 though additional guided practice in deeper waters. Skills to be covered include: headfirst entry from the side in the sitting and kneeling positions, rotary breathing, back float, push off in a streamlined position then begin flutter and dolphin kicks on front, front crawl and elementary backstroke, scissor kick. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 3 Develops confidence in the skills learned and improves other aquatic skills. Skills to be covered include: swim under water, feet first service dive, survival swimming, front crawl and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 3 Develops confidence in the skills learned and improves other aquatic skills. Skills to be covered include: swim under water, feet first service dive, survival swimming, front crawl and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 3 Develops confidence in the skills learned and improves other aquatic skills. Skills to be covered include: swim under water, feet first service dive, survival swimming, front crawl and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 4 Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes. Skills to be covered include: tuck and pike surface dives, front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming, tread water, font and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 4 Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes. Skills to be covered include: tuck and pike surface dives, front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming, tread water, font and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 4 Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes. Skills to be covered include: tuck and pike surface dives, front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming, tread water, font and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 5 Refine strokes so participants swim them with greater efficiency and effectiveness over longer distances. Teach participants fundamental diving skills, how to prevent aquatic emergencies in various aquatic environments and introduce and practice self-rescue techniques. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 5 Refine strokes so participants swim them with greater efficiency and effectiveness over longer distances. Teach participants fundamental diving skills, how to prevent aquatic emergencies in various aquatic environments and introduce and practice self-rescue techniques. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Prerequisite: Pass Level 5 Refine strokes so participants swim them with greater efficiency and effectiveness over longer distances. Teach participants fundamental diving skills, how to prevent aquatic emergencies in various aquatic environments and introduce and practice self-rescue techniques. PRICING: We are using a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer aquatics programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable.

Welcome to Little Einstein's Lab, where curiosity bubbles over and science fizzes to life! In this hands-on, high-energy course, young scientists will explore the wonders of chemistry using the scientific method to guide their wild investigations. This session transforms ordinary household items—like baking soda, vinegar, milk, soap, and food coloring—into spectacular experiments that pop, fizz, foam, and surprise. Instructor: Charlene Bzdok