Biking gets you out exploring while gaining a better understanding of our wonderful city. Beyond seeing the sights, you will learn more about bike maintenance and safety. Come with an adventurous spirit as you get around town under your own pedal power! Set out each day on bike to paved trails like the Parkway, Greenway, and street bike lanes. o ensure that our high-quality enrichment classes are accessible to all families, Minneapolis Community Education offers fees on a sliding scale. The class fee is the average cost of providing a class. Families are asked to pay the class fee or pick a price that they can pay. When families participate as they are able, at all levels of our sliding scale, the whole program becomes self-sustaining. Thank you for your consideration as you register for summer programs!

Biking gets you out exploring while gaining a better understanding of our wonderful city. Beyond seeing the sights, you will learn more about bike maintenance and safety. Come with an adventurous spirit as you get around town under your own pedal power! Set out each day on bike to paved trails like the Parkway, Greenway, and street bike lanes. To ensure that our high-quality enrichment classes are accessible to all families, Minneapolis Community Education offers fees on a sliding scale. The class fee is the average cost of providing a class. Families are asked to pay the class fee or pick a price that they can pay. When families participate as they are able, at all levels of our sliding scale, the whole program becomes self-sustaining. Thank you for your consideration as you register for summer programs!

Want to take a closer look at the marvelous sites along the MInneapolis Lakes? Join Mark Raderstorf, Chief Fun Officer for You Betcha Tours, on a bike tour around the Minneapolis Lakes and the award winning Minneapolis Park System. You will learn about the history of the Minneapolis Parks, how it took root long before homes were built, and the people behind the vision and development of the parks. This tour will feature stops at Lake Harriet Bandshell, the Rose Garden, the site of the Dakota village of Eatonville along Bde Maka Ska, mansions around the Lake of the Isles, the Mary Tyler Moore House, and more. Tour distance will be 10 miles. You must provide your own bike and bike helmet. Tour is limited to 20 people, so sign up before it sells out! Dress for the weather and bring water. Group meets at the Lake Harriet Bandshell. If class is sold out, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a tickets becomes available.

Grab your bike, water bottle, and sunscreen because we are biking to the beach! Campers will work hard on a bike ride and then enjoy some fun in the sun. Biking is subject to weather, but campers should bring their bikes everyday. In the event of light rain campers will still bike. In the event of lightning or thunder, camps will participate in indoor activities like team games and arts and crafts. Grades are the year your student will be entering in the fall. A lunch is available to all students. Please select this option when you register. Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at Sanford at lissa.gordon@mpls.k12.mn.us or 612-668-4922.

Grab your bike, water bottle, and sunscreen because we are biking to the beach! Campers will work hard on a bike ride and then enjoy some fun in the sun. Biking is subject to weather, but campers should bring their bikes everyday. In the event of light rain campers will still bike. In the event of lightning or thunder, camps will participate in indoor activities like team games and arts and crafts. Grades are the year your student will be entering in the fall. A lunch is available to all students. Please select this option when you register. Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at Sanford at lissa.gordon@mpls.k12.mn.us or 612-668-4922.

Start your day the coolest way possible: on two wheels and headed for ice cream! In this morning camp, riders will bike together along safe, supervised routes to local ice cream spots while building confidence, endurance, and road-ready biking skills. Campers will learn basic bike safety, group riding etiquette, and navigation skills, all while enjoying fresh air, friends, and a well-earned sweet treat at the finish. It’s the perfect mix of exercise, independence, and summer fun. Ice cream tastes better when you’ve pedaled for it! Grades are the year your student will be entering in the fall. A lunch is available to all students. Please select this option when you register. Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at Sanford at lissa.gordon@mpls.k12.mn.us or 612-668-4922.

Bike along the trails, by the lakes, and other destinations as you make your way to some nearby parks and playgrounds. Biking is subject to weather, but students should bring their bikes each day. Students will use Metro Transit busses with Instructors on bad weather or poor air quality days. To ensure that our high-quality enrichment classes are accessible to all families, Minneapolis Community Education offers fees on a sliding scale. The class fee is the average cost of providing a class. Families are asked to pay the class fee or pick a price that they can pay. When families participate as they are able, at all levels of our sliding scale, the whole program becomes self-sustaining. Thank you for your consideration as you register for summer programs!

This class will get you started in birding. We will spend one evening in the classroom discussing what birds you can expect to see and how to identify them; how to choose binoculars, bird books and online resources; and good local birding spots. We will then spend two weekend mornings gaining field experience.