Owatonna Community Education

In this hands-on workshop, participants will create a unique 12-inch 3D doorhanger, crafted from birch plywood. Your instructor will guide you as you paint and glue together a beautiful "Hello Spring Gnome" or "Welcome Tulips" design! This versatile decoration can be customized with layers, textures, and paint to reflect personal style, making it perfect for a front door or any room in the house. This workshop is sure to be a creative and rewarding experience!

This past year has resulted in some of the most significant changes to the college planning process in decades. Admission trends, standardized testing requirements, and FAFSA or Financial Aid systems gained a major overhaul. Join us to learn how these changes may impact your family and learn about new strategies to consider to give your student the best opportunity to be admitted while maximizing scholarships and financial aid.

Abdominal muscles weaken and lose shape due to past pregnancies, surgeries, sitting at a desk all day, being sedentary, and having poor posture. Learn a series of extremely effective exercises to quickly strengthen all four layers of abdominal, without putting the stress on your back or your neck. Better yet, we'll do this without getting on the floor. Join Janice Novak as she presents up-to-date information on pertinent health & wellness topics.

Acupressure is an ancient healing art that can offer great relief, with no side effects, from symptoms such as hot flashes, mood swings, bloating, headaches, irritability, nausea, insomnia, anxiety, and even weight gain. Learn which points balance hormone levels naturally. Discover breathing techniques, nutritional musts, and much more. Acupressure is a wonderful self-help tool to help you feel your best!

Always dreamed of learning Spanish or refreshing your high school Spanish? Then this is the class for you! The primary focus of the class will be on building conversational tools in Spanish through interactive practice and exercises. Vocabulary topics will include common greetings and introductions, pronunciation, numbers, food, clothing, likes & dislikes. Grammar topics will include subject pronouns, the verb estar conjugation, gender of nouns, and plurality. Participants will learn how to carry on small conversations in Spanish and each class will include interesting cultural anecdotes including Spanish word origin, dialect differences, and names in Spanish. Prerequisites: the ability to access Zoom and basic working computer knowledge is essential. This is a live, online class. Your zoom link will be sent via email 48 hours before the first class.

Learning a language is a lifelong journey and now you are well on your way! Keep up the momentum in Beginner Spanish Part 2. Participants will continue with practical conversational components and builder phrases in Spanish enabling them to carry on small conversations related to giving and asking for directions and restaurant conversation. Vocabulary and grammar components will include weather, seasons, dates with months, days of the week, family vocabulary along with the verbs ser and tener conjugations. Culture discussions will include the importance of food, family, and friendships in Spanish speaking countries. This class is applicable to new students and previous Beginner Part 1 Spanish conversation participants. Prerequisites: the ability to access Zoom and basic working computer knowledge is essential. This is a live, online class. Your zoom link will be sent via email 48 hours before the first class.

Create 25 all occasion cards! This class includes five cards of five different designs. These themes may be sympathy, thank-you, birthday, thinking-of-you or even some blank cards to keep for those upcoming occasions. Your instructor will provide all the materials, including envelopes, and precise tools for you to create 25 beautiful cards.

Join us for a night of creativity and fun at Artventure Night! Students will explore their imagination through exciting hands-on art projects, from painting to crafting, using a variety of materials and techniques. Whether they’re drawing, sculpting, or designing, everyone gets to be an artist for the evening! This event is perfect for sparking creativity, building fine motor skills, and making new friends in a supportive and relaxed environment. No prior art experience is needed—just bring your imagination and get ready for an adventure in art! All supplies are provided.

Bachata is a playful Latin dance characterized by soft hip action and arm styling. You will learn the basic 8 count, side-to-side pattern and a few simple turns. This is a fun dance, great for small floors! Singles and couples are welcome!

This Basic Life Support (BLS) training is a certificate-bearing course that trains participants to recognize and respond to life threatening emergencies, such as cardiac arrest and choking, by utilizing techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the automated external defibrillator (AED) device. Your certification will be valid for two years. Registration includes a pocket mask and the potential for an electronic BLS certification card.